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    Metal lathe options

    I can help here, if that's OK? The stock change gears for normal turning are 20-80-20-80 which drive the leadscrew at 1/16 (20/80*20/80) the speed of the spindle. With the metric 1.5mm leadscrew pitch on @Chris Cramer's machine, this will result in a sideways movement of the tool (feed) of...
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    Metal lathe options

    For threading, for me it's just a case of "as slow as it will go and keep turning and cutting metal smoothly" :) So that is 'by feel', pretty much. I think I mentioned using slow feed change gears for turning, to slow down the travel/rev- it can help with cutting as with slower travel it's often...
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    Metal lathe options

    The cheap Hall sensor tachs will work on a 7x lathe. I put one on my drill press when I re-powered it with a variable speed motor. But, for my tools - drill press, lathe or the mill, at my level of skill, the RPM numbers just help to get me into the right 'range'. So the markings around the...
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    Metal lathe options

    Does your lathe have a tach (RPM display)? If it doesn't, this handheld tach would be useful: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B004Q8L894/ I bought one a couple of years ago and it works well. For a while, I didn't have a tach on my 7x lathe, so I put masking tape around the speed control knob...
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    Craftex ct133 milling machine - $700 - Calgary, ab

    Older BB version of the Sieg X2 with MT3 spindle. Current BB offering is the CX-605 @$1000+tax, with R8 spindle.
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    Ball Bearing Collet Nuts

    I bought one of the bearing nuts - "just to see if I could tell the difference". I couldn't, really. That said, most of my ER32 stuff in question came straight from AliExpress. One R8 ER32 "CanCNC"came from BB, and was likely from China or India with a bit better finish. It all works well enough...
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    Prusa mk4

    BTW - unless you are using Bambu filament which has RFID tags on the spools, the filament doesn't have to be the same for the AMS Lite to switch when filament on one spool runs out. As long as the printer 'thinks' that another spool is identical it will switch to that one, automatically. You can...
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    Bambu A1 3D Printer

    I read a lot of posts - here and 'out there on the web' before making a semi-impulse 3D printer purchase: I bought a Bambu A1+AMS Lite; it arrived a couple of weeks ago and has been printing most of the time since then. In another discussion I ranted a bit about the initial software setup...
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    Prusa mk4

    this is a bit off the Prusa topic; sorry. (EDIT: I'm going to start a fresh discussion on the Bambu, and I'll copy this post there. I'll leave it here to avoid confusion...I've been caught by deleted posts in the past :"Wherediditgo? I swear I saw it...":) ) I bought a Bambu A1+AMS Lite; it...
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    What size lathe do you have?

    It is the 'metalworkers' forum - not 'machinists' forum, after all. My neighbour is more of a metalworker than I will ever be. He has welders (gas, MIG) grinders and abrasive chop saw, drill press, milling machine...but no lathe. And he makes lotsa stuff out of metal. So you needn't feel left...
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