Jimmy The three bolt mounting configuration is so that there will not be twisting induced in the bed as there would be with a four bolt mounting system. Whenever something is resting on three feet, IE

When did Turnado start making the lathes for Southbend in Taiwan? Also they went to Korea somewhere in those years as well If I remember correctly. That could account for different series of serial nu

Mike Quite the workshop you have set up. How much do you think you will be asking for the Heinman T&C? Walter

I use a 5C collet hex chuck, grab the drill bit with the appropriate size of collet and by flipping the hex holder to every second face, I can get a prety good grind on the shank of the drill to grind

Mike I have seen a couple of methods of hand cranking a lathe. the most common is to use a set up similar to what is shown here http://www.tallgrasstools.com/SpindleCrank.html There are a few adaptati

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http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=1141&tab=3 I did nt see the 945 but many other of the lathes are listed and have the manuals here. Walter

Edward The rule of thumb is 2 to 3 teeth in the material at all times, so thin material, or pipe and tubing which has thinner sections needs a higher tooth count than thick material. For cutting mild

Edward Let's start with the basic question, what is the model number of the saw? Is it the 14" or the 20" If the 14" does it have the optioanal riser block? IE 12" depth of cut and 105" blades or is i

DC motors that are reversible are generally "Neutral Wound" and they are reversed by shifting the polarity of the brush contact, either physically (moving the brushes around the commutator), or electr

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Eben Most of us that are parents realize that our children may or probably will not have the same interests that we do. So when we spend our lifetime spending our childrens inheritance on what interes

The real question is not why machinsts are into trains and steam, it is that they are into trains and steam and develop machining as a way to build and fix their main hobby, the trains and steam, unti

John you need to adjust your tailstock offset before you go much further. Put a centre in both the headstock and the tailstock and slide the tailstock towards the headstock, pinching a small ruler or

Bill I use one of these all the time. I turn a lot of armatures and often they do not have a centre drilled shaft. I have both the old style jacobs armature chuck with the brass jaws and one of the Bi

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My only complaint with the Wedge Style QCTP is that the holders seem to be part rabbit, they multiply at an exponential rate, LOL So far the holders from T4C have been the best value, they are a bit l

John You need to ask an unbiased group, so you better ask that question at the RockwellLathe@... group There are some nice Rockwells around, parts are a bit harder to get than SB, just bec

$583.20 CDN List in KBC Tools Catalogue see page 926 www.kbctools.com A VFD would probably be a better deal since it is only good up to 1 HP, but depends on your application and whether you need to ru

Tom A VFD is probably your best bet to get that motor running. They have gotten more reasonable in price over the last few years and are definitely a reliable way of converting single phase power into