Recent content by rmcelroy

Hi. I did think about returning it but it was a gift and Amazon won’t let me return it. I saw the Parkside lathe question and that might be the way to go. I just need to confirm the pitch. There’s a company selling a screw on mandrel to fit a 1” 8tpi thread, which isn’t ideal but it might let me...

Hi. I thought that might be. I ordered a few M18 fine pitch nuts to see if they fit to confirm. Thanks

Hi, I received a T-Mech 4 Speed Wood Lathe (Model 28088) for Christmas. I want to turn pen blanks using a mandrel. The lathe is advertised as having an M18 spindle on the headstock and Tailstock. It looks like the pitches are different. The tailstock takes an M18 2.5 nut but the headstock looks...