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- tailstock ram, I was going to chrome it, I didn't
The ram on the 13 inch has a ridge where the lock always sits. I was going to turn it, send it for chrome, and feel like a shop. It's Novem…
- form tool for a pulley groove, chatter from the first touch
Ground a form tool the full width of a 1/2 inch pulley groove. It chatters on contact and the groove looks like a file. The 13 inch should…
- what did the last guy put in this gearbox
Sludge, not chunks. A magnet picked up a little dust and nothing I'd call a tooth. Flushed twice. It smells like oil now, which is a low ba…
- what did the last guy put in this gearbox
Drained the gearbox on the 13 inch. It came out the color of coffee and it smelled like a fish market had a gearbox. I don't know if I shou…
- great falls, a 13 inch, and too many words
Tom, Great Falls. I have a 13 inch that came from a school and still has the lab inventory number painted on the bed. I turn bushings and t…