Does Someone Have A Lathe I Can Use???

[BootMachine]

I'm building a motor for my car and I wanna shave a little meat off the pullys......just to see what happens!

Is there someone out there who will lend me the use of their lathe for an hour or so?

[aaron88]

There is a lathe at my work but a few years ago someone smashed into it with something really heavy, so now it doesn’t turn about a good fixed point.  It wobbles a good 25 thou or so.  Therefore it’s no good for taking off small amounts of material or for refinishing material.

I don’t recommend you use it for your application.

But I should have a lathe of my own in a year or so.  You’re welcome to use that one

Aaron

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[BootMachine]

What did they hit it with???

A TANK!

That lathe is the biggest one I have ever seen...well..in real life anyway...

As if it does not work properly...thats sad....so expensive too! That lathe is SOOO nice!

Just did a little calculation....because I use metric...its only off by less then 1/2 a MM. Can I try it out anyway and see what happens?

I mean....by buddy did it with a vice and a grinder and his is OK...so this cant be that bad !!!  

[aaron88]

It really depends on what operation you want to do.  Some will be beter than others.

It's actually off by more than a half mm but not more than 1mm.

I'll be at the shop on Tuesday night.

Aaron

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[BootMachine]

1mm is ok too!

If it flies off the engine and smashes into a million pieces I have another one I can use anyway!

I would VERY MUCH appreciate your assistance with this small project....and also I want another look around your massive shop!!!  

Sorry I didnt get back on here earlier....when is a good time for you?