SHOP FOX M1016 10-Inch by 20-Inch Metal Lathe

An excellent small-sized lathe with an impressive 9-3/4-inch swing and a 21-inch distance between centers, the M1016 offers handy accessories like 5-inch 3-jaw chuck, eye shield, and 4-way turret tool post. This mini-lathe gives model makers, toolmakers, gun hobbyists and the weekend machinist a strategy to economically produce small precision parts, threaded parts, fittings and dies.

Removing or installing chucks or faceplates at the M1016 is easy. This metal lathe includes a spindle nose mounting system which uses a circular lock plate with slotted holes which can be oversized at one end. When the lockplate is rotated counterclockwise the studs with mounting nuts can pass through the spindle nose. When the lock plate is rotated toward the back of the lathe, the oversize holes narrow to the size of the studs, allowing the mounting nuts to be tightened against the back of the lock plate, thus, securing the chuck or faceplate. The turret tool post saves by holding more than a few cutting tools and can also be rotated to have the desired cutting tool in position.

The cross slide includes a scale at the handwheel that displays graduations of one thousandths of an inch (0.001-inch) and the compound slide includes a scale that displays graduations of one thousandths of an inch (0.001-inch). Unlike the cross slide, the compound slide can also be rotated to a set angle after which it may be moved backward and forward along the axis of that angle.

5-Inch 3-Jaw chuck, Cross slide table, 11 change gears, 2 dead centers, 4-way turret tool post and forward/reverse switch with emergency stop all come standard with the Shop Fox M1016 metal lath