15 minute Lathe Project for Beginners

Big thumbs up ! Recently got a a Myford 7 (1952)
And had a practice today .
One spinner in brass the other in aluminium.
Longer than 15 mins I have got to get a quick change toolpost !
Many thanks !
Are there more ?
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do you have a video on the drop hammer?

Thanks for the video, inspiring for a newbie like me.

Херь какая-то

I hate seeing vernier type callipers being abused in this way!!!

dear Ade, I was very fortunate to have inherited a 1949 ML7 from my late uncle who was a life long engineer, unfortunately I have a very limited knowledge of what can be achieved on it or how to go about achieving it, I find your videos very informative and would be grateful for any tips and advice you may be able to give without me becoming a pest, the lathe its self seems in good working order and i have tinkered with it with varying degrees of success on a few projects, I have noticed that mine is blue, most peoples are grey, and there are parts on your lathe that are not on mine, I understand that each one was probably uesed for a specific job but each time i watch a video of an ML7 i look and think, I havent got that bit, like your thread turning indicator and so on, i would be grateful for any tips and help,, ,, , yours john

cool gonna try one now!

Why does every hobby machinist think it's ok to do that to calipers? FFS.

Awesome video, where did you get the solid metal rod?

A caliper is not a scriber

Hi Ade,

My father has different type of lathe machines in India. He has business since last 50 years. I would like to connect with you and discuss about future projects in which we can work together.

Nice but beginners like me can't do it for 15 minutes.

What are they?

very nice!

I'll give it a shot when my lathe arrives. I'll use the aluminum though, as the brass would be a very expensive lesson for all my mistakes to be

Poor calipers……

Very video, thanks I like the way ur cutoff tool works, I have a Atlas lathe I am going to c if I can make it fit
The way urs dose.

Give em to the kids... Or maybe not, they'll choke on them these days.. so funny, sad and true! Thanks for the share.

Nice little job, little tip, use an old paint brush n the tool insert when machining brass, saves a lot of flying mess.

Make sure you use Mitutoyo calipers for scribing lines on hard materials in the lathe.
The combination of expensive calipers and your lathe's highest RPM setting ensure that the lines will come out very neat.

And the little screw end of your Mitutoyo micrometer makes a great hammer for bashing things into alignment in the chuck.
Just some pro tips to save you time.

Hi Ade do you undertake commissions?

Why so many dislikes?

excellent project.

use er collet next time? 🤔

its the hogging off with my chinese 7x14 thats the killer rest is easy

Holy Cow! Using the caliper points to scribe a moving part in a chuck, 'nice' way to wreck a caliper, I'd be fired if I did that! (idea, make a scriber point and mount in a quick change tool holder!)

Great project dear man 👍

I am new to turning myself, what size tooling do you use in the Dickson style qctp? Trying to get my head around the tooling hss or carbide ?

Thank you Ade,

Excellent little project. Took a bit longer than 15 mins for myself but it was the first use of my super 7 (Never used a metal lathe before). Can't believe how well it works! Really has inspired and given me the courage and confidence to go further. Lot to learn still!

Great video...just considering purchasing a warco mini lathe so looking for projects and found this one...just about to subscribe as well...

I've never really seen a caliper used in that fashion. I was wondering why you wouldn't use the carriage indicator to dimension the part?

do you have a blueprint for this ?

G'day Ade,
It's Geoff from downunder Melbourne Australia. I did expect a reply from you like that.I don't care if it's your caliper, it's tool abuse a precison measuring instrument cheap or not.
If you were working in my shop and I seen you doing that , it would be onya bike and don't come back.
As I said not a good look.
COOEE
GE🎃FF

I would have got a kick in the pants if I used a digital caliper to scribe lines,not a good look

Love It!!! Thanks a lot!

You have very poor skills and even less common sense.

Yep the sizes are approximate, but one thing you have to learn as a beginner is to get dimensions accurate. So it is better to practise that on object like this where it is not critical, start practising getting accurate dimensions from the start.

What a great idea! I'm in the process of getting my first mini lathe to learn on, so this will be one of the first projects I'll do. Cheers Ade 👍🏻

Just subscribed.

Hi Ade. Good video, love your measurements. good for this project, a good beginners project.
Regards Shayne -- Australia

There we have 95% of one's stock brass becomes sand and grit on the floor. Cute.

Just found your channel, just bought a Myford Ml7

why do folk use callipers as scribers?

Just got my machine today, and ready to kick it off like a dead lepers head. Thanks from Australia!

Thanks for posting this. Loving that music!

Thanks! Just got my mini lathe. You turned the tool turret for one cut, and angled the base slide for another.....how to decide which to angle?

I'm with you on hogging off material with deep cuts. The Myford is capable, so why not. I can't wait for grandchildren, so I can make these for them.

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Ade,
Love the spinners, Great vid. Gives me a new way to try to make a top...
Thanks.

Darn kids, choke on anything these day's. Ah the good old days, when kids played with marbles and didnt eat them