I promised to do a sketch and post it a long time ago. I actually did the sketch in an old Macintosh drawing program. I just need to find it on my home computer and get into a format most people can r

It has been so long since I converted my "C" to an "A" that I forgot that the half nuts would completely release the apron from the lead screw. Barry, you must have a model "B" if it has a worm gear t

Barry, Mine just slid off the end of the lead screw. It may be that the end of the screw has been abused and mushroomed a bit. A file would cure that. The bearing inside is a poured in place babbit be

Stirboy, I just rechecked the MSC catalog. The bearings are on page 3508. MSC part number:03380896 Needle Thrust Bearing $2.16 ID 0.3750 OD 0.8130 T 0.0780 MSC part number:03381068 Flat washer $0.68 I

As I was driving home I recalled a back burner project I have going. Someone posted an improvement to the headstock by adding needle thrust bearings in place of the fiber washer. The bearings are from

Be careful not to lose the pin that keeps the handle from turning when you do get the nut loose. Glen wrote: to You off slop. out the tool

I made a tool out of drill rod stock. I milled off two shoulders to make a flat blade and then opened up the center with a small end mill. I cross drilled it for a tommy bar and then hardened it. You

Punctuation: never my strong-point..... Glen Reeser wrote: rivetter. I out her take

In my imagination Rose is the WW2 poster girl Rosie the rivetter. I guess it's the association of the role these machines played in out producing the Axis powers and how Rose still supports them. Glen

A couple of dollars for a padded envelope and postage...$22.00 total. Glen have and B will wrote: $150.Had no Looked for , 56 taper or Marvin follows: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sblinfo/files/South

I have posted several times in the last couple of weeks that I have made some 20 tooth gears for people who are converting their C and B model lathes to A's with QC gearboxes. I have 15 finished and I

Hi Mark, I don't think you are too far off topic, at least for a short aside and for relief from the paint topic. I am reminded of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Universe. In one episode a bunch of ma

In most turning operations the work is coming towards you. This puts a downward force on the saddle and no retaining mechanism is required. Once in a while it would be useful to have the work turning

It occurs to me that the "detent" you are talking about may be the interlock pin that keeps the half nuts and the clutch drive from engaging at the same time. Make sure the crossfeed/longitudinal feed

You need to loosen the screw that backs up the spring that pushes the pin into the lever detent groove. (In the house that Jack built). ;-) Glen Reeser <keithbrettell@y...> wrote: interest. On mine th

I am an old electrical engineer. The smoke is what makes things work. When the smoke goes away, things stop working. Another rule of thumb, don't blow away the smoke. The smoke tells you what is wrong

wrote: have problem: business under his name This is the CT crook I was talking about. At the risk of arousing the moderators ire, he did business out of an old Stanley Tools factory or warehouse in B

Glen's response: Most of the use is of course near the headstock and a lot of difference in how the saddle brake binds from one end to the other might make me pause. On the other hand, there is likely

Hi All, I bought a set of 18 DP 14.4 PA gear cutters a month or so ago. I have finally got around to playing with them. My first project is the 20 tooth gears needed for the majority of the feed rates

I bought a Horror Fright QC toolpost a year or so ago for about $90.00. It required a new handle to make it work. The one that came with it was not threaded, it had rings around the shaft with zero pi