Reference Information

Machine User Guides

• LittleMachineShop.com users guides
• Mini lathe users guide
• Mini mill users guide

Shopping Guides

• Choosing the Correct Quick Change Tool Post
• Choosing the Correct Tap
• Collets for Mini and Bench Lathes
• Data sheets for the machines we sell
• Digital position readout (DRO) comparison
• ER Collet Sizes
• Fox Chapel Book Catalog
• How to Identify a SIEG Lathe
• Indexable inserts for LittleMachineShop.com tools
• Lathe Chuck Threaded Adapter Dimensions
• Lathe Chucks - Capacities and Dimensions
• Lathe Chucks for Mini Lathes
• Mini lathe comparison chart
• Mini mill comparison chart
• Motor Drive System Comparison
• Plastic Gears - Good or Bad?
• Quick change tool post comparison
• Reference Information
• Rotary table comparison
• Selecting the right band saw blade
• Vise comparison

How To...

• Centering work in a 4-jaw chuck
• Change gears for threading
• Cleaning a Quick Change Tool Post - L. Curts
• How to use a wiggler
• Machinist's Calculator
• Selecting and Using Band Saw Blades
• Sharpening lathe tool bits
• Stock diameters for even knurls
• Troubleshooting the variable speed drive
• Using a caliper
• Using a steel rule
• What software do I need to run a CNC mill?
• Working with metric dimensions

Specifications & Resource Information

• Cutting speeds
• Dimensions of standard tapers
• Drill Sizes - Lettered
• Drill Sizes - Numbered
• Fraction, decimal & metric conversions
• Fuel for Stirling engines
• Guy Lautard's website for MACHINISTS, GUNSMITHS, METALWORKERS AND CLOCKMAKERS
• Helpful Information on All Sorts of Things from a Master Machinist
• Lathe spindle threads and adapters
• Machinist's Calculator
• Paint colors
• Rake & relief for lathe tools
• Symbols used on our drawings
• Tap & clearance drill sizes

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

• DuraKut 9000B SDS
• DYKEM Hi-Spot Blue SDS
• DYKEM Steel Blue Layout Fluid SDS
• J-B Weld Cold-Weld Formula SDS
• Kool Mist 77 Coolant SDS
• LMS Touch Up Paint, 1 oz Bottle SDS
• LMS Touch Up Paint, 16 oz. Spray SDS
• Loctite 222 Purple Low Strength Threadlocker SDS
• Loctite 242 Medium Strength Blue Threadlocker SDS
• Loctite 271 High Strength Red Threadlocker SDS
• Loctite 7649 Primer for Threadlockers SDS
• Lubriplate 630-AA Lithium Grease SDS
• Mobil Vactra Oil No. 2 SDS
• Nikx Stikx Cutting Compound SDS
• Re-Li-On Cutting Fluid SDS
• Sharpie Fine Point Permanent Marker SDS
• Sharpie King Size Permanent Marker SDS
• Sharpie Metallic Permanent Marker SDS
• Starrett M1 Lubricant SDS
• Starrett Tool and Instrument Oil SDS
• Uni-Paint Valve Action Paint Marker SDS
• Viper's Venom Cutting Oil SDS