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I'm constantly re-arranging everything , trying to find the ultimate layout that maximizes the available space . I think , I've arrived at an arrangement I can stick with. I try not to bash stuff around , like my ex wife used to do , rearranging the entire house every other day ...... now that...

And then , there is , the bush league approach , kind of a , visit the lumber yard , bring home some timber . buck it up and bolt together the mother of all stands for a mill drill. Years ago a buddy of mine , whom I've been friends with for 50 years calls and says " I want this monstrosity...

I'm gonna go with ....... fix it and keep it , it's a pretty good lathe , mine is a work horse and has produced a lot of good parts , I like the gearhead design , no flipping belts . For what I do , mine does it all .

The one and only fuse is on the 24v control circuit . There was a lot of coaching to get mine running again from the group here , as suggested at the beginning , when mine went on the fritz , several participants called it as a capacitor .......... , it would have only cost $20 - $30 if I had...

Years ago , the 70's , in Calgary there was a stand off / shoot out with the police , It got ugly , they had the place surrounded , cops on both sides , they thought the guy should have surrendered by now but he wasn't ready ,a few of em got pissed off and started emptying the magazines on...

Poster child of tools that have been used , abused & un-loved

I've looked at them before , .001" is a fairly coarse measurement , so it's not something I'd want in my toolbox. For the work I do thats not close enough ,when honing engine cylinders measurements need to be more precise than .001" .

There's a good possibility that it is something simple . When I bought mine new , only days into owning the machine , I replaced the motor on warranty , thinking about it now 18 years later , it may have only been a capacitor , they warrantied the motor because it didn't work . You saw the...

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If you need a motor to revive the lathe you have for sale , I bought a new one and never used it . It was on the lathe for a few days but I never ran it and it went back in the box it came in. I repaired the original motor and used it to get the lathe running , there wasn't an option of...