Bearings for the mini lathes compound slide

Part 2 - new brass nut:    • Brass nut for the compound slide - Mi...  

Even with absolute loose gibs on the mini lathes compound slide, it was almost impossible to turn the handle properly as you can see on the beginnig of the video. It was so sticky due to its crappy mounting without any kind of bearing. Since this is a common problem on various mini lathes, I decided to share my solution with you.

My wish for a better and usable compound rest brought me to design a new aluminum bearing block which replaces the old one which did not deserve that word. Now there are two axial needle-bearings and one radial bearing installed in the new bearing block which is designed to look a bit more like on a "real" lathe ensuring a really smooth motion now.

Keep in mind, due to very limited resources, I have to improvise a lot and go unconvenient ways which may upset some of the "real machinists" out here.

Hope - with some creativity - in the end come to good resoults anyway.


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