From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 7/1/2025 5:07 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >   
   > The common hobby project my machines are too small for is automotive   
   > mods, I can't turn brake drums or rotors on the 10" lathe or easily   
   > machine an engine to transmission adapter plate.   
      
   It doesn't have a gap bed?  Have you looked?  I know smaller lathes   
   often don't have this feature (none of mine do), but 10inch is   
   approaching commercial size.  The PM1440 does, but I have not used it.   
   I'm a bit paranoid about removing a precision section of the bed and   
   being able to get it back in place accurately enough.  May be more me   
   than the machine, but...   
      
      
   > The mill is barely tall   
   > enough to face or rebore an air compressor cylinder block.   
      
   If you have a swing head you can machine off the side of the table for   
   taller parts.  The setup is a bear, but I have confidence in your   
   ability to wrestle a bear.  Being a smaller machine than mine that   
   capability is less, but it is still there.   
      
      
      
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