Hi Wally, It was an interference fit into the key. The leascrew keeps the key in place when it's all assembled. It was tight enough in the worm and nut to keep from falling out when the apron is remov

Our group member from the Netherlands has recently made a tooth repair by drilling a couple of holes into the gear and tapping with an appropriate size tap. After inserting a couple of screws, he file

Are there any old timey metal workers out there who still draw up their projects with a pencil? My wife is an architect. She used to have her office in our house. I have cluttering up my basement shop

Hi Jackie, Seems funny for me to say that, my sister's name is Jackie. I have had a Sherline lathe and milling column accessory for years. You cut tapers by offsetting the headstock, the same as the U

Don't buy a Clisby. It is truly a toy. I bought one and after rebuilding it with bronze bearings instead of aluminum on the leadscrew, turning a 4 step pulley system, adding a sewing machine motor ins

You are a lucky fellow if the $100.00 lathe is any good at all. http://people.ne.mediaone.net/wasser/SBLathe/index.html This link from the links section of the group usually works. For some reason I g

Crazy Bert tells me that you have to remove the screw in the cone gear for oil/grease access, too. He was too polite to correct me on list. Glen Reeser

Hi Mike, I have two 9" lathes and I have been using one to fix the other. It is a very good plan. I would be your first customer for brass nameplates if you got good at it and if the price was reasona

I know this isn't what you asked, but... The latest ENCO flyer has the Phase II post sets for $89.00. I bought a HF version for the same price and after fixing its problems I have been happy with it.

Hi Anthony, I see a jumpnkd in the members file. His partial email is jumpnkd(at) a. I suspect that he's on AOL. AOL allows spaces in email addresses. Mine on AOL is G Orvil(at)AOL. It collapses to Go

Anthony, I clicked on his name in the members list and it took me to his Yahoo profile. I had to certify that I was 18 years or older first. It lists his email as jumpnkd(at)aol.com. Lose the undersco

The piston type has a cam driven piston that comes out normal to the face of the dovetail. The wedge type has a dingus that expands the width of the dove tail. The wedge should be more repeatable and

Hi Okey, I bought a set of the MLA castings from someone on this list and got the leadscrew and nut from another most generous member of the list. Yoy only need the milling base if you also plan to mo

Hi Bert, I keep getting my emails bounced back when I reply to your last message. There must be something wrong with your account. My apologies to the group for communicating this way. I sent Clint $4

I keep a dishwashing soap squeeze bottle full of liquid Tide clothes washing detergent by the sink in the basement. It not only takes off the grease, it also finds the metal splinters in your fingers.

<hughmcc@e...> wrote: of sheering how SNIP> When I was growing up in rural Iowa, I did some shade tree mechanicking. Sometimes the cars didn't die underneath a shady tree with braches big enough to li

--- In southbendlathe@..., "Hugh <hughmcc@e...>" <hughmcc@e...> wrote: Snip> > Half nut on carriage: that lever seems to only move a few degrees > (when carriage/cross-feed shift is in neu

I am a hobby potter as well as a hobby machinist. I once saw a burner for a kiln made out of a garbage can and a vacuum cleaner. It was intended for third world artesans so that coffee bean husks, pea

I paid about $125 for mine. Try to get the leadscrew and 20 tooth gear with it. Glen Reeser <bdymn7@a...> wrote: gear

I just got a notice that something I´ve done has `very obviously` violated the ebay user agreement and resulted in `restricion of trade´ or someone is manipulating my account. It says click here to re