I too would love to have a bench top lathe, or even a mill, that would be slick. For the mean time though, I just use my floor drill press, and convert the table to what I need done, regular vice for holding, or a compound vice for the X and Y axis machining. I'm VERY limited on what I can do with it, but having it is truly an investment. Grew up using a bench vice and a hand drill...life sucked...I know. LOL
The powder coating of the parts ran me $200.00 kinda pricey...but damn worth it knowing I will never have rust marks on my carpet.
I'm going to make another one for my patio deck in the future. It will be powder coated white to match my future furniture, on my future deck. LOL
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Originally Posted by GR8racingfool
I too would love to have a bench top lathe, or even a mill, that would be slick. For the mean time though, I just use my floor drill press, and convert the table to what I need done, regular vice for holding, or a compound vice for the X and Y axis machining. I'm VERY limited on what I can do with it, but having it is truly an investment. Grew up using a bench vice and a hand drill...life sucked...I know. LOL
