lathe home

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Fiberglass insulation vs. Blown insulation…which is best? We live in upstate NY, and are remodling our hundred year old home. Which would be better for insulating the exterior walls. We would rather not take down exterior walls. The walls are sheetrocked over the plaster and lathe. During some remdloing we have noticed that there is [...]

machine lathe tools

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Lathe and Mill for novice.? im looking for a mill and lathe for my home. The idea is to get something that is of good quality and useful wile not completely breaking the bank. I don’t mind buying used, but i kind of want to steer clear of the heavy duty machining tools from the [...]

manual lathes

Friday, March 5th, 2010

parts or repair manual for millport 1740 g lathe ? try http://userguides.50webs.com/ They carry every woodworking machine manual . You can download it and get it same day. 32″ x 393″ Poreba Manual Lathe

metal lathe working

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

How to remove dirt and grease from lathe to paint.? Work being so slow at the moment I am fixing up an repainting all the machinery at my work. They have years of caked on grease/dirt/metal dust caked on them. I’ve tried mineral spirits and degreaser and they seem to gust make it into a [...]

cnc lathe

Monday, March 1st, 2010

How long does it take to become a specialist CNC lathe? I've been trying to get a job doing this and everyone wants the experience … I have no way he was going to school for It's hard to say. You could go to a high-tech center and should be about 2 years. You can [...]