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Thanks for the helpful info. I'll just be etching onto wood so a lower powered diode laser should be fine for me. Brian

Thanks - it's great to be led to a non-US review site that speaks a language I can understand. I'll be spending done time going through the various videos today.

Thanks for the Atomstack recommendation. I've had a quick look and most of the ones in my price range are out of stock at the moment. I'll keep looking though!

I do a fair amount of wood turning and frequently customise larger items with some surface carving. However, I'm increasingly asked to personalise items with text in small sizes - 5mm to 10mm, say. My letter carving skills don't go down that far I'm afraid, so I think laser etching is the way to...

Please ignore me - I've now found an exploded diagram of the ML8 elsewhere on the forum and all is now clear and my bearings are adjusted.

Sorry to awaken a very old thread, but could someone explain what @robe_uk means by the 'collar' on the ML8?

You'll need to wait a few weeks as it's all wrapped up at the moment waiting to be moved to a new workshop that doesn't have a leaky roof, door and windows! I've just bought it a new Sorby Patriot chuck as a 'welcome to your new home' present...

Hi Peter. It sounds like you're a city boy. I'm out in the fens - in Earith...

Hi, I'm based near Cambridge (UK) at the moment and my main interest is woodturning. I have a venerable Myford ML8 which has been beautifully modified by the previous owner to have a much more substantial machined bed. I also inherited a Multistar Duplex chuck with the lathe which has proven to...