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  1. J

    Machine Considering Buying a King 1236ML Looking for Opinions

    Ended up with 15 blocks, which will do me for quite some time. Not sure what I’m going to put on the remaining section to the left. It’ll either be more holders down the road or I was thinking of adding aluminum tubing to hold chuck wrenches, but then I’d be reaching over the chuck each time...
  2. J

    Machine Considering Buying a King 1236ML Looking for Opinions

    It was kind of funny it worked out that the edge of the aluminum sat right against the reveal for the trim on the window. I didn’t have to move late at all, but it wouldn’t have been a big deal if I had to move it either way a bit. I did haveto either trim the aluminum around the window, trim...
  3. J

    Machine Considering Buying a King 1236ML Looking for Opinions

    Speaking of which I’m a bit of a pack rat lol. I was wanting to make a tooling holder to mount to the back of the chip guard and I liked couple of the ideas I’ve seen on here from other members. I had some scrap pieces of Wearathon and ripped it in the table saw and then cut the angles on the...
  4. J

    Machine Considering Buying a King 1236ML Looking for Opinions

    For sure. I think what that gentleman meant was the Starrett was not as precise but a lot more accurate to a lesser degree if that makes sense. The Starrett is still heads above the others but it measures .005" per foot where the other on is .0002" over 10". He mentioned to start with a Starrett...
  5. J

    Machine Considering Buying a King 1236ML Looking for Opinions

    I've been a Millwright since 98 as well, however we don't do much in the way of precision leveling in our facility. I'm doing Machinist as a second trade & on paper I have block 3 but haven't been getting the hours so I feel more like a block 1 lol. I've always wanted a lathe at home & even if...
  6. J

    Machine Considering Buying a King 1236ML Looking for Opinions

    Oh for sure, I agree. I read the reviews and they seemed ok, but can you believe the reviews? I was hoping it would be ok for what I needed just starting out. Even if it was half as accurate as it claims it’ll be fine. But unless it can be proven, there’s no way to tell for sure. Two tenths over...
  7. J

    Machine Considering Buying a King 1236ML Looking for Opinions

    Yeah I was aware of how sensitive they are. In one of the other videos I viewed of levelling the lathe the guy actually said stay away from them because they’re so sensitive and hard to get used to when you’re inexperienced. I just feel that by levelling the piece of tubing in the voice and...
  8. J

    Machine Considering Buying a King 1236ML Looking for Opinions

    Yes it is. I missed that part. So after I got it level in the vice and flipped it over and it didn’t read the same. I tried to adjust it by splitting the difference a couple of times to get a close and every time I would get it, it’d be off the other way. I’m going to try and calibrate it again...
  9. J

    Machine Considering Buying a King 1236ML Looking for Opinions

    Yeah I watched that video, he explains it well. I’m hoping to get some time at it in the next day or two.
  10. J

    Machine Considering Buying a King 1236ML Looking for Opinions

    So I mentioned earlier I ordered a “machinist level” off Amazon but it was only a whopping 75 bucks hence the quotation marks lol. I obviously don’t have a Granite plate but to “prove” the level I put a piece of tubing in my vice and got it reading dead center after some effort. So after...
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