Chinese lathe Upgrade

Chinese lathe Upgrade
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[@ferrumignis]

This just shows the most important part of any machine tool is the person operating it! Some top level work using some very low end equipment, very impressive. I can hardly imagine how many hours you put into this, just turning down those lumps of cast iron must have taken forever!

[@bustednuckles2]

Several levels of genius here. Kudos to your ingenuity using that cheap X/Y table like that for milling. The adjustable gibs are a flat out stroke of genius. I have seen several different attempted fixes for this problem , Steve Jordan tried twice before he was satisfied but your design is head and shoulders above his in the end. Hard to believe you did all that without a mill.. Count me in, I'm subscribing because I have to see what else you come up with. i

[@fellovercliff4525]

Damn man, with the tools you were working with, 100% I would say credit due.

[@janprzysiezniak7563]

Thanks for uploading this really useful video. It's a brilliant and beautiful upgrade; it makes carriage adjustments so easily accessible! I've watched this at least 3 times and want to impove my lathe this way. Cheers.

[@LSpower7.0]

that wasn't an upgrade it was totally unnecessary

[@mikeleemaggatyahoo]

Very cool and the pencil at the end was priceless👍🏻 Keep it up with the mini lathe.

[@medhist2006]

Beautiful work. Thank you for the inspiration. I'll keep watching.

[@Reman1975]

Nice work. A reasonably easy to implement fix that can be done using the tools most hobby engineers have at their disposal. Too many people showing "Chinese Mini Lath Fixes" on KZbin end up showing how they fixed it using only an angle grinder, a tape measure......... Oh, and the fully kitted out machine shop they have !!!! It's like being given the middle finger when someone uploads a video trying to demonstrate that the only way to make your budget machine worth owning is to use several BETTER and more expensive machines to fix it. The reason most hobby engineers own budget metal working machines is because they can't afford or can't warrant the expense of anything "Better". YOU demonstrated that using the actual machine you're improving (Plus a couple other bits that could be bought for less than some might spend for the TAXI RIDES on a night out, you can make the parts needed to greatly improve the quality of this lathe. Mind you, I'm surprised as hell that this little XY table was strong and ridged enough to do what you did with it. I bought one when BangGood had them on offer ages ago, and thought it was barely good enough NOT to go straight in the bin !!! I may have to dig it out from the back of the draw I've stuck it in and have another look at it. :D

[@flat-earther]

did you dig it out yet? BTW reman have you become a flat earther yet? If not I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

[@miguelgayoso5796]

A master upgrade and great video, thank you.

[@backyardmachinist]

I come back and watch this about monthly. Great vid.

[@GaisaSanktejo]

VERY clever! I've been thinking about getting this type of lathe, or something similar for a while and the tricks you used to improve or outright replace poorly designed parts was inspired! I definitely like how you used the cheap XY milling platform, even more idea's!!!

[@felderup]

great for gear making, many others use a vertical slide for that, this could be better. it should be possible to make helical gears easier this way.

[@Rustinox]

Magnificent. This is way out of the box.

[@baba2023]

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[@zachbrown7272]

This is some really amazing work, great job

[@mikecrawshaw3207]

Technically brilliant, some significant upgrades.

[@marceloassumpcao1042]

LIKE amigo,ficou muito bom o seu ajuste do carro longitudinal.

[@timofeygonchar6375]

Классно модернизировал. Особенно удивляет качество результата, не взирая на хлипкость станочков.

[@MadeInGarage]

Наскільки допомогло? Маю ідентичного станочка. Задній піддон поглиблював?

[@josimarjunior1419]

I don't know how much time it took to come up with this design idea, but man it was worthed! Great job!

[@jarrychicanaux5821]

Super vidéo avec la musique qui va bien. Bravo super job, I love it. Artists you are.✌️🙃😉

[@mikemoise6539]

You are exceptionally talanted. I bought one of those mini lathes about a year ago with the intentions of making it cnc. Of course it's just a cost rack now lol

[@armstronglaborde]

It's an inspiration seeing all this imagination and experience at work. You cannot learn this from a manual. Great work my friend

[@flat-earther]

hi mikemoise have you become a flat earther yet? If not I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

[@marcosbrito3710]

Parabéns meu amigo ficou show

[@robertaugust7425]

Nice! Loved that pencil sharpening at the end. That's a rigid tool man...👍

[@flat-earther]

hi robertaugust have you become a flat earther yet? If not I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

[@rafalg.6901]

Nice mod. Small tip: you should chamfer the bottom edges of this bronze bar - end mills always left some material in the bottom corners of the groove, so it will not fit properly until you do that.

