Mini lathe

bout time paul,glad see you finally got yourself a really useful tool mate,as to left hand threads,if you get stuck call me,i can cut lefthand threads mate,you can allso buy left had taps and dies one at time as you need them ,you can if needed use these taps and dies in your lathe tail stock chuck if you make or buy proper tap and die holders for chuck mate,depending on motor type you maybe able to fit a reverse switch to it etc,but reality is you prob not going to need many reverse threads mate as not used for many applications,normally reverse threads only used for counteracting torque in opposite direction,thats why off side truck wheel nuts are reverse threaded ,now you got small lathe mate you guna allways now find excuses to need make things,its a desease some us had for lot years,i tend to make things rather than buy them if possible,just coz i can,you prob guna end up same now,if you get a small lathe mill vice setup to suit your machine you can then make most things a mill can,but will just take a little longer to make on lathe,and can be harder to set up for milling than a milling machine, but handy set of tooling to have.

Well I scored myself a little mini lathe. Something I've wanted for a while now. This little guy was made by someone, and I think they've done a good job too.
My first project was to make a replacement adjusting screw, and also had to make a locating/retaining pin thingy for it. These adjusting screws are left hand threaded and fortunately the guy gave me a piece of left and rod. The originals look they had the top part welded on, as they appear to have a join, and this is where they failed. Anyway the pictures will tell the story.