Thread: Wild Canary down---cheesy aftermarket parts.

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speaking of imported crap, a guy here at the local track bought a brand new SCAT crank made 4 passes and it broke in half !

I'm fortunate to have a lathe and small mill.

I've made a lot of my own parts and never had a failure.
Quality control gets important when you're doing it yourself.

The lathe has paid for itself several times over and the mill is probably just paid for.
This is just stuff for myself that I would have had to buy.

If you're planning on buying a lathe and mill, I suggest you buy the lathe first.
You'll use the lathe 20-30 times to one use of the mill.
You can mill stuff on the lathe if you have the right accessories.
And depending on the brand of lathe, the accesories can be very reasonable in price.

You can also buy rough cast kits to make lathe and mill accessories for not much $$.

Most important fact about owning a lathe, it gets you away from the file/hacksaw syndrome.

What's a five minute job for a lathe owner can be an all day hash without one.

Dont feel bad,...some of the aftermarkett junk I bought did not even make it to first start up