Great video. Your hobby is the lathe. Then I realized you also deal with another deep rabbit hole, The 3D printer !!!! :)

Toys or tools?

I was too late for a broken one costing 125 Euros. I overcompensated with an 80 years old South Bend 9A. My hole has been finally filled. Downside: no way will I ever drill any holes into it.

if you cant check for runnout/bearing play yourself dont buy an old lathe.

So well done, thanks for your effort! I've got one and have addressed a few of the things you showed us. I've found that I go to my 3D printer for more and more, gears, even threads!

Clear, concise, nuanced and with humour. What else would you expect from a Yorkshireman? Another subscriber gained 🙂

Well done, Thank you. When I got started in this hobby I had access to lots of room in an industrial building with 3 phase power, 5000# forklift etc. I also intended and in fact did do repair on large industrial machines. So I bought a 3300# 1440 lathe and a used 949, 2300# used mill. After some work the Chinese lathe was OK. The Taiwan mill was good from the start. After a 8 years, I lost access to the industrial building and finding another location didn't work out. Now I wish I had smaller machines. But not a mini lathe! Changing machine sizes brings about the problem of all the accessories that fit a given size machine. Replacing them would be very expensive. Should have thought of that 12 years ago.

As This Old Tony said "Any lathe is better than no lathe".

Would a scrapyard buy it off as tin, after removing the impurities? Thanks✌️

I don't often comment on KZbin, however I'm new to this and I learned so much in a short space of time as this video is detailed, full of information delivered professionally in an easy to consume format. Fantastic work!

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Your video was very helpful thank you

Very helpful video for jewelers looking for a cheaper metal than silver for casting and fabrication. Re: yellowing tests, I thought the shinier finish of the [quickly] water cooled ingot was interesting. Looking for a gravity casting method with a good surface finish and perhaps this is it. But filling a gravity cast mold might require heating the mold, so two opposite effects! I guess experiments are in order.

Another excellent video. Thank you.

What an exellent, excellent youtube video. Thank you.

Hello, I’ve recently acquired a Record 22 quick release vice. It appeared to be in good condition but turns out the jaws ‘jump’ when tightening force is applied to main handle . The spindle & half nut & lifting ‘dogs’ all appear good. Please could you suggest what’s wrong with it? Thanks.

Don from Australia here. Thank you for your excellent video. I have had a Sieg C4 mini lathe for 4 years now and am finally starting to explore a few more improvements such as the ones you have illustrated as well as become more imaginative in the projects I take on board. My problem has been that since my retirement (in 2011) I have embarked upon myriad projects in diverse areas of endeavour. Not really a problem is it? I'm busy learning new things every day. I'm very fortunate in that the home we moved to a few years ago has a very spacious solid brick workshop with 3.3 metre ceiling. Like yours, it has no heating or cooling, but it is well insulated, and we don't have extremes of weather. In 3 days, I'm heading off to buy an old (larger) lathe from a friend who inherited machinery from his engineer father when he passed away 15 years ago. He has never used the lathe. It comes with a considerable collection of tool steel cutting bits and accessories, as well as bits and pieces of steel, brass and aluminium stock. I'm really looking forward to rejuvenating this gem and spending even more time in my shed! Subscribed.

No heat; did you try a dehumidifier and/or VOC treated wrap? I’ve had good results in my wood shop with a dehumidifier and I’ve seen great results at work with VOC wraps.

What a great video

I'd love to see a review of the Chinese Jeweler's lathes. The verysmall lathes.

Wow! Not only is this a "must see" for anyone thinking of "buying", it's also a "must see" for anyone going to make a KZbin video. (!) This is a Rolls Royce of videography.

This is fine material... ... but I wish you'd keep your voice inunciation "up". I hear it dropping off in that British mumbling and and I'm straining and losing the last third of every 2nd sentence. For a good example of a well-narrated video, see a Peter Zeihan video.

The first part is interesting.. but lost interest once it started talking about something I wouldn't be able to make myself without spending hundreds on machining equipment.

The thing to remember about mini-lathes is the same thing to remember about other Chinese goods. The quality of the equipment often depends on what era you get it in since Chinese manufacturing is not at all consistent. I bought a mini-lathe to learn how to use one. I did NOT realize that I would have to do a full setup on it and correct assorted problems and short-comings (including likely replacing the motor and rigging up a carriage lock) before I could even get it to operate the way it ought to and, even at that, some videos have suggested there will still be compromises. So I'm going to be spending many hours and up to $300 or even $400 in replacement parts and such and I can't even do that without learning what I actually need to do. So for someone getting into running a lathe, unless you have a friend who can advise you and help you make parts when needed, you may find yourself in over your head.

OUTSTANDING!!!

FYI - It only let me like the video once.

Wow, I'll have to watch this several more times to absorb all the knowledge you are imparting. Awesome video. Thanks.

What machine do you have?

Contact the manufacturer. Both of you make the changes at their level to enable the customer benefits. It won't be too costly

Interesting video, that's an interesting variation on the usual tailstock mounted broach holder

Have a look at Ades workshop for Mini lathe mods and upgrades.

Hi ya hey I’ve just watched your video which is very informative..well done and I’m sure it took plenty of time and work!,may I ask if after your extensive research and testing there is any machine you would recommend to purchase for a complete newby or any shop that could keep me right as I’m finding this all a bit of a minefield?.any info would be great and many thanks for your time.all the best cheers rich.

Very good tutorial

You should buy some of that mini lathes, improve them in your way, and then sell them as "improved RM mini lathes" . It will be good for other hobby machinists to work with improved lathes instead of improving them.

i am trying to make a mold out of pewter and it will be used to pour silicon in it. It will be a 2 part mold, with a detaching holes on the combining parts of the mold so that i can slide a trim tool to split them apart. My concern is that, how physically hard is the pewter that before how many times i mold and demold them it loses its physical dimensions ?

I’m so glad I found your channel! This will be fun. Fantastic craftsmanship! And I have to ask… If you’re willing… How did you record and process your voice? Your voice is amazing and the way it’s processed is done really well. Would you be willing to share? I’m curious about your compression settings specifically but knowing what mic you used would help me understand where you went with the EQ as well.

I’m sorry, sir, but did you just ruin a perfectly good cup of tea?!!

11:04 omg. showing us how to read a micrometer! **thank you** when I started watchmaking school i was just handed one and expected to understand how to read-off the values. Granted, there wasn't KZbin back then but ever since then they kinda scared me - didn't know how to read it, didn't want to damage its precision.. I feel like running off to the shops to befriend one anew...

Excellent : Very informative and extremely watchable. Thanks

good video but now im confused, do i need a mini mill or a mini lathe?

Excellent presentation, a joy to watch! But a 'quick release' it ain't, a stubborn misnomer. That little lever is there to allow a rapid adjust, sometimes a real time and effort saver. But you will never 'release' a vice under load with it.

Do a gear less transmission next 🤔🤔

This is a superb video. Thank you!

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That was unexpectedly neat and informative. Excellent presentation. Thanks!

buy vice stop for about £10.00

why do people call it a bit its a drill.

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When it comes to safety, only a watchmaker's lathe with a crank is safe. If you don't have a nice checklist and you train safe handling every time you're using it, even the minilathes are an amputation waiting to happen.

I love your audio