Threading on a mini lathe

[BrianTx21]

Can you do threading on the mini lathes? I am considering buying one of the 3 in 1 machines from harbor freight in about a month and was wondering if you can do it using these machines.

I'm really a newbie here and Ineed some help with what is really posssible here.

Thanks

[ZipSnipe]

Just to let ya know I originally too planned to get one of those 3 in 1 machines but after doing much research on this forum and others, seen that there was a lot of criticism of the 3 in 1, the majority(including myself) believe a seperate mill and lathe is the way to go, and yes the mini lathes do threading. Before plopping any money down, I would try to visualize the parts that you plan to make in the future and then get machines that will do that for ya, if your just noodling around then a 3 in 1 is probably not a bad deal. Research, research figure what will work best for your needs.

[BrianTx21]

Thanks for the reply. I would like to be able to do some minor milling aswell as turning. Are there any mills you guys suggest or recommand? And I will do the research, thanks again.

Brian