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ILol You guys crack me up! Just like a gaggle of old ladies, all of you persist in debating if any particular piece of machinery advertised on here, or listed on here, is "a good deal", "worth it", "not worth it", etc, along with other disparaging remarks based upon "your opinions". Why is...

Any business that is unwilling to sell / honour the non-business hobbiest, willing to spend hundreds of dollars or more, can stick their ideology where the sun doesn't shine...... I would never, honour such a business with a single dollar, based upon principal alone, period. Nor do care less...

Lol. Must be hitting the crack pipe. Yep.. i signed in just to say that. Lol.

Thank you guys for your thoughts. It helps. I have never bought from aliexpress or banggood, i guess now is a good time to try them. I didnt realize that CCMT inserts allowed for smaller bore holes than DCMT inserts do. Good to know!

Guys, I am considering buying a set of small boring bars for use on a ML7. I do not have any currently. Looking on Chronos site and RDG site, i find similar small boring bars. Chronos has their Glanze-branded bars, and RDG bars, look similar, are not branded...

Rotary broach? Lol. I dont even know what one is. I think i will start by grinding a hss threading tool. Baby steps. I am still in the process of taking parts from the lathe off and cleaning them and ensuring all components are well lubed, adjusted, and running well enough to start making...

No “aversion” to purchasing online. Not sure where you got that idea from, as I didn’t imply it. If anyone actually had an aversion to purchasing online, in today’s marketplace, then they would have a very narrow repertoire of whatever, to choose from.

Thanks guys. As a plan b, I thot of turning down a larger screw snd then running the die over it. I didnt consider that a grade 5 screw, if that be the grade, would damage the die, however. Hummm Annealing and re tempering would hardly be worth the effort. Looks like buying online or...

So the myford needs an allen head 1/4” BSF screw and also a 1/4” BSF Stud. These are to attach / secure the ml7 motor drive pulley cover to the lathe. I have a 1/4” x 26 tap die in BSF. Is there a possibility of running the die over a more common cap screw in metric or NF that would take...