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  1. Redneck_Sophistication

    Well I guess I’ll be taking my lathe saddle apart now.

    It VERKS! Got it back together! Do to a slight miscalculation I had to do something unspeakable that made real machinists roll in their graves. But I told myself it’s ok because I’m going to replace all this lol Once again thank you to all that contributed to the discussion, glad to know I’m...
  2. Redneck_Sophistication

    Well I guess I’ll be taking my lathe saddle apart now.

    Well i did not think about this pin I found being hardened. Went to drill for the split pin and the bit just stopped :/ Luckily I had two carbide 3/16 end mills. Both of which sacrificed themselves to the operation, they bored through ok, but when they hit the opposite side they didn’t like...
  3. Redneck_Sophistication

    Well I guess I’ll be taking my lathe saddle apart now.

    Ugh Just tried to do their cart to see how fast I could get a new gear. They list United States and Mexico for shipping country’s! My ex wife is American and off to Arizona………. Nah I don’t need one that bad lol Will have to find other suppliers with that info on hand at least.
  4. Redneck_Sophistication

    Well I guess I’ll be taking my lathe saddle apart now.

    Ok well I don’t know much but that looks like something to me. Was my first time reaming something for real. Also realizing how quick you run out of room on a bridge port even. Need to find a riser ring. The shaft wasn’t overly hard. File would dig in pretty good. Slightly harder then a...
  5. Redneck_Sophistication

    Well I guess I’ll be taking my lathe saddle apart now.

    Ok I might also need help on that gear catalog Lol. Do I need to figure out the angle of the teeth on the gear? This place is also good for making me feel dumb lol :/
  6. Redneck_Sophistication

    Well I guess I’ll be taking my lathe saddle apart now.

    Brent! I didn’t see this on the third page. Thank you for the offer! That’ll definitely call for a bore gauge if you still need one! Lol The major diameter of the gear is 1.150, I thought I could try and fix the shaft and gear to a passable condition and then make a new one to have in reserve...
  7. Redneck_Sophistication

    Well I guess I’ll be taking my lathe saddle apart now.

    For set up this is what I was thinking: I’d bought a couple of lathe chucks on the cheap on kijiji (he put “rust coating on them” yeah that’s tremclad primer lol Clamp that to the table and shim if needed to make sure it’s true to the head and vice versa. I was thinking some heat, and more...
  8. Redneck_Sophistication

    Well I guess I’ll be taking my lathe saddle apart now.

    Craig is sorta omni present around here isn’t he? I’m in southern Ontario, Hamilton/Cambridge area. Near the lions ;) I haven’t evaluated the steel at all, nor have anything to do so.
  9. Redneck_Sophistication

    Well I guess I’ll be taking my lathe saddle apart now.

    Craig. 100% My original plan was to put a call out to the forum for who’d could make me one for cash. Since there is no finding parts for this thing anywhere!
  10. Redneck_Sophistication

    Well I guess I’ll be taking my lathe saddle apart now.

    I do understand the complexity of welding a shaft and the issues it could create. It’s just tempting. Here’s another bad idea: Amongst a couple boxes of tooling I’ve bought I found this indexing pin?? It is polished and exactly .500, the same as the shaft end. I could mill off the broken...
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