mini-lathe
I forgot to mention that this was designed to run in the snow. The teeth are patterned after one of my favorite WWII fighters, the P40 Warhawk.
I picked up my mini-lathe and mini-mill through Homier. They have a travelling tent sale that goes through here once a year or so. They also have a website. Most of the "mini" series machines that are available are manufactured by the same company, in China, but sold through various outlets; Homier, Grizzly, Micro Mark. I went with Homier because they were about $100 cheaper for each than anyone else. The machines are "assembled" when you get them. You need to break down the major components, clean, re-assemble, then adjust gibs etc... to get the most out of them. you can easily hold 0.001"-0.002" with these machines. Some have even been retrofitted with CNC.
The parts that I milled for the sled were the Lexan base, front end, and motor mounts. There is a "velocity stack" that I turned from some aluminum stock. Ive also done bushings for the bogie wheels on my brother's dryer, bore holes larger than 1/2", shear pins for the snowblower, and other stuff like that.
Here are some links for the mini series machine tools.
mini-lathe.com home page
Homier Distributing Company, Inc.
LittleMachineShop.com - tooling, parts, and accessories for bench top machinists
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