Here is how SB said to use it. Sent from my iPhone-8 Jim B, -- Jim B

Didn't know what this was at first. Found it in the '58 South Bend Catalog. Fitted it onto my 9,10K and heavy 10. Now I have to take apart an old motor to try it. It came with the brass jaw Jacobs

Nice work as always Jim!!!

Would a round, thread-in sight gage, as in a Nardini, be useful? Payson

thanks Jim animal

thanks Chips animal

If this doesn’t work that might be next. -- Jim B

And I thought you might be telling us how you modified the engine for a modern seal🙂 Electrics by the prince of darkness!

Thanks for all the suggestions. I normally have the collet attachment on, using the chuck only occasionally. I always clean the threads, because even a spec of whatever makes the chuck or the nose

I have had multi lathes for 50 years and never had a stuck chuck. One thing that I have done to all the lathes is cut a deep notch in the 1st full thread at the start at 90 degrees crossed the

Thank you Nelson. -8 Jim B, -- Jim B

Jim Very nice, let us know how it works out. Nelson

As you aLL know, by now, I have an older MG. There is a saying about British cars of this period, “If it does not leak, It's out of oil”. I have a rear main-seal leak. They are common. The

Yes - hard to do and the ID wasn't that pretty, but it really helped.

Just to give you some Ideas, here is a drawing of my DI Bed stop, for the 9” lathe. It seems to date from 2008. Note that at the crest of the 90o VEE I have added a slot. As your, tool or your bed

Hi Fred,

Reply to Steve- >>Maybe some sort of shim, maybe Teflon, a few thou thick, if it is rigid enough to not deflect. I did that with a washer made from thin shim stock and never had a major problem

Mike: Here's a few cartoons I sketched up and pics for you to make your accessories. While you're set up to do the 45 degree way grooves, you might as well whittle out a dial indicator mount. As to

One suggestion I haven't seen is don't put the chuck on and leave it there. Put on and off periodically. I end up swapping between the chuck and collets several times a year which I believe helps. A

I have put MLA t-slotted cross slide kits on my Atlas 10” lathe and my Atlas 12” lathe and they are great. Steve Haskell Sent from AOL Mobile Mail Get the new AOL app: mail.mobile.aol.com