{"id":126,"date":"2007-05-09T07:49:14","date_gmt":"2007-05-09T12:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tedatum.com\/?p=126"},"modified":"2011-11-28T11:22:15","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T16:22:15","slug":"toolin-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=126","title":{"rendered":"Toolin&#8217; Along"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px; width: 360px; height: 270px; border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Proxxon PD400\" src=\"http:\/\/Ramblindan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/pd400.jpg\" alt=\"Proxxon PD400\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" align=\"right\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\" \/>I have it! I just received the Proxxon PD400 mini-lathe. Here it is setting on the workbench. The Dr. Pepper can is placed there just as a size reference.<\/p>\n<p>This machine is a very high quality Austrian made machine tool. I am currently working on a &#8220;<a title=\"First Look\" href=\"http:\/\/thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/shop23.html\" target=\"_blank\">First Look<\/a>&#8221; report for THMS including lots of close up pictures. Test running will come later.<\/p>\n<p>This machine runs a 100mm (4 inch) chuck which gives it great home shop useability. My Lathemaster for example is also a 4 inch chuck.<\/p>\n<p>For now let me just say this is a very serious hobby\u00a0lathe. For its size it is top of the line in fit, finish and power. The ONLY plastic is the switch and crank\u00a0knobs,\u00a0tailpost lock\u00a0handle and the black gear\/belt cover on the left end. Only polly V belts and steel gears reside within the end cover.<\/p>\n<p>Watch for the &#8220;First Look&#8221; report. You might have to find your socks after you read it!<\/p>\n<p>~ Dan&#8217;l<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have it! I just received the Proxxon PD400 mini-lathe. Here it is setting on the workbench. The Dr. Pepper can is placed there just as a size reference. This machine is a very high quality Austrian made machine tool. I am currently working on a &#8220;First Look&#8221; report for THMS including lots of close up pictures. Test running will come later. This machine runs a 100mm (4 inch) chuck which gives it great home&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thmstore","category-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}