Skilly: Sandy and Shawn are interchangable. I took a break once the basic workshop was done so I haven't been lurking here for a while. I just got back into into it. Currently I am customizing a 2012

Gregg: Thank you so much for your suggestion. The dead center I had purchased was indeed dead hard all they way so it is history. But, your point is well taken. There are MT 3 arbors that have tanged,

My OEM MT3 dead center has become so centered that it has realized it's full potential, achieved transcendence, turned to pure light and poof, disappeared from this temporary word. The Chinese centers

Neil: As my daughter keeps telling me, we are getting old. I have been to your home work shop once years ago. I'm planning to come to the grinding session meet on April 17th. Hope to see you there. Sa

The Turk: Thanks for taking the time to give details of the bed scraping chronology at South Bend. I remembered your earlier comments about the rigidity problems with the 10K when I saw this lathe but

I know the Turk may not be pleased with the shortcomings of the 10K and what some of these things go for, but here is a new condition lathe for sale. If you have time, click on his photo bucket link a

numerous attachments In addition to the excellent advice you have already received, I would like to add that it is very easy to sell the attachments on eBay. Depending on what there is and what you me

I stand corrected. Jim B is right. The casting I bought from the web site he references is the same as the one I bought finished for the 10L. I made the wrong assumption without checking since the web

I bought the casting for the 9" SB that Jim B refers to, right before I upgraded to the 10L. I still haven't machined it. I bought a finished one that was done very well on eBay for my 10L last year.

I cleaned the banjo on my 10L the other day and used cigarette paper that I usually use to bring milling cutters in contact with work between gears when meshed before I tightened them. They sound a bi

Great to hear from you Tony. I never thought I would get to this point but my shop is finally done. My education came from British model engineers leaving behind a great legacy in the form of fantasti

Dough wrote Now that is words of experience and wisdom. On another note, having kept meticulous notes on my adventure and records of every 1200 eBay auctions or so I used to put my shop together, I th

The Turk wrote: I agree with you 100%. However, I come to that conclusion from the other side of the tracks. In 2003, I paid extra to a metal fabrication shop to let me pretend to help build a metal d

Thanks Dennis, now that I know I am not crazy (just in this instance off course), I'll spend the time to figure it out. Sandy

I think group members would be interested in checking out this eBay auction. 260512532284 I am not going to comment on the value of a 10K regardless of condition. What impressed me is the fact that th

Dennis: Your message says it has 5 attachments. It has been a while since I checked out the group. I can't seem to figure out how to access the attachments. I assume they are the pictures you refer to

John: Thank you for sharing. Talk about a dude that embodies a lot of the things we are all about but has taken it to another levlel. Sandy

Dennis in post # 48704 dated Dec 29th agreed with a link Jim B had put up for the cam theory of testing headstock alignment. I performed the test on my 1960 10L on the original SB welded up cabinet ju

Thanks Jim: > I didn't think it would be that easy. Just checked the micrometer stop converter bracket and indeed it is 90 degrees. In a way that is a bummer. I have a 90 degree double angle cutter fo

I am envious of Myford snobs and their ability to slide a surface gage on their flat ways and boring tables to center mark and set bits accurately. I want to machine a couple of V Ways in a 6" wide pi