Nelson; You are verywelcome. This is probably a poor choice of words, but I'll take yourcompliments with much pride. It has been more than 8 years since I laid afinger on a piece of machinery. Even th

The threaded shaft is a mandrel made to fit my Enfield rifle No.4 Mk.1 receiver. You can see it installed in the receiver in two other pics. It provides a way to hold the receiver between centers so t

It has taken a while but I got the bench built and thelathe mounted, leveled, and running true. Iwent ahead and knocked a project off my bucket list. I made amandrel for my Enfield rifle No.4 Mk1 rece

Welcome. I think you are going to like it here. Sent from my ASUS Pad

Agreed Jim. I took a few measurements on the tail stock base and I can't see were there is enough wear to justify a .020 shim unless the base and/or tail stock are not original to this lathe.

Thanks for the heads up on the shim placement. As of yet I hadn't given much though as to where to place the shim. When I get the lathe off the furniture dollies and mounted on a good solid bench I'll

Greetings from south Louisiana. I recently purchased a SouthBend 9a with a 4 ½ foot bed (serial No. 159763). Although it is dirty it seemsto be in pretty good shape. It is missing a few parts for the