I don't think it needs to be hardened. If you just want to, that would be up to you. Be aware that hardening it will cause it to warp. Then you'd need to grind it. You essentially open several cans of

I would say no. It shouldn't need hardening. If you want to protect it go with an enamel or epoxy paint.

Question for larger group:Should the headstock spindle be case hardened? Or even just slightly hardened? Today I 'finished' machining the headstock spindle and am wondering if it shouldn't be

Me too! Bill in OKC William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.) A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet,

When I archived the yahoo groups. This and casting hobby, mini mill, etc I did not archive the links page. Most of the links were not valid after the 20 years of adding and not deleting things.

Here is a playlist of Mr. Walter Maisey machining a hand-powered lathe (in the style of the Petite Lime), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k43RNbZFlWM&list=PLNj6RVZ6oaGrePoV3w4RKs9XoPDgnv4ZR

I had a partial archive of the files and such, and just looked, if there was a links page, I didn't get it. Bill in OKC William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.) A human being should be able to change a

I just downloaded the Yahoo group archive. Is there a links page? (Sorry if I overlooked it in the archive.)

I can't speak for anyone else, but since my employer makes parts for emergency generators, we were deemed essential, and never shut down. If anything, we've been busier than usual. I had signed up to

I'm not sure how to reply to a specific post, but I tried the links above. I'd subscribed to PGS so long ago, I'd forgotten about it, so I bookmarked it. (I have WAY too many YouTube subscriptions!)

Thanks! I just subscribed.

Just found someone currently making a Gingery Lathe. https://www.youtube.com/user/Davhttps://www.youtube.com/user/DaveBoatBuilder/videoseBoatBuilder/videos

For those that haven't discovered it yet. PGS has a YouTube series om making a Gingery milling machine, and the indexing head. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOYaMSY8f8t-YgvdMJXFRRA/videos

It's a lebond regal lathe, built in the latter half of 1950. 17" center and over 60" working length, it was a bear to get into my garage. I'm about halfway through the restoration now, having taken

The castings were definitely troublesome. Headstock and the bed were the worst. Although over time it did get better and when I picked up the book by John Campbell, it all started to turn a corner.

Personally, I kinda gave up on building my gingery machines. Had a lot of trouble with castings, and in the end got an import lathe on sale. Instead of building my own machines I switched over to

I can tell you his videos really helped me as I built and finished my Gingery lathe last year. Great editing and super helpful. As for posting my own videos... that's a lot of work! The expectation

You do bring up an interesting subject. Why so many of these forums are virtually inactive and it appears no one is making things. One would think with COVID and people working from home that there

I quite enjoyed his videos as well, so seeing this popped up I did a little digging. Seems he's still alive and well, looks like a case of life getting in the way and his channel/brand not being the

Never heard of him before, but looks like a good one to be looking at. Last video is about a year old. He may have been overcome by financial disaster that has overtaken a lot of us in this age of