Recent content by Luthi

Mind if I pm you to set up a time for me to come take a look?

Oh I definitely see the advantage of a used machine in that sense! I'm by no means looking for anything new, I would actually love something that I could repair as it would allow me to learn. But as far as my understanding goes, getting a bed back to true takes a rather extensive amount of...

I really appreciate the offer but as I'm still very new I would like to eliminate as many "is it the wear?" Scenarios as possible. I figure if the machine is MOSTLY wear free, all ill have to blame is my machining practices, instead of constantly second guessing. If the wear was in...

What kind of wear does it have? Is it something that could be repaired/replaced simply enough? I don't mind putting effort into fixing something mechanically so long as its within the realm of reason for a novice!

10" - 14" × 24" - 48" seems like a good place to start for me.

Hi all! I'm new here but I've been keeping an eye open for some smaller benchtop lathes. If anyone in the Airdrie/Calgary area knows of anyone selling a small set up that maybe has some tooling with it, I'd be very interested in coming to take a look! I'm also willing to travel anywhere in...