I've recently received a chinese mini-lathe and just ignore the function of a certain part of it. A photograph of it is here:
Hmm, mine doesn't have that, nor have I seen anything like it. Looks like someone added it - how did you get this lathe? Did you get anything with it that looks like it would fit that bit?
Nope, the lathe is new, bought some weeks ago. No accesories included fit in there, but I'm sure its a new feature for something.....
BTW the lathe is distributed by a german firm, its exactly this one:
Just a WAG - attachment/pivot for a taper attachment?
Perhaps, an attachment point for a milling table?
Hmm ... the round feature with a single flat ground on one side?
It looks to me as though it is intended to provide a flat surface parallel to the travel of the compound. That might serve with a sine bar (and gauge blocks) to allow you to set the compound to a more precise angle than is otherwise available -- perhaps in preparation for turning a Morse taper, or something similar where the angle is critical.
Or -- it might be a flat large enough to slap a magnetic base for a dial indicator onto for checking runout.
But -- these are only a guesses.
Good Luck, DoN.
On 18 Dec 2004 10:04:54 -0800, "nick" calmly ranted:
Shirley that's a prefabbed holder for a poke-in light which tracks the tool, huh? ;)
That looks like a nice little lathe. What brand/model/price?
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It looks a lot like the base of a chip guard. I have a 3 in 1 Chinese machine distributed by Busy Bee in Canada and it came with acrylic guards screwed to metal rods. The rods fitted into blocks such as that with pins to control their orientation or spring loaded balls to retain them. Long ago stripped off as I rarely generate hot chips.
John.
||I've recently received a chinese mini-lathe and just ignore ||the function of a certain part of it. A photograph of it ||is here:
That link doesn't seem to work for me. I just get kicked back to the homepage for dcpchallenge.com. Maybe it's not Mozilla-friendly?
Texas Parts Guy
What do you think of your 3 in 1. I was thinking of buying one from BusyBee. I was looking at the larger model with 1.125 spindle bore.
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