Recent content by ColinB

How does this taper attachment work? Does it attach to the top of your cross slide?

Welcome back from Vancouver. I bought my used 13x40 in Langley Township, 17 months ago after about 9 months of watching marketplace etc. Be patient and avoid the rusty worn out ones. As you're looking, formulate a plan for moving something that is both top heavy and heavy. I think I still have...

Carbon paper and the seamstress roller are working great.

I neglected to mention that there is some bead rolling, so I don't think attaching the paper directly would work very well.

Unfortunately, it's much more than just the perimeter. There are lines for the finished perimeter, there is an rough initial perimeter line that is 1" larger to resist bead roller warping, there is a line for the bead roller to follow, lines for decorative cutout shapes and some screw hole...

I'd got to the carbon paper (picked some up) or transfer paper (probably what your wife uses), but not to a good way to apply pressure. I just rummaged through the sewing supplies and found one of the serrated wheel transfer tools. I think it will work.

I have a 24x18" pattern (almost entirely curved lines) drawn on thick (110lb) paper. What is a good way to transfer it to a sheet of aluminum, then a mirror image to another sheet of aluminum. I need to be able to follow some of the transferred pattern with a bandsaw and some with a bead roller.

Ahhhhh! I see now how the lever pivots. Thank you for the photo!

Yes, I understood that it was the lowest shaft and the right hand lever on the carriage. I just need enough details (like proper function), in order to recreate it. I've found someone semi-local, with the same lathe series. He has taken a few photos for me, which show two microswitches in the...

Thanks for explaining the action of the lever @BaitMaster ! Does the "latch"ing happen because the switch is on the circular part of the switch cam? My 13x40 is about a 2000 and appears to have once had one. I'm guessing it was damaged in transport and removed. The stop button feels a long way...

Spotless! I have an older version, but it is missing the traveling motor control. Does the lever on the saddle do exactly the same as the fwd and rev buttons, and return to center when you let go? Is forward up or down?

After calling a couple of Burnaby (Vancouver) electric motor rebuilders, looking for a starting capacitor for a 50+ year old motor, I was told to try Lee's Electronics in Vancouver. Sure enough they had one in stock for $19. I always find them helpful. As I arrived home, my better half (and art...

Indeed. My epoxy was quite clear. I did reduce the cabosil on my second try, but the result was still almost opaque.

I did put some cabosil in the epoxy too.

I’m trying my hand at bracelet making. Need to keep it turning slowly until the epoxy gells.