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3D printing for the gear is a great idea! You are right - there should be no load.

Awesome! Thanks!

Thanks! Would you have a chance to measure total height and diameter of the dial? I could trial and error, it but the closer I start...

Ah yes, grade 3. Learned a lot that year

Please Tom don't fall for the I'll show you mine if you show me yours trick again!!

There was a picture on the UK lathe site(see below). It’s the same shape as what I’ve seen elsewhere. Getting the right gear information...

OK, So I took a look and now I am confused. My lathe doesn't seem to have place to mount a threading dial. There's one hole there...

Thanks! (Although I'm feeling a little awkward with the whole idea of that)

So looking at that Clausing I picked up last week I see it is missing the threading dial. I have looked around and can’t find a lot of...

Seems a pretty nice ML-7, compared to some I have seen. Gonna depend on what else is lurking out of sight, to see if it is a reasonable...

And in Utah and NY state. I’ve worked in both places.

If only I had a foundry!

I have trouble getting small quantities of metal for projects. Getting Al at a scrap price would have been sweet.

Fixed the post.

Stupid autocorrect. Although I'm not sure what a "Milford" is anyway. Ah, it's a place in NZ...