Recent content by Lucky7

I’m sure the OP knows this, but in case… many of the parts are interchangeable between this generation of Bantam and a Chipmaster. Congrats! One of my late mentors had a Bantam bought new just like this one. Many of the jigs and first bits of the Gunston artificial knee joints were machined on it.

Curious what the ‘nightmare in electrics’ a Rivett 1020 would have? On first glance seems to be remarkably simpler than a 10EE or later generation Hendey Tool n Gage lathes. In fact I turned down a good mechanical condition late model Hendey T&G lathe just five miles away from me due to its...

Built like a brick shithouse? As my Saskatoon born Mom would say.

Makes set ups more entertaining.

Well, not this hobbiest at least. (and spell check tries to change hobbiest to hobbit- hmmm)

Link for the Brampton gravity effector? Semi serious ask for a friend.

Hell, yeah, that’s a good deal! West German made. Sure seems to be a lot of nice machines and tooling out of Ottawa recently. I would have guessed 12” from proportions, but just looked at my 12” Walter and it has a different pattern of t-slots. Fwiw.

A lot of good information there, Susquatch. Another little consideration is the professional stone re-lapper, recertification people don’t like to work on smaller stones. From what I’ve been told a 2’x3’ plate is about the smallest. Nor sure I understand why. And speaking of re-lapping...

I know what the SM 9” and 10” Utilathe anatomy looks like and a regrind and scrape of these two lathes would not require turcite under saddle ways. Not sure about a 12” Utilathe. Also not sure if your lathe has a hardened bed? Depth of hardening? Could the OP please post a pic of his lathe...

I swear there must be something in the water in Sweden. How else could one country corner the drill market?

Starrett pink grade A 24”x36”x6” no ledge is $2700 USD new as of today…

I guess there’s too much British ancestry in me. I thought these trucks were called ‘skips’. No?

Interesting thread. Have been in the guts of two variators (three balls, not a six like yours) but just replaced bits. Didn’t dare remachine! This was years ago (ha! decades ago) when spare parts were easily available from a place in south Mississauga. As I understand their operation, they...

Might want to say if it has the more desirable 40 taper, motor voltage, and can he load. Not being critical, I just find details help get more interested eyeballs. I used a VN 16 years ago and liked it.

Damn good thing that’s the other side of Ontario. Really, really don’t have space in my shop. Really.