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  1. John Conroy

    Lathe sine bar

    Here's my version, made up of a chunk of 1/2" thick hot rolled plate, two 1.5" long 10mm dowel pins, and nine 8mm X 3mm magnets. The pins on mine are spaced on 5" centers and I have printed a "Table of Constants for a 5" Sine Bar" from the Hermann Schmidt Company (easily found with a google...
  2. John Conroy

    Dividing head restoration

    I would tig weld a piece of 1/8" thick by 1/2" wide steel to the key. Small welds with cool down periods between. The heat will aid in loosening the key but too much could distort the shaft
  3. John Conroy

    Product Single phase motor direction

    I had to change the direction on the motor I used on my belt sander. I used info from this YouTube video and it worked for me.
  4. John Conroy

    Cincinnati? Dividing Head

    Looks like the footstock is genuine Carroll, does it not match the dividing head?
  5. John Conroy

    Cincinnati? Dividing Head

    Made in Cincinnati and supposed to be very high quality. You got a gem!
  6. John Conroy

    Cincinnati? Dividing Head

    There's ifo on vintage machinery on Carroll dividing heads. http://www.vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=12471&tab=1
  7. John Conroy

    where to source rack and matching pinion

    You could check kijiji for a junk drill press and use the table lifting rack and pinion
  8. John Conroy

    Machine Machine moving

    I wouldn't want to be the guy under that machine pumping the jack handles.
  9. John Conroy

    Anyone recognize this footstock?

    It looks like à tailstock for an old wood lathe
  10. John Conroy

    Lathe VFD?

    I did this video right after I converted my lathe. It shows the speed changes possible in the range between 60hz and 10hz which are the max and min I have set up in the vfd. Ignore my speed estimate mistakes, 15hz give about 300rpm and 10hz about 200. I love this conversion, the ability to...
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