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  1. Colten Edwards

    what's this?

    that looks to be about the correct information. thanks.
  2. Colten Edwards

    what's this?

    I've got a switch that I'm unsure of what it's supposed to do. Here's a pic of it on the headstock of my lathe.
  3. Colten Edwards

    new DCMT toolholders

    just have to make sure you purchase the correct inserts to fit. there are 3 differant sizes of DCMT inserts from what I can tell.
  4. Colten Edwards

    wanted lathe tooling

    Anyone have any extra lathe tooling they might want to give up for free?
  5. Colten Edwards

    New to me lathe

    not sure what the hell thread i'm cutting here, but it's cutting threads. Still seeing that slop which I believe might be in the gear train. I'm not seeing anything in the threads themselves as you can see. Got ahold of Preston from Modern Tool. he's going to approach there suppliers about...
  6. Colten Edwards

    New to me lathe

    no friction that I could tell or binding at all. hand wheel turns freely. I think I might have found the issue though. there is a gib adjustment block which I believe was much too loose. The dovetail was actually flopping around until I tightened up the gib slightly. Now I need to figure out...
  7. Colten Edwards

    New to me lathe

    Play in lead screw Gear box
  8. Colten Edwards

    New to me lathe

    The lead screw had some crud embedded which I used a wirebrush to remove. it now looks pristine. One of the first things I checked was for any wobble while the leadscrew was under power and it seems to be fine. One thing I noticed was that when the clam shell engages, the threading indicator...
  9. Colten Edwards

    New to me lathe

    just the first 50 seconds are good. the rest is my phone sitting on a desk :) Here's the video I promised.. First upload was rejected because of a radio playing the background and youtube didn't want desparado by the eagles playing in the video.
  10. Colten Edwards

    New to me lathe

    engages the half nut onto the threading screw. correct
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