Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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G'day everyone,

last year I made a video where I detailed all of the upgrades that I had made to the mini lathe. It has since been a year and I have made many new upgrades, some which I have shown here before, and some that I have not. Like the last video, not every upgrade will suit everyone, so it is best to pick and choose which upgrades would best suit you and your lathe. Cheers.

#minilathe #lathe #machining

Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
0:50 - Way Cover
2:19 - Headstock Spacer Upgrade (NEW)
5:12 - Headstock Rigidity Brace
6:28 - Button Oilers For The Tailstock And Leadscrew Bushings
7:04 - Tailstock Fine Feed Adjuster
8:06 - Extra Module 1 Gears to Cut Imperial Threads On A Metric Lathe
9:16 - Spindle Lock
9:53 - Tailstock DRO (NEW)
12:26 - Half Dead Centre
13:47 - Thrust Bearing On The QCTP

Links To Videos
Machining With Joe's Video with the DRO (youtu.be/gJgkcTdTnyQ)
Tailstock Fine Feed (youtu.be/TeFzxtl1rbE)
Headstock Rigidity Upgrade (youtu.be/XTydA947xYs)
Button Oiler and Thrust Bearing (youtu.be/rEzZFpkMMgU)
Cut Imperial Threads (youtu.be/PQp4xpO-UxQ)
Way Cover (youtu.be/1Wls7PYSAwg)
Spindle Lock (youtu.be/DrKbtvNXyjg)
Half Dead Centre (youtu.be/B3-WmESytH4)


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