Where can i find a small low cost lathe for metal work?
Can I bore a offset hole with a small metal lathe?
Question is, does any operation have to be dead-center? If I wanted to bore a offset hole in a piece of round rod can that be done? As opposed to dead in the middle? BTW, i’m not talking about using a drill press, so those answers are useless.
Machining question, boring a small hole on a metal lathe?
I want to bore/drill a hole slightly less than 1/8″ in diameter into aluminum about 2″ deep, straight-through. What is the best cutting tool I would need to use and what is it called? I’m concerned that a standard HSS drill bit would wander and have a tendency to snap since I had that problem [...]
can you use a mini metal lathe for small wood work like pen making?
thinking of buying a mini lathe and would like to do both metal and some small wood stuff
