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- drill wandering in the tailstock, 3/8 then 1/2
3/8 was already off. I didn't check because I wanted to be done. Bored the last bit with a bar and the pin fits. Tailstock shoe is on the l…
- drill wandering in the tailstock, 3/8 then 1/2
Started a hole with a center drill, followed with 3/8, then 1/2. The 1/2 walked enough that the hole is oval if I believe the pin gage, whi…
- ISO faceplate, 1-1/2 8, doesn't have to be pretty
Looking for a faceplate, 1-1/2 inch 8 tpi, the size that fits the South Bend I drag home every few years. Holes can be wrong. Threads can't…
- auction lot, mostly rust, one tool worth keeping
Handle is on the compound. Faceplate is in the scrap bucket. Drills too. Forty dollars for a handle I can live with. The lesson was free, w…
- auction lot, mostly rust, one tool worth keeping
Bought a tote at the Pullman auction because the handle looked like a South Bend compound handle. The tote is mostly broken drills and a fa…
- felt wipers, or do I just oil it and mind my business
Craft store. They asked what I was making. I said a machine and left before I had to explain. Felts are in. Ways stay oily longer. That's t…
- felt wipers, or do I just oil it and mind my business
The felts on the carriage were mud. I pulled them. The ways look better with them gone, which I know is not the same as being protected. Do…
- what did I buy (auction, no nameplate)
Home. Center height is a hair over 5 inches. So a 10, not a 9. I was wrong in the truck, which is a theme. Tailstock clamp is the fork. Log…
- what did I buy (auction, no nameplate)
Estate auction out past Colfax. I bought the lathe because nobody else bid past forty dollars and now it's in the truck and I can't find a…
- south bend living under a workbench
Ways are brown, not cratered. Chuck stayed with uncle because I couldn't budge it and I didn't want to be the pipe guy. Lathe is in my gara…
- south bend living under a workbench
Uncle's shop. A 9 inch has been under a bench since at least the Clinton administration, chip pan full of mouse evidence and one chuck rust…