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What about the other micro lathes such as Sherline, Taig, etc? Are they better than the Cowells?
He did say that he has a Derbyshire and that is a fine lathe.
Try cutting an M16 thread in stainless on a Cowells
If I really want to do big stuff I do it on the Colchester which is happy to cut from 0.25mm pitch to 6mm pitch by sliding the levers on the gearbox (6mm pitch is M68 )Jo
Now, if you can lift your Colchester onto the kitchen table, I'd be impressed
Jo,He did say that he has a Derbyshire and that is a fine lathe. http://www.lathes.co.uk/derbyshire/What size collets does the headstock use 8mm WW or 10mm D collets? I would go for buying or making the feed gears if you need screw cutting.The Cowells has a metric lead screw so it can only do approximate inch threads. Jo and I worked out a compound gear system for the Cowells that will approximate inch threads but I think the Derbyshire is a better lathe from what I have read.Dan
The headstock is a Model 750, taking 3C collets up to 1/2",