Yes I bought this when I was a student and it was very helpful. You can cut up to 50mm diameter in soft metal/plastics. The best point for me is the compact size, it can be moved by hand unlike other lathes. That being said, these machines are quite expensive now. I believe I would rather go for a larger, older lathe you could find locally on Facebook or something similar. You will get a much more capable machine for a few hundred £. When I bought this Emco they were reasonably priced still. You could get a Myford/boxford or similar for what they cost now. Regardless, having a lathe will really help you improve skills as a student, as it did with me a few years back

It's a 3M belt, so 3mm pitch

Can u explain why the feed spindle thread will be damage?

@@jjjbossjjj because the thread is alloy. It’s very soft and gets eaten away with high screw load

@@cycliststrainingpartner8877 Hai detto benissimo amico si danneggia il filo.

uk.rs-online.com/web/p/timing-belts/1821305 I used a 9mm wide version but any will do. I suggest using rubber pulleys though as they are very smooth running and have lots of grip. They can be made to any size easily

Please email if you are interested. Some kits will be available on eBay in several weeks. Many thanks

Nice work, yeah it makes the lathe quite a bit more effective I've found. The scales are just 150mm £10 callipers which I cut up and drilled into. The hardest part was finding somewhere to tap and fit them to the lathe/crossslide but it works

Hi, I've just bought one like that for my micro lathe, it's a scroll chuck, 80mm diam, made by Sanou and cost me A$115 on EBAY.

Looks like the outrageously expensive Bison M14x1 baby chuck. Still made in Poland but even the key and replacement jaws are silly money. Sometimes come up 2nd hand, but may need tidying up.

The chuck came with a few extras when I bought the lathe. I tend to use this keyed one more oftern than the thin chuck. It is made by emco. I spent sometime looking at brushless motors but the options for RPM and speed control are not are desirable at a large DC motor from my research. Check out my other videos to see the motor setup details. The Indexer is a cheap 75mm table from India, about £60 new. Thanks

@@proprietarysonics3723 thanks, I'll be sure to check them out!

Hi please email me [email protected] thanks

Hey did you get the files? Would you mind sharing? Cheers

That's tricky because the lens is mounted on a board and you'll have to remove that board to get to the three rear lens screws, unless I'm mistaken. There's a few videos on this.

The autofeed attachment is very clever, but the ratio between the spindle and screw is quite high and unadjustable, so I always found the feed to be too fast. I have been thinking about making an autofeed system by having a small motor behind the lathe and a belt running to a pulley that fits right over the feed handle. It would need some kind of clutch though I suppose

150W DC motor, ZY6812. There is a 500W version too

I agree, the original motors can be tedious

email me and I will contact you. Thank you.

Hey did you get the files? Would you mind sharing? Cheers

If you email me with the pulleys you are looking for, I should be able to provide the. thanks.

Amazone-

Thanks! yes it performs quite well now. I am working on some new upgrades, such as an indexible z axis hand wheel too. -Ellis

@@proprietarysonics3723 I fitted a 3 phase 1/3 HP 3,000 rpm motor with a VFD......you can get infinite control using a 3 phase motor and VFD. To get the torque for low speed work I used a 1:3 belt reduction with speed range 0 to 1,000 rpm.

Hi, I will be listing on eBay in a few days or you can email me. thanks

Its a 150W 24V DC motor used in electric bikes/scooters. Speed control is PWM voltage controller, rated to 15 amps

There will be listings in a few days or you can email me.

yo al mio le agregue un motor de 127 vca de 1/3 de caballo y trabaja excelente

Yes I still need to test this with some bigger loads. The belt texture and pulley finish does give a much better grip than the standard O-ring and aluminum pulleys though, so I am hopeful. Now I just need to finalise the pulley design so that it doesn't warp when clamped to the axle, but its almost there

I don’t know where you live, but you can get most things from McMastercarr.