Recent content by kopcicle

UPS tried to kill the ballscrews. Good packaging saved them. still waiting on the ball nutz.

UPS tried to kill the ball screws. Good packaging saved them. Waiting on the ball nutz.

new tool. Good to hear from you Peter. Is the cell phone working?

is your tailstock MT0 or MT1? This is MT1 and smaller than a baseball. I can give you better dimensions if needed.

MT1 6 pos turret, 5/8" . This thing is well made and the lock up is TIGHT https://www.msdiscounttool.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=104840

I'll keep it short. I just had to share a thought. "lil" John Buttera, "When you make each part, each sub assembly, each assembly, to the very best of you time, tools, talent, and ability, only then will the sum total of the parts be greater than the whole." For those of you that don't...

Once I counter bored a register in the chuck The rest was easy, The damage was beyond abrasives and a careful dial in of the register allowed for a .002" skim cut on the diameter and face. Avery brief vid of the machine reveals the work on the gear train was well worth it. Just imagine...

Yeah , that's about Jake...

The reamer set I received from the AmaZombies. looks good. I tied the roughing an finish back to back with each other and , parallel. I did the same with a known good 2MT taper and, parallel. So far so good. Now to dial the face register and the 2MT taper and record the run out. The face...

Okay , it runs. but wait there's more. @gggGary , thanks for part of the solution. The belt is crap or has a couple of flat spots on it. Back off the tension so far you can't put a tool into aluminum and it runs fine. give it any tension at all and it's a bucking bronco. Interlude for some...

Okay , buckle up , short sharp rant. So in no particular order I have purchased and shipped a lathe 1/3 of the way across the country I have struggled with the deterioration due to years of neglect. I have exorcised the wanton destruction of flying monkeys with hammers. I sourced obsolete and...

I'm already looking ahead. The follow on to the 6" lathe you see here is either a DSM 59 Hardinge or it's bigger brother the HLV-H. An alternative to the DSM is the nearly direct copy the Feeler. These are referred to as "second operation lathes". The machines provide the tooling and CNC...

The next job is a reversing switch. ChinaBay doesn't thrill me. Furnas (the original part)eludes me. The cost of the stock Clausing part depresses me. It will probably be Dayton by way of Hobson's choice. I'm also on the lookout for a steady and follow rest. I'm not looking for a hand out but...

Nearly a lathe. Still missing a few fiddly bits but almost there. In fact I could run it now , just not very well. Alignment and adjustment of a new or reborn lathe is so well documented around the web I won't be detailing it here unless I'm stealing hammers from flying monkeys and smashing...

I'm waiting on a few parts from Joel and some monkey repellent from the publishers of the Satanic Bible. I doubt I'll ever do the tapered roller bearing conversion unless I have to do a bunch of fine facing operations. Believe me, it is possible to the point of certainty that you can set up a...