Mini Lathe

[Mutawintji]

Hi Chris ... Thank you kindly for your considered post.

It is sound. I realised from this thread that it is much more likely that the operator needs the upgrade kit and not the Sieg C3.

I am going to take this advice, and other earlier posts hinted to me as much. If I have not fully understood and extended the C3's capabilities then it is self delusional to think a more expensive lathe will improve my abilities.

my budget is now free and I may buy a small cheeeep mill along the lines of the C3 and spend more time on my education with these tools before upgrading.

So funny, but the older I get the less vain I have become and the more willing I am to accept others advice. My earlier teachers in ALL fields, who surely despaired, would love to see this post ... Haaaa

Greg

[Stustoys]

Hi Greg,
Now that you have your lathe mill sorted, to back up a little.

What is the difference between 'scraping' and 'flaking' ?

Is the guy using the same Biax machine with different inserts ?

Or are different machines used for these two 'different' operations ?

Scraping(as in the video) is used to get all the high points of a surface on the same plan(flat).

If two scaped surfaces are going to slide over each other, Flaking is a pattern that maybe applied to help hold oil(or even air?). Two flat surfaces tend not to slide over each other well.

He doesnt use a power scraping in that video, only a power flaker, they are two different machines(though they look pretty much the same). They dont normally come cheap.

Stuart

[Mutawintji]

Ta Stuart ...

That really had me puzzled. When no one replied to that bit I thought I had asked a question out of turn. ('Strewth ... Where do we start with this idiot' ... Haaa)

You have made it dead simple and now I will re-watch the video again.

cheers muchly ... Greg