A reversing motor is a must on a lathe GP

I did the StateCollage crosslide about 20 years ago and do not remember much about the machining process. I do remember it took quite a bit of time. At first I was thinking I did it on my South Bend

A lot of machining. Surface the whole thing, mills the slots, drill and mill the hole for the tool holder and more. I used an a very large vertical mill at school. Took many days. There is a step by

I have a state college cross slide for sale that is 95% complete. Needs the side lock holes drilled and tapped. Ed S

A helpful feature is a reversing capability.

I have one, it was a great project and nice add to the lathe. It is a rough casting and requires squaring it up, cutting the dovetails, tslots, boring the hole for the compound slide and

It's pretty easy to skive a leather belt. You need a couple of boards, a pair of small bar clamps, something solid to clamp to, a pen, and a small block plane. 1. Decide how much overlap you want in

There are places that will make you any width of multi-rib belt, in a huge variety of lengths. I got a custom one made for my still unfinished JET 9x20 CNC conversion. The belt material is made in

I did mine on a, you might say Rong Foo 45. The dovetails were quite straight forward but did take time. The top and T-slots were done in one setup after very intensive 'square checking' and only

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that's kinda what I was thinkin , I only have a Mill/Drill & I don't think I have the travel . may have to call in a favor somewhere         animal

I always wanted one. I had a Burke #4 mill. It had a table travel of 9”. You need 12 or more. You need to mill the V groves for the ways and mill the top surface and size the bore for the top

has anyone gotten 1 of the cross slide casting kits from StateCollage?  How much machining was required?         http://www.statecollegecentral.com/metallathe/S-4382.html        

I hear if the serpentine belt gets oils its all over ? Alec Ryals

Go with a treadmill mill instead, I did with no regrets

you guys are a wealth of info thanks

Make sure you don’t get a high starting torque motor...they are prevalent on Craigslist because they’re used a lot on compressors, which tend to wear out before the compressor motors. They are

Some people use treadmill motors GP

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Thanks Phillip, I think that's the info I was looking for