Jungle Jim
Active member
To the OP
Keep an eye open for something like this on ebay
Conquest Super Lathe
I bought mine second hand 12 years ago and it was brilliant to learn on. Second hand you tend to get lots of extras with it, which helps as you won't know what bits you need and what you don't till you have a play.
You should expect to make stuff for fun, not anything precision (I invented a new tolerance with mine, wobble fit, and its converse, hammer fit). You get a great sense of achievement when you make your first successful part.
I use it for protyping at work but I have made some Delrin furler parts for a dinghy. Once I got used to its foibles I can get quite precise, but it took a while to get to that stage.
You can get some great hints and tips from the model engineers forum
Forum Topics - Model Engineer
Keep an eye open for something like this on ebay
Conquest Super Lathe
I bought mine second hand 12 years ago and it was brilliant to learn on. Second hand you tend to get lots of extras with it, which helps as you won't know what bits you need and what you don't till you have a play.
You should expect to make stuff for fun, not anything precision (I invented a new tolerance with mine, wobble fit, and its converse, hammer fit). You get a great sense of achievement when you make your first successful part.
I use it for protyping at work but I have made some Delrin furler parts for a dinghy. Once I got used to its foibles I can get quite precise, but it took a while to get to that stage.
You can get some great hints and tips from the model engineers forum
Forum Topics - Model Engineer