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Hello all,

I have just purchased a very schmick Pacific SSL1060A in good working order and condition however i'd like to know if anyone would have a copy of an old manual for it out there.

I...

Hey there, Not at the moment. I need to find a replacement before i can sell it as i still need a lathe.

Cheers H

Hello all,

I need to upgrade my of Hecus 260, its a great accurate little machine, but i have found that it has reached its potential for what i am doing and struggles a bit with larger diameter...

Hey there, IMHO Rem 700s are made to a price and no two actions are made the same. There have been plenty that i have worked on where even the barrel threads have been out and i've had to re cut them...

Hey all, i have just purchased a second hand Supermax YCM 1 1/2VA milling machine however it did not come with a users/parts manual.

Would any of you know of one anywhere that i could get a copy...

Even somewhere that has recycled timeber will do.

Hello all, i am building an island bench for my kitchen and need a slab, either solid or joined, of a nice native hard wearing hardwood. I have looked at red gum and it looks alright.
My main...

As far as i can tell it is an Australian made lathe. the company may have been based in Sydney. The lathes were ver solid, great for precision gunsmith work. Mine was belt driven with a gear box...

Hello all, i am new to this site but i am glad there is a metal working forum up and running!
Does anyone know of the Demco Record model lathe and if there may be one floating around in someone's...

I will repost there instead.

Re. the perfect shed... any shed at the moment would be a perfect shed... that is the point!

Hello all, i know this is not strictly a wood turning post but it does relate to it.

I am in the process of building a shed and am running low on money, thanks to a hefty mortgage! Seeing that...

It's been a while, i have been concentrating on making glass beads for my wifes jewellry and the lathe has been very quiet... also as i said a while ago i am still in the process of building a new...

Hey there, if you can find a reasonable engineering store, INVEST in an impact driver. Not one of those ones that runs off a compressor, but a hand held one. There have been many overtightened screws...

Will have to look at making one of those tools. they look a little less rural than my effort.
Have you ever heard of a hollowing gouge, i think they were used for making clogs in holland. Its like...

I might have to have a look at making a tool rest that can get me closer to the work!

Hollowing out without the right tools, it's a pain. I tried using a spindle gouge inappropriately which was effective until it grabbed once and cut the leather on the front of mu steel caps..... i...

Hello there, i am in search of a tool that is both durable and easy to use that can be used to recess/hollow the iner edge of bowls. I will include a pic of two of my efforts so you know what i mean...

I am willing to take any donations of shellawax products, money and real estate....... I'm cheep,i'll take any freebies!! LOL

Hello again all. I am up to project 4, and i have experimented again with E. 'bluntchiselii'. I think the shape is pretty good, i just need to finish sanding it properly. My next investment i hope...

Well actually it's my first go at Eucalypt, i made a small jacaranda bowl a day before.
I used a hare and forbes mc900 lathe with a nova2 chuck with 50mm jaws in a rebate hole. Good old bowl gouge,...

After not touching a lathe or having one for nearly 10yrs, i finally bought a lathe and turned my first bowl. Its grey gum.
What do you think for a first go??

After trying jacaranda yesterday i thought i'd have a go at a bit of grey gum. It turned out to my dismay that it's as hard a concrete. I now have the upmost respect for anyone who regularly turns...

Hello everyone, i am now the proud owner of an mc900 with nova2 chuck. After putting together the mechano stand and bolting on the lathe i set about creating wood shavings form some scrap pieces of...

Hello again, i have just become the proud owner of a nova2 chuck (birthday presant) now here comes the big one.
I know some use a spigot and hold that in the chuck but can it be used like an...

Well my misses doesn't. I don't even have a lathe yet and i regail her with stories of my days at uni doing thing to timber they only talk bout. Off centre turning, threading and deep boring.
We...

I had a look at the Hare and forbes site,, does any one know if the models they sell are similar to the Carbatec ones?? Is there an equivilant to the MC1100?
To anyone in the sydney area, is there...

I was going to bolt it down to my soon to be concrete lathe slab with dyna bolts. If iit can take an odd 5-10kg piece of timber i will be more than satisfied. As long as it stays on the chuck, and...

Hey there. My lovely wife has allowed me to buy a lathe and is even going to give me money towards it. I want to get an MC1100 and was wondering if the stand it comes with is adequate. I don't want...

Cheers. The 1100 sounds the way to go. I wouldn't consider a mini lathe anyway, i would probably destroy it trying to turn a telegraph pole into a tooth pick! As i said bowl/ornamental turning is...

Hello all, i have not touched a lathe since i left uni nearly 10 years ago when i had the opportunity to be taught by Bruce and Michael Leadbetter.
Any way, i want to get back into it, mainly bowl...

Hey there i have a herbert home workshop mod c, it is fairly old but works very well. I would like to get back into bowl turning and was wondering if anyone out there knows if the nova chucks fit...