What is a mini wood lathe?
:Due to it’s small size, the mini-lathe does not need a lot of material to work with, especially when you’re starting out. Finding metal stock in diameters and lengths that are convenient to work with and in alloys that machine well on the mini-lathe, can sometimes be a problem. You won’t find the stuff you need at Home Depot or Lowes and if you order it, you may find that there’s a 6-foot minimum length, when all you need is a foot or two, but in a variety of diameters. I’m pleased to now be able to offer a source of top-quality metal stock that’s just the right size for the mini-lathe, and competitively priced. I’ve teamed up with M&M Specialties, Inc., a high-volume manufacturer of precision screw-machine products based in Greenville, TN. The stock is the remnant ends from their automatic screw-machine production. These machines go through lots of bar stock, churning out precision parts by the bucket-load in highly automated operations. But by their nature, they can’t use the last foot or so of the metal bar stock, so those ends become surplus to the production operation. Luckily, those scrap ends are the perfect size for the mini-lathe. So I’m partnering with M&M Specialties to make this great metal stock available directly to you. This is all top-quality material: 360 brass, 12L14 free-machining steel, various stainless steel alloys and some other specialty alloys from time to time. I’ll describe some of the available stock in more detail below, but first, here’s some general information about the stock and the ordering and delivery process.
