Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
G'day everyone,
This is a follow up to the lathe maintenance video from yesterday, as well as a follow up the the rigidity upgrade video from last year. I have spent the last year trying to get more performance from my mini lathe, and one way to do that was to increase the rigidity.
One area of the lathe which I have been overlooking is the area under the headstock mounting platform, where the motor used to be housed. The area has very little supporting material, yet it needs to support the headstock and the cutting forces. I decided that this was an area that needed to be upgraded.
Lathe: Sieg c3 7x14 Chinese Mini Metal Lathe
#minilathe #lathe #latheupgrades
G'day everyone,
This is a follow up to the lathe maintenance video from yesterday, as well as a follow up the the rigidity upgrade video from last year. I have spent the last year trying to get more performance from my mini lathe, and one way to do that was to increase the rigidity.
One area of the lathe which I have been overlooking is the area under the headstock mounting platform, where the motor used to be housed. The area has very little supporting material, yet it needs to support the headstock and the cutting forces. I decided that this was an area that needed to be upgraded.
Lathe: Sieg c3 7x14 Chinese Mini Metal Lathe
#minilathe #lathe #latheupgrades
