New tool

[Mike V. Florida]

For some time now I have read about "just put is in the lathe..." "Turn down this or that". Well I came across a small lathe for free (yes Chinese, one plant seems to make all the 7 X lathes). Parts had enough rust to keep things from moving, The gears all had hard grease, the controller was shot, some of the handles were broken but it had most everything needed to make it work other wise.

I took everything apart, removed the rust and old grease. Lapped the metal parts so every thing moves like it should. Gave it a "hammered" paint job so it looks good. The motor is good, the controller is shot but I found someone that has a flat rate for the repair.

I found a few places on the web that had the parts I was missing and I have placed on my wish list upgrades for the future.

Can't wait to start turning metal.