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  • Mini-Lathe: Articles in Home Shop Machinist and Machinist’s Workshop

    These tables are extracted and slightly updated from the Home Shop Machinist index at http://www.homeshopmachinist.net/resources/article-index/ and the Machinist’s Workshop index at http://www.machinistsworkshop.net/resources/article-index/. I don’t promise to keep this up-to-date, so consider the original sources as definitive…

    Home Shop Machinist

    Article Title Author Page Subject Issue
    Notes on the 7 x 10 Mini-Lathe – Harbor Freight Model 33684 Joe Mroz 41 Hobby Community HSM Vol. 21 No. 4 Jul-Aug 2002
    T-slotted Faceplate for the Mini-lathe, A Sandro Di Filippo 10 Lathes HSM Vol. 30 No. 4 Jul-Aug 2011
    Additions and Modifications to a Mini-lathe Ted Hansen 29 Shop Machinery HSM Vol. 31 No. 5 Sep-Oct 2012
    A+M: Making a Faceplate or Chuck Adapter Ted Hansen 42 Lathes HSM Vol. 31 No. 6 Nov-Dec 2012
    A+M: Apron Upgrades Ted Hansen 49 Lathes HSM Vol. 32 No. 1 Jan-Feb 2013
    A+M: Bed Wipers & Carriage Ways Ted Hansen 52 Lathes HSM Vol. 32 No. 2 Mar-Apr 2013
    A+M: Increasing Torque with a Small Motor Pulley Ted Hansen 28 Lathes HSM Vol. 32 No. 3 May-Jun 2013
    A+M: Upgrading the Tailstock Ted Hansen 34 Lathes HSM Vol. 32 No. 4 Jul-Aug 2013
    A+M: Alignment Essentials Ted Hansen 46 Lathes HSM Vol. 32 No. 5 Sep-Oct 2013
    A+M: A Carriage Travel Stop and Spindle Index Ted Hansen 42 Lathes HSM Vol. 32 No. 6 Nov-Dec 2013
    A+M: Using the Compound Rest as a Milling Slide Ted Hansen 37 Lathes HSM Vol. 33 No. 1 Jan-Feb 2014
    A+M: Milling Setups Ted Hansen 34 Lathes HSM Vol. 33 No. 2 Mar-Apr 2014
    A Fix for the Mini-Lathe Marco Crivellari 22 Lathes HSM Vol. 33 No. 3 May-Jun 2014
    A+M: Compound Rest Improvements Ted Hansen 46 Lathes HSM Vol. 33 No. 3 May-Jun 2014
    A+M: A Quick-change Tool Post Ted Hansen 50 Lathes HSM Vol. 33 No. 4 Jul-Aug 2014
    A+M – Aligning the Cross Slide Ted Hansen 52 Lathes HSM Vol. 33 No. 5 Sep-Oct 2014
    A+M – Cross Slide Improvements Ted Hansen 53 Lathes HSM Vol. 33 No. 6 Nov-Dec 2014
    A+M – Carriage Locks and More Ted Hansen 58 Lathes HSM Vol. 34 No. 1 Jan-Feb 2015
    A+M: The Modular Dividing Head for the Mini Ted Hansen 58 Lathes HSM Vol. 34 No. 2 Mar-Apr 2015
    A+M: A Worm Drive for the Indexing Head Ted Hansen 46 Lathes HSM Vol. 34 No. 3 May-Jun 2015
    A+M: Using the Worm Attachment and Adding a Spindle Index Ted Hansen 54 Lathes HSM Vol. 34 No. 4 Jul-Aug 2015
    A+M: Making Gear Cutters Ted Hansen 56 Miscellaneous HSM Vol. 34 No. 5 Sep-Oct 2015
    A+M: Steady Rests Ted Hansen 56 Lathes HSM Vol. 34 No. 6 Nov-Dec 2015
    A+M: Vertical Milling Attachment Ted Hansen 50 Lathes HSM Vol. 35 No. 1 Jan-Feb 2016
    A+M: A Horizontal Milling Attachment Ted Hansen 52 Lathes HSM Vol. 35 No. 2 Mar-Apr 2016
    A+M: Fine Feeds and Torque Ted Hansen 52 Lathes HSM Vol. 35 No. 3 May-Jun 2016
    A+M: Ball Thrust Bearings and Working with Wood Ted Hansen 52 Lathes HSM Vol. 35 No. 4 Jul-Aug 2016

    Machinist’s Workshop

    Article Title Author Name Subject Issue Page
    A Tailstock Fix for a Mini-lathe Kevin Castner Lathes MW Vol. 24 No. 5 Oct-Nov 2011 32
    Compound Rest and Cross Slide Clamps for the Mini-Lathe Tom McAllister Lathes MW Vol. 26 No. 4 Aug-Sep 2013 28
    Improve the Lead Screw Reverse Latch on Your Mini-lathe James A. Hornicek Lathes MW Vol. 27 No. 1 Feb-Mar 2014 20
    Mini-Lathe Modifications George Overturf Lathes MW Vol. 29 No. 2 Apr-May 2016 20
    My Mini-Lathe Jim Reynolds Lathes MW Vol. 19 No. 3 Jun-Jul 2006 38
    New Saddle Clamps for a Mini-Lathe Carl Byrns Lathes MW Vol. 27 No. 4 Aug-Sep 2014 32
    Quick-change Gearbox for a Chinese Mini-lathe Lex Liberato Lathes MW Vol. 20 No. 4 Aug-Sep 2007 18

    Little Machine Shop tabulates some useful Mini-lathe information: