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Hi Jay. The one in the pictures has an 18" x 27" top. I actually have a smaller one that has a 14" x 24" cast aluminum top, and looks surprisingly similar to the Bosch. The Bosch is much nicer.

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Thanks Incc63.

I suspected that your GMC had the same table size as the Bosch RA 1181 Portable RT. Now at least I have an idea of how the 1181's size looks like. I'll post some pics when I receive this Bosch RT.

How do you find the 18" x 27" table top ? Do you find yourself wanting more table space?

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Its ok for most stuff but I also do a lot of really long things.

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This is my little lathe another member was asking about.

I got it off eBay in the US for just a little over $100. Usually these things sell on eBay for upwards of $200 but this one was missing a gib. Since I have some experience in machine tools, I used to retrofit old CNCs with modern control electronics, I knew it would not be hard to replace the missing gib. Surprisingly, it turned out that the parts for this lathe are still available. The only drawback is that it is 110v, no big deal really.

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Along with the lathe came a nice set of collets and other accessories.

Too new to this to know how to grind my own tool bits. I instead bought a set of carbide tool bits.

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that is a great buy, as they say... you suck... heheheh tool gloat. are those widia carbide? nice looking lathe. wish I have the space for one :(.

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Thanks Timber ... just returning the favor 🙂 though I will claim I've a;lot to make up :). I do have a few small surprises still.

Widia ... nah these are just MIC carbides. Would you know if Widia are available in Binondo? Last year, I saw some bits for 3/8" tool holders and bits but I need 1/4". Don't know if they're Wida though. This is the problem with these small lathes - the accessories are hard to find locally.

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Was the mini lathe heavy? How much did it cost to ship?

That's a really nice tool. How was the learning curve?

Thanks for posting.

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Not heavy at all Jay .... my guess is it is about 3kg at most. IIRC balikbayan boxes don't have a fixed weight limit as long as they go by sea freight. In fact one of my outboard motors, 45hp, very very heavy, was shipped in two balikbayan boxes but only because it wouldn't fit in one.

Oh I'm no expert, a lot more to learn for sure. Admittedly, I'm a get-a-task-done kind of guy so I seldom try to learn and master things. Awhile ago I mentioned I used to work with machine tools, well its correct that I "made" them but I never used them ... the 30 or so machinists did, I just watched with envy.

Have I shown you guys my melting furnace? Not much to show now but getting back into that is still on my TODO list.

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I've never tried purchasing from Ebay but would like to try too.

Please show the furnace.

Thanks again.

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Found these when I went to buy 3" wood screws in a local hardware I don't normally buy from. All four of them plus the screws cost just a little over P500.

Finally found hooks I could stomach buying:

Six of for P66 in the those American Home stops. I also buy disposable scissors there which are great for cutting fiberglass and not really caring if you get epoxy on them.

Melting furnaces:

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What was suppose to be the 3rd one:

The burner:

Next time I'll used a forced air burner.

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Wishful thinking uli:

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How do you intend to cover it when its raining or maybe against typhoons?

Pardon my inexperience but what do you actually use the furnace for?

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Don't really know how but I've always just covered up with oil and tarps ... maybe roll down tarp walls, or removable walls like storefronts have. If I hit the lotto then roll-up doors ... but I don't bet the lotto so there's pretty much no chance of that happening :).

The furnace is for casting aluminum parts but my experience is nearly just as limited as yours bro. One of the things on my project list is making small machine tools, and boat parts. A friend just lent me a venturi vacuum pump so I'll be playing with vacuum bagging for making composite parts for now. Less energy intensive but probably more expensive in the long run. There are advantages though with composites as compared to metal castings especially in metal unfriendly environments such as saltwater.

So many interesting things to do, so little time.