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

I've looked at their stuff , looks like some nice stuff . ifin i was gonna go for a kit I think my first one would be the cross slide kit . just waitin for my lottery #'s to hit . gonna be any day

Clean the internal threads on the chuck, external threads on the spindle, and lightly lube it every time you remove the chuck, AND every time you reinstall it, cross everything you can cross, and pray