[@pauls5745]

novel use of those Chinese X-Y tables! I thought about getting one to make a small milling machine, but decided since they are mostly aluminum it wouldn't be rigid enough. for the money though, I guess they'd be great for hobby projects

[@stanm299]

Omg dude. You can make custom parts and sell them! Yours is much better than the original.

[@gordongraham4247]

I absolutely love this. I really like my own mini lathe but the frequent adjustment required of the saddle plates is extremely annoying. This is by far the finest fix I have seen. Such creative engineering and design and such excellent workmanship! I love what we can do with these small machines with some creativity and persistence. Excellent job on all fonts!

[@robsonmarinho6143]

your videos are on top of the best From KZbin, congratulations brother here in Brazil !!

[@wolfitirol8347]

I made the same mod to my mini lathe year's ago I don't have it any more but the new owner is also very satisfied with it cause it improves the clamping to the bed so much that is the weakest part in the construction of all mini lathes. Afterwoods the better rigidity brings much better results I would do it again...

[@argentdiary3483]

Superb! Love the soundtrack also!

[@oppanheimer]

Very skillful and a pleasure to watch, thanks.

[@hopelessnerd6677]

This is the most awesome thing I've ever seen! SPOCK: "I am endeavoring, madam, to make a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bear skins..."

[@spoonforthought3534]

Antikythera Mechanism 🖖

[@mohammadmursalin6817]

When hard work meets ingenuity. This is a fantastic upgrade.

[@Mr.Unique.89]

Great work 👍

[@richranchernot]

Based upon the video title, I was expecting a video on attaching an anchor chain to the lathe. Now that would be an upgrade!

[@BeachsideHank]

This is very significant, a worthy upgrade. Now if someone can be so clever with the compound so that one does not have to back it almost fully off to set an angle, these mini's would be serious competition for more mainstream lathes. You should have more views! ☺

[@Shazzzam74]

they already make an upgrade for that.

[@russellhayward2359]

@@Shazzzam74 tell me more?

[@sardave]

Along with the adjustable gib's you may have given thought to gluing Turcite B to the female surface's.... Turcite helps to eliminate stick slip and extends the life of the way surface.. Also look into replacing nylon / plastic gears with metal gears.... great job on what you did.

[@raymondj8768]

YOU SIR ARE A BADASS !!!!! LOVE THE PENCIL SHARPENING LOL

[@cyrusramsey4741]

That looks like a reasonably good quality lathe for a Chinese variety.

[@AbhinavSG]

Awesome skills.

[@joeestes531]

If i hadn't seen it i wouldn't have believed you could build a precision lathe out of some Chinese junk! Awesome video!

[@CatNolara]

nice mod, I'll keep this in mind for when I might get such a lathe (which is quite possible)

[@flat-earther]

did you get a lathe? BTW klaufmann have you become a flat earther yet? If not I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

[@CatNolara]

@@flat-earther I did get a lathe. I don't see what the shape of the earth has to do with that though.

[@flat-earther]

@@CatNolara cool. no relation but random suggestion

[@CatNolara]

@@flat-earther sorry, but I don't need that

[@flat-earther]

@@CatNolara okay that's fine

[@jasonyannuccelli2499]

That’s Amazing .... So clever !!!

[@carlosbarba2966]

Excellent material, I like a lot you video!!! I´ll like to ask you about the compound table you mounted as a milling attachment to you lathe. Is that the cheap chinese one? Did you made it some upgrade to? I own a Grizzly 7"x14" lathe and I´m thinking to buy the same compound table. Congrats again!!

[@fraxz88]

I bought that table for my drill press. Works better then you would expect I think it was a wish item for 30. Thanks for the video

[@flat-earther]

is it still good? BTW fraxz have you become a flat earther yet? If not I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

[@simonscott1121]

I like the use of the lathe as a mill :)

[@peterxyz3541]

You got serious knowledge to make a hobby machine into something better!!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@phlodel]

Virtually all the videos featuring these Chinese mini lathes are about working on the lathe, not doing work with it. At least this one sharpened a pencil.

