Owners of the small metal minilathes marketed by Harbor Freight, Grizzly, etc. can trade tips here along with general discussion of other home workshop machining tools and techniques.
There is a fair amount of off topic banter on subjects of interest to the hobbyists that gather here. If you are unable to skip over what doesn't interest you or have trouble controlling yourself in the presence of folks that disagree with you someone set up a tightly moderated group HERE.
The illustrated machine is a small wood lathe that many companies sell for less than $200 in the US. The 7x mini lathe should be able to deal with anything
This was the best and most comprehensive mini lathe group of all until political liberals took it over a few years back and it began to decline into a forum to
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