back to the grindstone :-)

[Y-geo]

Hi,
just acquired a Conquest hobby lathe and decided to get back into making swarf again. look forward to reading up what i should know.
S & F
Y-Geo

[Jon]

Hi Y-geo - welcome to HomemadeTools.net

What did you want to build first?

[Y-geo]

Hi Y-geo - welcome to HomemadeTools.net

What did you want to build first?

Jon,
the first order for business for me and my second hand Conquest ( AKA chinese mini-lathe) lathe is to give it a once over thorough clean & lube.



Whilst doing this i will be working thro some of Steve Jordans " workbook " of improvements see here :-

(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEp...=dd&shelf_id=1) ***

and getting to know how it ticks as opposed to what I think I remember from my chequered engineering history


*** I hope it is ok to post an outside link if not please delete

[Jon]

Very nice. No worries, we post outside links all of the time. If you post a specific YouTube video, it will even embed the video player in your post.