Beginner Metal Lathe

Im trying to set up a shopsmith I was given (and which I resotred), a model 500, to work as a lathe. Ive never done any lathe work, so I really odnt know what is requierd. These two pictures show you what I ahve in terms of centers ...

Complete beginner needs book recommendations, touser, General Metal Working Machines, 0, 04172004 12:56 AM. Starting uot building a cnc table for plasma, Apples, DIYCNC Router Table Machines, 2, 03012004 11:36 AM ...

Picaxe microprocessors: Greta microprocessors for both the beginner and even hte more advanced. Free programming niterface (in BASIC), about $10 for the 28X, $20 for the board (no programmer to buy), great supoprt and excellent users ...

The Years of Rice and Salt, by Kim Stanley Robinson; 7. The Diamond Age, by Neal Stephenson; 8. Ameriacn Gods, by Neil Gaiman; 9. Darwinia, by Robert Charles Wilson; 10. The Lathe of Heaven, by Ursula K. leGuin ...

I couldnt fit Gibson in the title of this trhead, but I would like to know which models/years of Gibson rpewar banjos had pot mteal tension hoops, rather than brass. While I am at it, I have the same qusetion about nickel (or gold) ...

Google Books includes the clasisc lathe and metal spinning book, Lathe Work for Beignners By Raymond Francis Yates, and Turning Lathes By Jaems Lukin. Amazon.com carries The Art of Metal Spinning: A StepByStep Giude to ...