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@6.5 Fan i didn’t notice that! Lol Guess it pops out of gear. Nice catch

Spotted just now. Probably won’t last long https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/800630875002729/?mibextid=6ojiHh

It going to lie I stole that from Curtis from CEE on YouTube. Why didn’t I think of that!? Clear sailing (I hope) now! I’ll be making some bushings on it shortly. Again I really appreciate all the help, direction, and camaraderie from the real machinists!

YES! Nothing broke or blew up! I figured out the threading on my lathe! I never noticed this rod that moves with the metic/inch selector behind the “stud gear” Then I realized it’s some sort of stopping rod so you can’t engage the metric clutch if something is there. Realized that nothing...

This thread wasn’t going to be the help thread for my gears but since some helpful members were already trying to decipher my enigma: I didn’t mention The lathe is labeled McDougall made locally in Galt. A redit users father worked there a long time ago and said this looks NOTHING like what...

Ok I’ve got a few ideas. The compound is about 3 1/8x5x11, I think making a riser block would also be easily doable to make it functional. I would like a compound still: @Susquatch I like the idea of tie rods holding the whole thing together. I could do it on one side but the other has the...

Wow. Everyone thank you for the input. Crazy week haven’t been able to get back on this till this afternoon. Sad thing is I had installed an oversized, E-STOP on the gear box. I was on my knees right infront of it. It happened so fast I had half a second to realize and it was too late. I...

@Darren i like that idea to mill off the ear and replace with a plate that would give better access. I don’t think I can bolt it together it’s so long and thin. Unless I bolt it to a piece of plate. I was thinking a ton of clamps on a 1” piece of plate to keep true and preheat the whole thing...

Starting to wonder if this machining thing is for me, or maybe just this lathe is cursed. Now that I’d gone through everything I had a part I want to make with single point threading, now’s the time to learn. Set all my gears and settings for 14tpi, ran a scratch pass and got half that...

I am mostly happy with the flow rate it is better then the last one. I don’t like the routing of the copper lines but that’s an easier fix. I’m not 100% on my coupler, the last pump had a 3/8” round shaft. The new one has two large flat spots essentially making it rectangular. Barely thicker...