I have many hobbies and I am moding tweaking changing these all the time. And btw all these my toys are in metric.
I got really tired of running to friends machines shops (across Toronto to West end) and they got also tired of me I believe.
I have a mini mill for a decade also a nice 3d printer (resin) for my quick ideas, but still missing a small size lathe.
My idea is that I would need a spindle bore at least 20-25mm, able to cut/recut/modify metric thread pitch and occasionally I may need in inches as well.
These my preferences already excluding the BusyBee, King, PrincessAuto and similar mini machines. Ordering from EU or from anywhere across the border really doesn't make a business case for me if I would use it only occasionally, let say ones a month or so.
I have seen locally only the Vevor and some other-similar Chinese made amazon sales...uhm...that means no support for spare parts, and I would need to do elbow greasing hundreds of hours to make those precise enough for my liking.
I like the idea of the Taig mini lathe, but the bore size, also where could I get one in Canada?
I got really tired of running to friends machines shops (across Toronto to West end) and they got also tired of me I believe.
I have a mini mill for a decade also a nice 3d printer (resin) for my quick ideas, but still missing a small size lathe.
My idea is that I would need a spindle bore at least 20-25mm, able to cut/recut/modify metric thread pitch and occasionally I may need in inches as well.
These my preferences already excluding the BusyBee, King, PrincessAuto and similar mini machines. Ordering from EU or from anywhere across the border really doesn't make a business case for me if I would use it only occasionally, let say ones a month or so.
I have seen locally only the Vevor and some other-similar Chinese made amazon sales...uhm...that means no support for spare parts, and I would need to do elbow greasing hundreds of hours to make those precise enough for my liking.
I like the idea of the Taig mini lathe, but the bore size, also where could I get one in Canada?