Was quite some tome ago I bought it now, so can't remember correctly but I think it came with the chuck possibly some blades or they could have been extra add ons. Thanks
Hi Michael, the lathe I'm using is just a general hobby making lathe so it does strain a little with to big of task. I just thought I'd try it out for ring making. The Unimat might be a more heavy duty but couldn't tell you for sure. Thanks :)
Would this lathe be ok for making crushed opal rings I'm going to make a crushed opal tungsten ring and basically you put this part on the lathe and you put the crushed opal on around the rings and then in spin's then you sand down the opal and polish it would this lathe be useful for that I've not found much information on mini lathe's
Hi, not hundred percent on how that process works if the lathe is just being used for sanding should be fine. If it is more for cutting Shaping the metal and opal. I'd look elsewhere, as this lathe is really only made for hobby crafts. real light work. Iv been over straining it. Hope that helped somewhat
@@Raicullimore basically it has a metal attached you put on the Lathe and you put the ring on the attachment and it spins so you can polish it and sand it down faster
Yeah right interesting, if it's just sanding and polish should be OK. This brand makes a small range of them this lathe is the base model the ones above probably more solid. Also if your making alot of them I'd get something stronger coz the little motor will wear out.
@@Raicullimore and you slowly chip away over lapping opal so it smoths it out and use a glue before you put the crushed opal on the ring it definitely makes cool rings you should check it out and thanks
Love the video and the final piece! Just curious, the initial ring you compacted into the clay - what that made of? I assume it's something that melts when the molten silver is poured in?
Thank you, yeah that was a peice of plastic that was the right size. You can use carving wax too. And no the mold was pressed and then the plastic ring was pulled out from the mold to leave the cavity to be poured into. Hope that helps!
@@Raicullimore thanks for letting me know! When you put the mould back together after making the funnel, the top down shot looked like the plastic ring was still in there? So you make the indentations and then remove the plastic before reassembling the clay frame and pouring in the silver?
@@Raicullimore I did, but deleted it thinking it was a stupid question. But I'll ask again, lol. I'm looking at getting a mini metalworking lathe for turning pen blanks and doing small metal pieces. Pen blanks are usually squared, unlike the rods often turned on metalworking lathes. On woodworking lathes, there's usually a tool rest - I've searched online but can't see anything similar for these mini metalworking lathes. As you've got one, I thought I'd ask if such things exist, or if they're needed on metalworking lathes in order to turn a squared blank into a usable rod?
