Teybers Evap

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im thinking about getting this lathe this weekend
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=45861

as i have a 20% off coupon. sure the grizzly 10x22 is a 3x better lathe, but $1100 is a lot of money when you already have a mill

I have been buying mill tools from harbor freight for years and I have one of their small Central Machinery mills and have used it for 5 years. All I did was take it apart, micro polish all the surfaces, a few brass shims instead of plastic and good synthetic lubricants and it is a good as the high dollar stuff. The steel isn't the very best but if you "tighten up" and properly lube all the wear surfaces, it is great stuff. I did upgrade the drive shaft bearings to nitride coated sealed bearings because ball bearing they use are not acceptable, but that was only $25.00.