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    Using the built in levelling system.

    You said in regards to 'sheet metal stands' that "... they make excelent stands on which to place 'light' benchtops. ..." to which i replied that lathes up to 14" in size and ~1800 lbs are on 'sheet metal' bases and have been for decades with no issues and that it all depends on the gauge of the...
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    Using the built in levelling system.

    Are you replying to me?
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    Using the built in levelling system.

    What are you suggesting if a person was to buy a NEW Standard Modern 1440 lathe like pictured above (or any other 14" lathe on the market today)? Remove it from the factory engineered base and fab something of your own? The SM 1440 weights 1800lbs. You clearly arent thinking this through....
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    Using the built in levelling system.

    My standard modern 9" Utilathe came on a sheet metal stand from the factory. The 10", 11", 13", and 14" Standard Modern models came the same way and still come this way AFAIK. I dont see anything wrong with a 'sheet metal' stand as long as its of teh correct gauge and designed well.
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    Scammed on Kijiji: Jabobs 3/4" Chuck turns out to be 17/32 chuck

    Seller in Edmonton had a ad for a 'Jacobs 3/4" chuck' with a pic of the chuck on a MT1 arbor from 24" away. $40, and I'm in Calgary I know 3/4" jabocs chucks, even the base model ones, are $325+ so I contact the seller and ask for pics of any lettering on the chuck. I get a vague answer "what...
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    Drafting light table for tracing.

    Looked like a NSR400 at first glance.
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    King 12x36 Lathe, $2000, Campbell River BC

    MOTHER OF GOD! It has a follow rest, steady rest AND a tailstock!
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    Tool Good quality bearing/gear pullers?

    Almost always use heat for stuff thats stuck, usually a map gas torch.
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    Tool Good quality bearing/gear pullers?

    A little from column A, a little from Column B. When working with, say, a stuck pulley on a motor shaft I'll put a little hi pressure grease on the threads.
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    Tool Good quality bearing/gear pullers?

    Sorry, but they are junk. The male and female threads gall and bind and strip. No more PA pullers for me. Please read my first post above. I'll troll kijiji and FB marketplace for proto 2/3jaw pullers. I may even consider, based on recommendations here, using the neighbours RF40 mill and his...
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