My First Lathe!

[VK_3800]

Nice, a lathe is one of those tools that you can't imagine doing without once you've got one

[antus]

Looks like its a great piece of kit, looking forward to seeing it in action.

[DavidBraley]

Very nice. What you think you will do with it now, is just the tip of the iceberg. Once you get your hands on a 4 jaw, a lathe is more handy than you might think.

[Drenno]

Good stuff mate. I've got one at my place that came with a single phase motor but its fairly underpowered for turning bigger stuff. I'm a sparky by trade so eventually I'll get around to swapping the motor over for a three phase one.

[immortality]

Must be nice to have 3 phase power in your garage?

[Drenno]

Must be nice to have 3 phase power in your garage?

I only actually got it about 2 years ago. Did a house extension and ended up installing a three phase ducted aircon so had to get three phase onto the house for that. Then I just dug a trench and ran a new circuit to the garage. Only really any good for a lathe/mill/welder or to test three phase motors for work

[Holden202T]

nothing too exciting to report but i did get the tool set and got stuck into cleaning up a lump of steel rod i had and im happy to say it all works!

[Holden202T]

I guess you could say this is the first real project with the lathe

Removed the top of a 202 dizzy, and then machined it down to suit this sensor, will probably machine a bit more off the inside of the shaft, then make a chopper wheel to go over the top of it

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And yes i plan to wash it too haha!

[RVK355]

Nice, a lathe is one of those tools that you can't imagine doing without once you've got one

so true, you say why didn't I get my self one much sooner.

[RVK355]

now you just need a milling machine to go with the lathe