Mark Here is the print of the South Bend Bolt. Let me know how it works for you. Nelson Collar

There are felts in my old-style bolt-type reverse lever assembly. The two tumbler gear shafts (the gears that take turns engaging the teeth on the end of the spindle) have an

To fight this problem you need to understand it. This drawing shows what is happening. The moving vise jaw is not actually lifting off the vise base, it is rotating and the pivot point is on that

Perhaps I did not phrase that question correctly! Just yesterday there was a procedure described regarding making a block in a four jaw chuck under the heading "milling vise question", #90571 and a

I don't recall posting vise pictures! Jim B Sent from my RAZR.

Just for fun, I am going to make a couple of the square head bolts to fit the saddle clamp on my 9 inch lathe. If someone has one would you tell me some of the specs. the length , thread length, and

Hi Jim, Do you have any idea why none of your milling vise photos show up for me but the reverse gear shaft comes up just fine? I'm no computer wizard, is there something I need to do? Thanks, Jim O.

You are correct. My gears are 18. I didn’t measure wrong, Ijust hit the wrong key (8 & 9 are next to each other on the key board). Ihave a 33T with a part number on it – B 9206, and a 48T with a

I really appreciate the advice and Jim B thanks for thephoto. So, just to make sure, contrary to the (fantastic) Wells book which usesa newer plunger style as the example, it appears that there are no

The pics are just a photo gallery. I googled for "antique rust removal" and got a bazillion links. Basically, it's 1 tablespoon sodium carbonate (washing soda) per gallon of water, positive to the

While I am not a chemist I believe the process closely resembles electropolishing. VR, Ed Mullin

Use graphite as your anode material. It does not allow the de-rusted metal to form flash rust when it is removed from the tank. Another big bonus is that it does not accumulate deposits so it does not

Interesting, DJ... Do you have a process URL on your site, that references those pics? I see some pretty shiny second metal in those pics. OOC, what is everyone trying this using in their pans, as

I have a wide-bed 9 inch, and am always looking for 16DP gears. Let me know if you want to get rid of those 3. allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"

You might want to re-measure, I think your 19DP gears are probably 18. allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"

16 DP gears are usedon the Wide bed lathes. 20 DP gears are usedas the twin gears on the reversing assembly AND the Catalog 405 Workshoplathe. Jim B.

I used electrolytic because, well, I have an electrical engineering degree so "use electricity" comes naturally to me :-) And for small parts, I can strip the rust in a few hours. I usually forget

Jim, the three smaller gears measure 16 and the three larger gears are 20. My change gears are 19. The gears are painted the same gray as the original gears, which I know means nothing and one has a

For smaller stuff use evaporust works over night I had really rusty chuck emersed it in evaporust next day no rust at all. Bill M.

I will get the dimensions off these gears and post them tomorrow. I tend to not keep stuff that I cant use cause frankly I just don't have the space, I live in a small place and my shop is really