Member postings for Craig Potter

Hello all i purchased a warco wm 250v lathe a couple of months ago and now I am looking into getting a quick change tool post but the one they are selling on the site for the lathe seems a bit much for what you are getting, so i was wondering if anyone on here has got this lathe and what quick change post they have gotten for said lathe.

ps. what do you need to take into account when buying a tool post IE, measurements.

much appreciate the help Craig.

Glad to hear things are getting back to normal George.

finally finished my live center but i made the tolerance on the outside race the same way as the inside race and it is now to tight. so ill just have to go and make another one

Almost finished the cone for my live center i just have to get rid of nib and press it into the bearing then the first stage is done.

Edited By Craig Potter on 18/02/2015 21:09:51

Hello all

Thanks for the feed back so there are plenty to choose from i have had looked at a couple of them and the SP2129 LATHE seem's to have a lot of what i wanted. Ill just have to save up a little more to get one until then ill just have to take light cuts and get big squiggles.

Craig

Hello All

I am new to this site and new to machining i would like to start model engineering ass a hobby but I'm finding my lathe not capable of doing what i would like it to do.

It's a Osaki mml300, its 300 mm between centers and a chuck capacity of 75 mm, on the cross feed its increments are 0.001" and 0.025 mm and the deepest cut it can handle is 0.010" and 0.25 mm witch takes me a long time to machine anything. I am looking for a bigger lathe that will make bigger cuts has a bigger chuck capacity and larger between centers and would like to be able to change gears with levers for threading instead of changing individual gears.

I would be looking to spend about £1500.00 preferably new any help would be much appreciated for your help.

Like to lathe i have https://www.cromwell.co.uk/OSA2715000K