[@pauls5745]

haha that's because if you're a content creator, you probably already have a big lathe and as mini lathe owners come to find out, their machine really isn't good for precision works. it's ok for small doodads, but when you get past about 3" in any dimension of workpiece, it's flaws start to show up. I do love my Grizzly G8688 tho several upgrades to it were needed

[@robertlewis4666]

@@pauls5745 You guys slag the Chinese mini lathe, mine came out the box, I cleaned it up and over the last 4 years it has made me a shit lot of money! No one has ever come back dissatisfied with finish, precision, quality. Lots of repeat orders too!

[@gordongraham4247]

Actually, making parts to upgrade your lathe IS doing work with it. And it's generally quite creative, very precise work. And it's work that you probably use and appreciate every day. And further, it adds to your understanding of the lathe, its internals and the many sources of errors that any lathe may suffer from.

[@leslieaustin151]

@@robertlewis4666well, Paul’s ‘Grizzly’ lathe IS a Chinese mini-lathe, but I agree with Gordon’s point. My Taig lathe (Peatol) is a lovely little thing but making parts on it for it to work better is always a good thing. Les in UK 🇬🇧 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

[@gildardo]

Thanks for sharing, I just bought a mini lathe and was thinking of how to upgrade some of its deficiencies. This will do. :)

[@flat-earther]

did you do it yet? BTW gildardo have you become a flat earther yet? If not I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

[@mikecrawshaw3207]

great workmanship, innovative use of materials and equipment to hand.

[@jaimevillada9150]

Sencillamente celestial. Es todo un dios de la viruta. Gracias por compartir.

[@alexlo7708]

Fitting the rail, very neat and effort job.

[@perw12345]

This absolute madman gave a mini lathe adjustable gibs...

[@jibreel73]

You solved 99% of my problems in this vedio Thank you so much I wish if you do some vedios on how and what to add to the lathe for milling at the lowest possible cost

[@tomt9543]

You earned an instant sub from me! Very nice work! Loved you panicle sharpener!

[@stevohdee8118]

What a fantastic mod, well done

[@ntc3gtr]

Great job , I just subscribed, I also need to tighten up the slop on my mini lathe. I really like those beats. What's the name of the Artist and song?

[@jonwatte4293]

Put a cordless drill to that handle to not have to feed manually.

[@6NBERLS]

Very clever engineering combined with excellent videography.

[@Stevesmith-yw7cr]

Precision Pencil Sharpening at its best!

[@pentachronic]

Very cool. Just shows that a Lathe should be your first tool and then you can make a mill with it!!

[@habiks]

Proper upgrade.

[@Obamjur]

It was difficult to understand what was being done until the end result: a trepidation inhibitor! Very good! Just one tip: in drilling, milling and thinning the use of coolant increases the life of cutting tools. makes some mess but saves a good money!

[@razabrathwaite6909]

Its cast iron bro.

[@nicholaszimmer663]

Thats a great build man, I'm going to copy it.

[@manjumanl5279]

Would you mind posting the measurements and also the technical drawing ?

[@danedewaard8215]

Your are an excellent, and talented machinist, using what you have to the fullest!

[@VERTEXVIETNAM2018]

Hello friend. I really like watching videos like this. Thank you for sharing great videos

[@paulocesardeoliveira2763]

Show! Magnífico!

[@jeanraffner4627]

C'était mon métier de tourneur toute ma vie pendant 42ans , que de souvenirs ! !

[@firozjamani8218]

Exillent work 👌👌👌🙏

[@francoisconvertini4166]

beau travail respect

[@alitn588]

Nice video. What a big and expensive pencil sharpener you got ?!😉

[@LSpower7.0]

