Excellent problem solving ! Just goes to show that those mini lathes are not necessarily fully ready for use straight out of the box. OK, maybe yours was a poor example, but some people would just live with those faults and condemn the lathe as not very good, where a bit of work could improve it a lot.
Thought I'd replied, Colin, but it appears not! I fully agree with your comments re the lathe quality issue. You get what you pay for, of course, and I still don't know how they produce AND ship these things at the price point that they do. John
Excellent problem solving !
Just goes to show that those mini lathes are not necessarily fully ready for use straight out of the box.
OK, maybe yours was a poor example, but some people would just live with those faults and condemn the lathe as not very good, where a bit of work could improve it a lot.
Thought I'd replied, Colin, but it appears not! I fully agree with your comments re the lathe quality issue. You get what you pay for, of course, and I still don't know how they produce AND ship these things at the price point that they do.
John