The cheap Amazon reamer sets actually work quite well and are very affordable.. after 2 or so years I finally took the saddle, cross slide and compound apart and went over everything. Got the saddle to make full contact by gluing strips of sand paper to the ways and going back and forth til I was certain it would sit completely flat on the ways. Then made new clamps from brass to hold it down. Made new gibs for my cross slide and compound from brass. Also did 20TPI lead screws for both. Basically I got tired of chatter and poor finishes from everything fitting poorly. These little 7x,8x,9x import lathes are fantastic tools they just need to be gone over and all the parts fit up. It’s mind blowing how much better they work after dialing them in. So many great vids on YT to learn from on how to do it. Cool stuff thanks for sharing
@@Houseworksaws thanks for the comment. I've put hours and hours into mine so far and have only had one deal job to use it for asside from making new parts for itself