I just purchase a 7x14 chinese mini lathe was delivered a week ago it has some issues, 1st problem no retaining pin in the tail stock quill useless, 2nd saddle jump around with just a 5 thou cut no adjusting grub screw in the retainer plates, 3rd cross slide leadscrew nut stripped bolts, 4th compound slide in made out of aluminium haft to tighten the gibs to make it inoperative to stop it flexing no biggy as never used it, 5th tool post is aluminium bends when you tighten the tool retainer bolts manufacturing a new steel one, normally this is a big deal but not to me as I'm a machine tool fitter I repair all machine tools and CNC's and onsite repairs, but folks before you buy one try buy the earlier model as the 1 I have is pretty much useless out of the box its currently in pieces on my work bench so far fixed tail stock, saddle plates, lead screw nut, manufacturing new tool post out of steel, and I have hand scraped all bed and slide ways to near perfect, the only things good was spindle was good and had a 2 thou out of square for flex when cutting which was a supprise and tail stock was accurate less than 1/2 thou both ways i didnt expect that as its not common knowledge I should all so say this puppy didn't have a single drop of oil or grease anywhere, I purchased this little fella as I build guitars in my spare time and for model parts as i also build wooden ships parts which are tiny. if anyone wants to buy one do your homework as repairs can be quite expensive once fixed i'm going to modify it to be a great little lathe, will change spindle bearings for some angler contact precision bearings, i'm swaping every nut and bolt on it as there rubbish, changing out nylon gears for steel, new chuck, larger hand wheels, and swap out the motor for 1hp to start with

[@Tacho1957]

Espectacular !!!, muy buen trabajo, la filmación es excelente, me hace acordar a los videos de "click spring'" que son una perfección en la edición y contenido, muy didáctico y muchas ideas para aplicar en mí torno WM 180. Solo me mareé con las etiquetas de los productos, me imagino de que se trata, pero aun no sé leer el idioma 😁🤪 , abrazo grande desde Argentina

[@crusadetime6980]

Muy espectacular

[@bassome3000ify]

Awesome

[@fainderskurs-koi8767]

о естественно Лайк. Правильно мыслишь, в нужном направлении.

[@AVSmadiunofficial]

great

interesting idea with this cross table!

[@mailtome7654]

Отличная точилка получилась в итоге :))

[@beaker2000]

That is the best pencil sharpener ever!

[@21gioni]

Brilliant

[@mountainviews5025]

Enjoyed the video I have subscribed thumbs up peaps

[@boruvka52]

Hi,That is realy lovely upgrade! Thanks for sharing,but can you share the dimensions as well?

[@MF175mp]

Where did you buy the lathe itself and are the bed ways really hardened as the sticker says?

[@nestorsanchez9870]

Muy bueno lo tuyo !!! 👏👏👏

[@cockedhat1]

excellent

[@gregwilson9035]

How were you able to produce such good results on this lathe, given the amount of slop that you showed in the carriage, at the beginning of the video??

[@spudnickuk]

Awsome. I bought mine a few days ago, and not done a proper job on it yet, so I think this project will be my first, but I need to order a cross vice like yours , as I have been looking for one but they are a bit pricey.

[@flat-earther]

did you do it? Did you buy the milling table? BTW spudnickuk have you become a flat earther yet? If not I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

[@paulk3573]

Hello, I really enjoyed your video and so I bought the same milling stand as you. In this regard, how do you proceed to adjust the parallelism of the grooves of the table with respect to the direction of the cross slide. In the video we don't see anything about it. Could you enlighten me on this issue. Good end of the day and continue to make beautiful videos. P.K.

[@rogue277]

Bro wins the "I can do everything without a mill" contest

[@RobytheFlorentine]

great my friend. Really good job. Regards from Florence, Italy

[@Fr3dd1321764]

Excellent job.

[@noviceartisan]

Not a bad little pencil sharpener!

[@hoangkhaichiem4305]

thank you very much. Amazing great work

[@noneofabove5586]

Best pencil sharpener !

[@sebastianroa2843]

Para esos tipos de trabajos existen la fresadora y el taladro fresador, el torno es una máquinas versátil, pero siempre es un torno

[@kennethljungberg642]

Very good Lathe machine.Kenneth

[@shaunlongden7891]

Excellent well done!

[@FrustratedBaboon]

You brought me hope for my Grizzly 10" lathe which runs like it's on a drunk galloping horse.

[@flat-earther]

hi frustrated have you become a flat earther yet? If not I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

[@timhofstetter5654]

I don't remember working nearly that hard to make the tapered gibs for my lathe...

[@lucasshalon3812]

Beleza jóia Mano

[@elgallodecente1472]

After how much time of use you hand to make this repair??? Or the lathe as brand new???