Hi, I have not touched a lathe since I learnt basic turning during my engineering apprenticeship 40 odd years ago. I have now been asked to help/teach our 16yr old foster kid how to use one. Problem is that the lathe we have been given has no tool post, most of the gear set and centres missing.
For now I can make it usable if it had a tool post. I have been looking at them on ebay but we are unsure which of them would fit the hobbymat. They all seem to have a central fixing bolt but it looks like the original had a two bolt fixing. Can we use just one of the holes to fit a tool post? Also unsure what size tools should be used with this lathe.
Would appreciate it if someone could give me a link to a basic one on e bay that we could use? Or better still, anyone got one for sale?
For now I can make it usable if it had a tool post. I have been looking at them on ebay but we are unsure which of them would fit the hobbymat. They all seem to have a central fixing bolt but it looks like the original had a two bolt fixing. Can we use just one of the holes to fit a tool post? Also unsure what size tools should be used with this lathe.
Would appreciate it if someone could give me a link to a basic one on e bay that we could use? Or better still, anyone got one for sale?