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    8x16 Metal Lathe Buyers Guide

    it's a hard thing to mass market. In the CNC side of things there's a semi bolt-on CNC solution for Grizzly and WM210-V lathes courtesy of BDTools. There's a company called ProCut CNC that makes a true bolt-on CNC solution for PM/Craftex lathes, but they don't respond to communication and have...
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    8x16 Metal Lathe Buyers Guide

    https://www.rocketronics.de/en/els/ I almost went for this before realizing that CNC wouldn't cost that much more, and is wayyyyymore useful. But if you have specific needs this system will meet it's pretty great!
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    8x16 Metal Lathe Buyers Guide

    I use a Ditron DRO and it's terrific. You can ask for magnetic tape instead of full on scales and it works just as well, esp in the limited space you have on a 8x16. It might be a bit more than your price range but buy once cry once and all that!
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    Canadian Sources for Hobbyist Quantities of Oil

    Final note as I think I found the best fit - 4L Jugs for ~$25ea at Commercial Oil. Here's the product data sheet - it states "The formulations incorporate a sulphur/phosphorus additive system making these products especially well suited for multiple gear drives or where severe shock or overloads...
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    Canadian Sources for Hobbyist Quantities of Oil

    I can see how things get so confusing - from what I've read even in another day of casual browsing it sounds like there are a tonne of variables that most people wouldn't be able to account for, so anecdotal reports are only as good as the poster's ability to provide details. There are lots of...
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    Canadian Sources for Hobbyist Quantities of Oil

    The gearbox is sealed isn't it? As I noted the original spec for the gearbox oil is an EP gear oil (Mobil 600xp 100 / mobilgear 627). The 75W-80 from the PM manual appears to be as well. In doing a lot of reading on the subject yesterday I read that the reason EP oil is specified for the gearbox...
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    Canadian Sources for Hobbyist Quantities of Oil

    ah, you may be right there. I thought SAE30 was ISO100 (which would make 75W80/90 much thicker) but I just found this on the engineer's toolbox, looks like different SAE grades apply to ISOs when it's specifically gearbox oil. And here I thought it was already confusing! So since the manual...
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    Canadian Sources for Hobbyist Quantities of Oil

    I was just going to get a couple of Goldenrod oilers - KBC has them for about $25 I think, so if I get their way oil I'll probably grab a couple. I've been a longtime watcher of the Blondihacks youtube channel and that's what she uses - she has one that she turned down to a point for general...
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    Canadian Sources for Hobbyist Quantities of Oil

    I found that one as well - it's on my short list as it's a good price, the right weight... I just wish it was 1L instead of 1gallon, haha! I searched high and low to see if I could just use their spindle oil for the gears but it seems like I can't, otherwise they would have been the perfect...
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    Canadian Sources for Hobbyist Quantities of Oil

    I've been running around in circles on this and I want to put it to bed so I can get to using my new lathe! I bought a CX706 from Busy Bee and the manual states to use a 20W machine oil for everything except the gearbox, and Mobilgear 627 in the gearboxes (apparently this is now called Mobilgear...
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    A question for those who have done the conversion - manual machining?

    Awesome! I think I understand it a bit better now - I love the idea of the "addition" as it would certainly take less time and machining than a conversion. That's what attracted me to the Pro-Cut CNC kits but after doing a bit of research on the company I'll be avoiding them entirely. I like...
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    A question for those who have done the conversion - manual machining?

    ahh, ok so i just learned about Dual-Shaft motors, which for some reason nobody on youtube has ever used for a conversion! Is that what you did - and is that what makes it possible to use handwheels? that would be soooo much simpler than Wade'O, even though i do love the way his motor mounts...
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    A question for those who have done the conversion - manual machining?

    would it work the same way will a full CNC though? Many of the implementations i've seen seem to replace the handwheels with motors, so I'll lose the ability to even turn them. I considered the ELS approach as well, but to make my shaping/finishing process more efficient it was clear that I'll...
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    A question for those who have done the conversion - manual machining?

    Hi Everyone, I haven't even gotten my lathe yet but I wanted to put this question out there as it's hard to "find" this information on the web. I nearly bought a Taig CNC lathe but it just didn't have the flexibility that i needed - i need tailstock support for what i do, and generally needed...
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    Delrin source?

    Late to the party here but Plastic World in the GTA is a great source. Plasticworld.ca - only catch is you have to call or email to see what's in stock. A little cumbersome in today's world but they will cut to any size and have a lot of stock in both white and black.
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