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  1. Brian G

    Help Identifying my Lathe

    It sure does look like an iteration of the same piece of equipment. A copy of your pdf manual would be great. Thanks! Email [email protected]
  2. Brian G

    Help Identifying my Lathe

    I have recently acquired the lathe pictured below. It is in great shape but is missing any identifying information. It seems to be of Asian origin. I am looking to identify the unit so that I can locate a manual for it, or at least find the feed speed selection plate information so that I can...
  3. Brian G

    lathe tool inserts

    Westool in Edmonton. Mom and pop shop. Friendly, great service and good prices. What they don't stock they can get quickly from a local wholesaler.
  4. Brian G

    Edmonton Meet ups & local info

    Greetings Edmonton chip-makers! I have recently begun the pursuit of machining in support of my unrepentant automotive modification hobby. I am interested in sharing information, experience, and expertise with other similar hobby machinists in the Greater Edmonton area. I have only recently...
  5. Brian G

    Tech-night

    An idea I'd like to introduce is something called "tech-night". This is an evening or weekend day that some more experienced fellow would volunteer to "teach" or "assist" any of the other forum members, in some specific area of their own expertise or something of universal interest. We...
  6. Brian G

    Edmonton thread

    Would you be kind enough to start an Edmonton area thread/section where us Edmonton guys could introduce ourselves and arrange meets tech-nights?
  7. Brian G

    lathe tool inserts

    Where are you guys getting your tooling inserts? There must be something between the retail machine supply stores that are crazy expensive, and the crummy Busy Bee Chinese stuff. Maybe some online source that is favored?
  8. Brian G

    New to machiniing. Planning to take courses at NAIT in the fall of 2015.

    New to machiniing. Planning to take courses at NAIT in the fall of 2015.
  9. Brian G

    Sticky What Machines Do You have?

    So far I'm just getting set up. I build cars and motorcycles so this is basically a fabrication center for project parts.
  10. Brian G

    Sticky What Machines Do You have?

    My name is Brian. I live in Edmonton. I started out with this ShopMaster Bridgemill combination unit, about 5 years ago. It was my first experience with metal machining, after years of fabricating with a hacksaw and a file. I ran it for about 3 years. Not a bad first machine. I sold this...
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