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That's the problem I put the 40 gear in A position and 45 in D position but then I can't find a gear that will fit in B position that will engage everything and work the lead screw

It's a 10 mm, I got 1

This is probably a dumb question, but I can't figure out this gearing, I'm trying to cut internal 18 course threads, my lathe says I need a 40 tooth in A position and a 45 in D position, Right. Thing is, what goes in B and C position ? Here's a couple pics for you gurus to see. I'm assuming A...

That's brilliant, I'm gona use this on mine.

That's exactly the set up I have, except for the bottom washer and nut. I will try in the morning. Thanks

Well with the Mini Lathe you have to tighten the bolt on the tail stock in order to lock it in place, so you need a wrench all the time, so to get rid of hunting down a wrench all the time, i made a sleeve of 3/4" and on the inside of that I have made a threaded 5/8" piston, made a short shaft...

Well, I did it, I got rid of that damn bolt for tightening the tail stock, I got it working but it's not quit tight enough ? Where did I go wrong ? What could i do to make it tighter ? I tried turning in 1 more turn on the bolt, but then i can't get the tail stock back on the bed.

I just used 2 Vernier Calipers, I just fabricated a couple brackets to hold them. Same principal except it only cost me $30 compared to $140 that LMS wants, works the same.

yeah I figured as much, anything mini is a work in progress, speaking of DRO's I just installed 1 on my tail stock on the Lathe and thinking on doing the cross slide as well. They are the cat's meow for sure.

I see, I need something like that, I'm just starting out so I got lots of time to look around and find something, I bought a 7 X12 King mini lathe and it's working all right for now, although I had to do a bunch of fixing to get it to turn a decent part, there pretty flimsy, Now I need a mill.