Recent content by minilathe22

You probably have a 3/4" diameter thread ( 0.75" = 19.05mm) and the thread is a metric 18mm diameter. I would be concerned that the threads are only gripping very slightly and under load it could detach completely. You need to get hold of an adapter, or buy a better lathe. The parkside one is...

Interesting that you quote red diesel prices, I have a diesel space heater which has a 10 litre tank. I found that red diesel is hard to buy in small volumes, and I could not find any suppliers that ended up cheaper than a fuel station unless I committed to buy several hundred litres, which...

I have a lathe with 1 1/4" diameter tool post for which very few tool rests come up. I have found two solutions. One is to buy a piece of mild steel tube which is 1" internal diameter and 1 1/4" outside diameter, cut it lengthways with a hacksaw so it expands and contracts, and then use 1" tool...

No problem Tony, go ahead!

Also some extra info, looks like the company made it into the 1980s: Hazlewood & Dent Ironmongery & Tools

I made a new discovery regarding the origin of this lathe - it appears to be "Hazlewood and Dent Ltd" established 1885 in Birmingham. The advertisment does not show my specific machine, but one very similar for much larger work. This is from a scan of "Benns Encyclopaedia of Hardware" 1954 so...

It turned out to be a pin going through the shaft had sheared off on both sides and allowed rotation where it should not. It was a simple design in the end. Yes the bench mounted countershaft does take alot of space compared to the later underdrive models, but I got it for a good price and do...

Hello everyone I recently purchased a do upper Boxford CSB lathe. It uses a bench mounted countershaft and motor combined unit, bolted separate from the lathe at a suitable location. I believe this is not the normal unit supplied with the CSB lathe, it appears to be the more generic drive unit...

Yes it can be scary if you don't have a soft start. Inverters are coming down in price now, that would allow you to have a wider range of speeds but only really suitable for 3 phase motors. If the lathe is more secure it will be safer.

If you want to turn larger diameter/off centre pieces then getting the lathe solidly mounted can make a huge difference. stack up the frame with bags of sands/gravel whatever, or bolt to the wall/floor, whatever is easiest.

for a rotating centre, the torque through the taper is not important so an mt1 - mt2 adapter and this would work fine.

one solution would be to carpet the stairs?

I have done a large end grain apple bowl before, it is hard work with end grain, you need a big bowl gouge and sharpen it more often. if you have any forstner bits or large drill bits you can start clearing the centre out with these. Also yes some curved tool rests to minimize overhand are...

I would say its an ideal first lathe, do not worry about the specifications too much until you have got a bit more familiar with wood turning. Yes an MT1 taper can be a bit small but for larger diameter work you can use a chuck which attaches using the headstock thread and not the taper.

I wonder if the bearings are being pulled out of alignment along the shaft, such that they have no end play and the sideways force on each bearing is excessive. That would be my first guess.