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  1. Kelly McLaughlin

    9 x 20 Standard Modern Utilathe with taper attachment

    Hi Folks. I'm replacing my Utilathe It was bought here on the forum. It's been restored I guess you'd call it, I can't get it out of where it is (the basement of my Condo) till mid july ish. I can load it on a truck or trailer from my garage. It comes with: a 1/2 hp 1725 motor that I installed...
  2. Kelly McLaughlin

    Finally got tired of swaping the tailstock wrench

    I'm not sure a vise is the correct application for a thrust bearing. In the case of the tool post as you apply tension it quite often will rotate from the increase in drag which is what the bearing cures. In the case of a vise the tendency would be to crush the thrust bearing as the pressure...
  3. Kelly McLaughlin

    20mm to 76mm MT shank drills very reasonable

    As of the 2nd everything is gone.
  4. Kelly McLaughlin

    SM1340 Change Gears

    Saving them for later : ) don't want to use up all them good gears at once : )
  5. Kelly McLaughlin

    320mm 1um linear scale

    It's a piece of cake. did mine today, had to modify the end block as the factory cuts the glass shy of the end about 20mm 24 tooth hacksaw blade mark and cut carefully. I dressed the edge on a zircon belt on my little belt sander clean well and assemble. Too easy!
  6. Kelly McLaughlin

    SM1340 Change Gears

    Hi Rudy! I gave my std change gears to the fellow who bought my lathe, it was the same model, also metric. Guess he got a good deal : ) Very nice work! How many hours all in?
  7. Kelly McLaughlin

    320mm 1um linear scale

    Apparently they can be shortened. I'm about to experiment with that : ) there's several you tube videos on it.
  8. Kelly McLaughlin

    Bristol #0 with mods

    Hi Don! Yes lots of fabrication on this one. It's been fun. Still a few things I'd like to do, probably when I'm installing the scales for the DRO. I'm almost across the finish line, I still need a belt, scales that I'm picking up next week and I think I will add oilers and grooves to the y axis...
  9. Kelly McLaughlin

    Bristol #0 with mods

    Got the drive sorted today, Just waiting on belts. Wired in my mod for the speed adjustment and estop and got some paint on some of it today! Tomorrow photos of the 90% completed project : )
  10. Kelly McLaughlin

    Looking for some help with mach 3

    Hi John! It took some time but i was able to repair my power supply. I found a diagram in the internet for a Soigeneris controller that was using my exact setup, a pot for speed control that was switched to use mach3. (I didn't have the switch) I was able to make the spindle work with their...
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