ZYTO mini Lathe – need help!

[theshonkymachinistParticipant @theshonkymachinist]

Hello model engineers!

 

I have recently come into the possession of a lovely ZYTO mini lathe. I am, however, very new to model engineering, and so have no idea of how to construct the lathe or even if I have all the parts. I can’t seem to identify it beyond the big “ZYTO” on the side, and a small metal plate that I think says “T357”. Just posting here to ask, does anyone have ideas as to what this is, and if I have everything? I’d like to try and get it up and running (I’ve ran it once, but by holding all the pieces far apart so to properly tension the belts), but my expertise is very limited.

Best Regards.

theshonkymachinist

 

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

First port of call for questions like this is the lathes.co.uk archive:

https://www.lathes.co.uk/zyto/index.html

HTH,

Rod

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