Glad The pictures helped. I guess the old cleche` "a picture is worth a thousand words" fits into this case well.

Finally made my way to the desktop. I took these pictures as a visual aid on breaking down a 5" Chushman 3 jaw scroll chuck. You have to remove the chuck key gear first as it has a tit on the end that

I sent you a few pictures as visual aids. I would have posted them here for all to see but I could not figure out how to attach them from my tablet. Fill free to post them if you find them useful. If

I had a little spare time over the weekend, so I cobbledtogether this indicator bracket for the cross feed out of some 1 ¼” X 1 ¼” X1/8” angle iron and a piece of 1 ½” X ¼” flat bar about 2 ¼” long. T

Many thanks for all of your opinions. They are much appreciated. I have been leaning toward a wedge style mainly because to my way of thinking. Whe way I see it the wedge pulls the tool holder in agai

I am about to upgrade my old lantern style tool post to a Aloris style quick change tool post. My question is which style is better, wedge style, or piston style?

Welcome Brian. Fellow southern boy here. Raised up and put down roots of my own near Baton Rouge. You have done some good looking work on your lathe. I'm guessing you ease out to the shop after all th

Awesome! I like this one, and it seems simple enough. I could really use a good stop, but before I tackle another project I want to make a few upgrades to my lathe. I'm in the market for a good chuck,

Nice!!! Did you use aluminum to make the body or is that steel?

Thank you Jim. I was about to pull my last hair out looking for that on this site and others. I knew I had seen it before. Phillip R.

Do we have a parts list for the SB 9 taper attachment. I seem to remember seeing one somewhere in the past, but for the life of me I can't find it now

No problem. I had most of it drawn up in a CAD program is I wouldn't have to go through all the frustration again if I ever had to do it again.

Thanks Bob. It is original except the motor. It does have some wear on the ways, and I had to shim up the tail stock. It is missing some key pieces for the taper attachment. I'll get around to finding

Bob; I have attached a pdf describing how my motor is wired to the switch. My motor is not the original motor. The previous owner replaced it. I hope this helps. Phillip

Sure Bob. When I get home tonight I'll see if I can through something together that will help. You using the original motor or a replacement?

Seems this thread is drifting away from its originalscope, so I’ll nip this one in the bud right now. The idea behind the originalpost was to share a project that is not very often encountered here in

tgbrandl Today at 6:43 AM How does the Savagemade SMLE rate? I amnot quite sure how to answer that. As far as fit and finish goes the U.S.Savage made, and the Canadian Longbranch probably represented

Don't fret it Nelson. Your not alone. My twenty year old daughter will send me text messages on my phone so full of abbreviations I can't read it.

Nelson; If I am reading Rick’s post properly he is justmaking conversation. The “T” in his question is short for true, so Rick’squestion would be “Making a #4 true up?” Truing up is just another term

Don’t worry Ken I realize you are pointing out that amandrel isn’t the end-all be-all of fine precision accuracy. Trust me, if I wereto build a rifle capable of such fine hair splitting accuracy I wou