Very nice account and the photos to show the work. I enjoyed this as we don't often see the work of the group; also you 'repurposed an otherwise hard to salvage piece. Good work Thanks Ray

I may have that cover, I will head to my storage this morning and take a couple pics. I also have the long fibreglass cover, both of these are no longer needed by me as I bought a under drive cabinet

Simple answer Joel, most tooling has no markings as to size, taper etc. but knowing the measurements of your lathe and of course the size and model of your machine is key to obtaining the correct tool

Thanks Jim, this makes good sense with the extra storage. I really appreciate all the work you put into these groups.

Amen!

I have never auctioned/advetised anything

OOPS! didn't realize you are not using a VFD on the present motor. Mine came with a 3PH motor so all I did was install a used VFD ($85) and programmed it for min 20hrz ND MAX 75Hrz. I still have ample

Interesting that you aren't getting lower than 130rpm. Are you running the VFD at full RPM? I run at 20htz on mid pulley in back gear and its about 32RPM

What a beautiful machine.. the vid came right trough to quicktime and i hit the arrow and the chips started flying. This will be a boon to trouble-shooting as well as displaying our 'wares' Thanks Jim

I did mine on a, you might say Rong Foo 45. The dovetails were quite straight forward but did take time. The top and T-slots were done in one setup after very intensive 'square checking' and only afte

In the 9" tailstock there is no locking part. It accomplishes 'clamping by squeezing the split end of the casting. So what I did with both of mine is: using soft aluminum jaws in the vise and with the

Boy I wish mine was that little. With a new nut and a good fit between it and a NEW cross slide screw, one may get down to about .003 - .006 but in my experience it does not stay for too long even wit

The motor has 2 (two) things wrong in my estimation #1 - it is a quick start motor as in last reply. Worst of all though #2 - it is too high speed for your lathe, it should be a 1725 (nominal). South

What I have found to work is emery strip with kerosene; with the lathe powered-up wrap emery strip around pulley and starting dry with very light pressure, increase pressure while adding a bit of kero

Word of caution: Locktite with an interference fit can cause the parts to stick while pressing together - nasty results ( voice of experience) ;(

Rent a cherrie picker or aka engine lift- the type that folds out to meet the requirement, and they a compact so will go through even narrow doors. Place a bar of steel diameter of which will be the l

Hi Jim I am interested in any 10K collets you may have. If so, please contact me off line at dejongray(at)yahoo dot com. I am sorry to hear of the decision you have and indeed we all have to face at s

I have used this tool post in trade school and two shops I worked at later on and there is non finer. One of variations in the Engineering shop had an indexing which was incredibly repeatable. I now h

Actually it is Bang Good. when you Google bagged it corrects to Bang Good, strangely both forms work to access the company website

THATS the best one yet!! personally I enjoy that part of the hobby; that of treating the rather old machines with what they are designed to use (its like their finest drink). ray