And once the inside gets hot, it takes longer to cool it down, as the insulation keeps the heat in ralphie

I was wondering why fleeling Hot Check tv . No one is letting run my mini lathe.

There one use I use smalls a lot for painting. Need to cover badway and part lathe you do want dots on. Here simple project that makes a lot women happy back in 1995 the had Painted Yahtzee for the computer. They never made dice for this game. So can make your wife very with your lathe and nes 4 jaw chuck. On the mini lathe you can paint the dice the different colors. Wash off dice using rubbing alcohol. Use your 4 jaw self centering chuck and chuck up the dice for painting. It takes 5 colors using Testors 9146XT Promotional Enamel Paint. Note you buy purple or mix that color. Now just just use tool post to steady your and paint each color let dry between colors. Some dates you need to use white in dots to stand out. You only one on the block with Painted Yahtzee. I have included the paint chat , score pads and rules in PDF in the down load section. https://groups.io/g/7x12MiniLathe/files/99%29%20painted%20Yahtzee%20on%20mini%20lathe%20file I have used the lathe for a lot for painting Dave

My ok to polish the knives today as long not over 10 minutes. It also 98° in hobby shop at 10:30 today. This what used to polish the knives. Hope you put other uses for your mini lathe here for all to see. Still could not turn the plexiglass rod it take to long in 108° F day. Dave

I seem to remember some years ago someone had increased the through-bore of the standard 3" 3-jaw chuck, but I can't remember where and didn't find anything in my search. It may have been toolsandmods.com, but that site appears to be defunct now. I was using the lathe last night and the 5/8" bar stock I was using had trouble sliding through the chuck bore. It was really tight. How big can you go without causing issues? I know the screws holding the back cover on are already close to the bore. Mike

Just plexiglass rod for making game pieces from. First time turning plexiglass All my life has been metals. Any comments Dave

I've been working on reducing the vibration in my Chinese 8" bench grinder. Adding collars for the inner wheel flanges to rest against and making new flanges (ala Harold Hall's "Tool and Cutter Sharpening"). I was cursing having only the 1" rest, when I re-found the steady rest mod doc in the Files section. Did not have a need for this mod until now. Putting the rest in the mini-mill vise, with the middle slot edge aligned with the left side of the vise, it was just some up and back on the Y to give me a nice opening for my grinder shaft to fit through. I wound up with a generous 0.885", and I could have gone even further, since I left about 1/32" on each side. Maybe one day I'll build a larger rest with a nice flip top like many of the Myford guys have. Mike

What is the best AC protector/stabilator for a 7x14 lathe? There are many types: one for your computer, one for your fridge. Full AC-DC-AC is maybe a littlebit luxury? /johannes

Surge protectors aren't all equal . They said on the news just now the fire was started at one of the surge protectors for a 3D printer I believe . https://abc7news.com/fire-damages-san-francisco-nonprofit-humanmade-supporting-up-and-coming-inventors-and-entrepreneurs/14767783/

Did any see northern light running the there mini lathe. Dave

Maybe this is wrong group, however, a lot of clever members: I have to make a lot of 1 mm holes in 2 mm steel rods. I have made a guide, and as you see, a lot of testing guide hole to compensate for different drilling twisting forces. My questions: 1) what is the best start method to make a start mark? 2) when I am drilling: a) constant soft pressure? b) pumping up/down to release spoon (My steel are only making dust) Johannes Lavoll.