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  1. Brent H

    BaitMaster’s (Work) Bench

    @BaitMaster - are there any specific parts you need drawings for? My old threads should have most of the drawings for items I needed to replace. If not I can send you copies of my sketches
  2. Brent H

    BaitMaster’s (Work) Bench

    Oops - U530 - closer than 1000!
  3. Brent H

    BaitMaster’s (Work) Bench

    @BaitMaster - my one lathe is U350. @YYCHM commented before that mine sunk in WWII - hahaha. So perhaps we are a mere thousand lathes apart?
  4. Brent H

    BaitMaster’s (Work) Bench

    @BaitMaster, I cut the material with a plasma cutter and did the bending by clamping a piece of angle iron to my bench and working the material. I have a box brake on order so that should speed up my next build. I will make another one for the metric lathe. I made up some cardboard templates...
  5. Brent H

    BaitMaster’s (Work) Bench

    @David_R8 the “splash” is 18 gauge stainless steel but 20 would be super fine to use with support. The heavier gauge is nicer to weld. The stainless was from a hospital cabinet job - I have also cut the fronts off old dishwashers for the stainless;)
  6. Brent H

    BaitMaster’s (Work) Bench

    this is a pic of the back of the protection I made for the lathe.
  7. Brent H

    BaitMaster’s (Work) Bench

    The TEFC motor will be great. I have a full shield behind my lathe to stop coolant and oil from spraying out across things. If tour lathe backs to the wall you should be a-ok. I will update you with some pics tomorrow. I still have a shield to make for Miss Metric so that will be posted at...
  8. Brent H

    BaitMaster’s (Work) Bench

    Just a note to maybe help : the motor on the Utilathe has the fan end exposed to where you are making chips. My Utilathes have “drip proof” motors (original to the lathe) that proved to suck in a lot of crap - mostly cutting oil vapour but I also pulled a drywall screw out of the windings...
  9. Brent H

    Lathe Spindle End- Play

    When I rebuilt my Utilathe this was a big question so I went to the pros: https://cdn.skfmediahub.skf.com/api/public/0901d1968065f1f4/pdf_preview_medium/0901d1968065f1f4_pdf_preview_medium.pdf This explains a lot. Just like the wheel bearings in your car you can torque (load) the bearing and...
  10. Brent H

    KaKa metal bender 48”

    @David_R8 what combo machine did you purchase? I watched some vid on the KAKA machine and it seemed to handle 16 gauge ok. Mostly that would be max. I am setting up a bit prematurely for a bunch of metal work on my car project and, well, there is always something to bend ;)
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