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I finally have my lathe bolted down in its final position, all gearboxes cleaned and run in and oil changed.

It seems the factories in China are slow to change their practices. I found...

Thanks Eskimo. Next time I need more inserts I'll have a good look around. Cheers.:U

For carbide inserts and tooling I use this outfit in NZ. Evan is the guy that runs it. Really friendly and helpful. Good quality stuff. I haven't looked around extensively so I'm not sure how he...

Thanks guys.

Still needs a few little details finishing off.

The pivot and locking bars for the engineers vice need modding as the vice rattles around a bit in use.

The cabinets still need...

Hi Rocket

I tend to agree with Simon about the questions you need to ask yourself.

I've just bought a new Chinese lathe and there are a lot of things about them that make me cringe but I've...

Thanks Simon. That control box reposition has been an expensive and time consuming process but I'm almost finished. Just a few more connections then double check then fire up the motor (drive belts...

I've posted in this thread my design and build for a workbench.

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f44/workbench-160321/

Cheers

Mark

Hi Grahame.

Thanks for the heads up on the issues you found. Yes this lathe comes with foot brake, light and coolant system

It's a bit of laugh really that the machine requires so much checking...

Hi Everyone

I'm new to the forums but I thought I'd start to contribute by posting some pics of my workbench which took me a while to design but a much shorter time to build.

It's based on a...

A little more progress today.

I mounted the control box in the new position and started rewiring the controls.

I've added some pics-

The first shows the back of the headstock where the...

Hey everyone.

I'm new to the forums and have introduced myself in the Welcome Wagon sticky.

I thought I'd post up some pics of my new Chinese CQ6320A-1 lathe which is a bit of an enigma having...

Thanks for the welcome :D

I thought I better not mention any sports related items for fear sheep might become the topic.

I'll post up some pictures of the new lathe in the Metalwork forum....

Hi my name is Mark.

I've been reading the forums for a while now and decided I better introduce myself.

I live in Hamilton in the North Island of New Zealand.

I'm 51.

I trained as a...