Has anyone had any recent experience with this eBay seller. I just dropped $205 on him and I'm not getting any return communication. He is in Bristol, CT which sets off alarms in my head. Glen Reeser

You have found a beauty. I paid about the same for a "hard worked" production lathe with no tooling. Congratulations! Glen Reeser

I have a buddy who will cut a steel plate for me on his plasma cutter. Could someone with a follower rest for a 9" lathe trace the outline and scan it and email it to me? Just a rough outline would be

I've used Forward Air before, myself. The shipper dropped off the stuff at a terminal near him and I picked it up at another one near me. They are a trucking company. I don't know why they call themse

Lurch, That was Dennis Pantazis. He made some and broke his thread mill in the process. I am not sure what a thread mill looks like. He gave me the 6 or 7 partly finished blanks to play with when I go

I have both the 7/16 x 10 LH ACME and the 3/8 x 10 RH ACME taps. I bought them from: Tracy Tools Ltd. 2 Mayors Avenue Dartmouth Devon UK Website www.tracytools.com These are advertised as "for renewin

As someone else already said, these are not identical. The cheap $79.00 ones from HF are not well made. I bought one and later bought the Phase II from ENCO for my other lathe. There is no comparison.

I think the roller bearing you're talking about is the one several of us have used to replace the fiber washer that goes on the extreme back side of the spindle between the take-up nut and the back of

Yes. Glen Reeser <indigo_red@q...> wrote: a lubing

Richard, You ought to get together with Rose. She knows all there is to know about these parts. Glen Reeser wrote: make these screws and nuts. a http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southbendlathe/files/Sout

Hi Torfin, There is a lot of information in the files section about lubrication. No grease should be used on open parts of the lathe. It will pick up and hold metal bits and grind them into the part y

Check out this site: http://www.lathes.co.uk/page10.html wrote: wrote: the gears I 9/16bore http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southbendlathe/files/SouthBendLatheFAQ. follows:

Myford is a popular lathe for hobby use in the UK. Glen Reeser 9- bay. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southbendlathe/files/SouthBendLatheFAQ.

I have both Phase II and the Harbor Frieght tool posts. The Phase II is a much better tool. Fit and finish are much better. The handle on the HF one I bought was not threaded. It had 60 degree grooves

Clausing group is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clausing_lathe_and_mill Glen Reeser wrote: Spindle Adapters that I need some help in identifying what make of Lathe they fit.The Adapters are for 5C Co

Tom, He just means that the same measurement made twice will give the same result. I have a Logan Actuator coffee mug that advises "measure twice, cut once". Glen Reeser indicator" I repeatable.Could

I haven't seen one but my guess is it enhances capillary action to draw oil back to the sump. There is a parallel in my fountain pen hobby. L.E. Waterman improved fountain pen design to the point that

Delrin is also very slippery. It works well as a bearing surface in bushings and such. Glen Reeser <tracy_tracy@a...> wrote: Renaissance Reproductions cracking resistant. drill wrote: local stock,and

Vari-speed sounds like Clausing. I have a Johansson (forerunner of Clausing) mill and I lurk on the Clausing forum. They talk about a Vari-speed drive on the lathes. Glen Reeser <hutchwood@m...> wrote

Kenny, Dennis Pantazis gave me 5 or 6 unfinished cross slide nuts for a non Taper Attachment (i.e. standard) 9" or 10K lathe. I have the tap to finish them when I get the time do it. I also have the t