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    Chinese 3 axis DRO

    Let us know what you order and where from. I have a bunch of random shop stuff to sell to fund buying a dro hopefully in the next month or two.
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    Chinese 3 axis DRO

    Post what you end up ordering and how it goes. I won't be ordering one right away but hopefully in the next couple of months.
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    Chinese 3 axis DRO

    Ideally in the $200 - $300 range. Doesn't need to be anything fancy I don't care if its a touch screen or not as long as it can do all the basics.
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    Chinese 3 axis DRO

    I tried searching the forum but I just get an error so I figured I will just ask. I am looking for a budget 3axis DRO to put on my RF45 clone mill. Other than that I have no idea what to look for and when I search aliexpress it gets complicated fast. I was thinking about magnetic scales because...
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    Line shaft speed

    The leaver on the left can be moved up and down in turn moving the gears on the right changing the direction of the drive pulley for the power feed as well as the drive gear for the lead screw.
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    Line shaft speed

    Other that the motor mount and new belts from what I can tell its all original. I even have a steady rest for it and full set -1 of change gears. The goal is for this to become my main lathe instead of my 10 inch atlas one day. That is if I can get it as dialed in and working as well as my atlas.
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    Line shaft speed

    There is indeed a large gear that goes on the banjo. It just wasn't on when I took the photo. I have almost a full set of change gears, I think I am missing one if memory serves.
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    Line shaft speed

    This is the setup for the power feed.
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    Line shaft speed

    It's alive :D. Made my first test cuts and so far it works great. With one exception the slowest feed on the power feed is .005" per revolution. That's almost twice the feed I have my atlas set at. With the feed engaged i got an absolutely horrendous finish. It looks like a beaver tried to chew...
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    Line shaft speed

    I'm not yet sure how I am going to fix those. That gear is part of the cone pulleys and I don't yet know how to cut gear teeth to a shoulder. It seems to run ok in back gear without those teeth.
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    Line shaft speed

    Ok so I have some updates both on what I have found out and what I have done. I started looking in some of my books and in Lathe Design Construction and Operation, With Practical Examples of the Lathe Work (1919) there is a page where the author mentions what he believes the SFM should be at the...
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    Line shaft speed

    The back gear shaft is removed right now while I am working on the counter shaft to give me a little more room to work. Sadly the 12 inch 4 jaw chuck is really bell mouthed so if any one has some good ideas to fix that or knows where I can get a good one for cheap please let me know. There...
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    Line shaft speed

    I am finally after years getting the the end of restoring my big old lathe from the late 1800's but I have run into a choice that I am not sure what to do. This lathe used to be run off of a line shaft and then someone made a very crude electric motor conversion. I redid the motor mound and am...
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    New to me ZX45 milling machine

    Thanks for the help I never would have sound that. The manual for the PM 932 is a million times better than the one the mill came with.
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    New to me ZX45 milling machine

    I finally have had a few minutes to get back to the mill and this brings up some more questions. I want to change the oil and in the manual it just says to drain the oil. It however doesn't say where and for the life of me I can't see anywhere to drain it. Does anyone happen to know how I am...
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