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

Is there anything that can be done to prevent a chuck from sticking? Other than not socking it tightly to begin with. Maybe some sort of shim, maybe Teflon, a few thou thick, if it is rigid enough

One big point for the MLA kit is that the ID is much much bigger than any commercial unit. Sent from my iPhone-8 Jim B, -- Jim B

sound interestin . I think price will be the big factor . all the steadys I've found for my lathe are more than I bought my lathe for animal

If you plan on machining steady rest bases, your depth of cut for the V is about 1/4”. I just checked my tailstock way template I used in order to re condition SB 9A and 10K. I measured a depth

Very interesting. I've had an idea rumbling around in my head to do the initial thinking about a "universal" steady rest that seats on a brand & size specific mount. One steady rest and multiple

FWIW, and consider this just a suggestion , I have made an 9” Workshop MLA steady and a 1/2 dozen dial indicators for both the 9” and the Heavy 10. In both projects I only used a single 90o VEE.

I have a steady rest & a carriage stop in my mind animal

Animal, Whatcha making with that profile info? Thanks,George H. Meinschein, P.E.Meinschein Engineering Consultants, LLC150 Brittany DriveFreehold, NJ 07728-1500Direct Dial:

thank ya much animal

Some caliper measurements for you. It's difficult to measure the ways on the end as they run to the side. So from my sketch you'll add up all the features and it doesn't agree with the full width of

Not mine. Just saw it. https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/tls/d/chatham-heavy-steel-lathe-cabinet/7047842538.html Payson.