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    Colchester Student 13"

    @Tom O - I've never watched his channel but that is terrible, I hope he recovers. All the confined space training I've done in my life the thought of explosions has always made my skin crawl. That video is pretty terrifying, almost doesn't seem real as stuff like that is usually caught on some...
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    Colchester Student 13"

    @Hruul - Apologize I missed your post last time, I picked it up in eastern Saskatchewan after finding on kijiji. @PeterT - Thanks Peter, I'm glad you're enjoying it! I have a lot of 4140 and some W2 tool steel that are both great choices. Both are very tough and heat treat beautifully. I will...
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    Colchester Student 13"

    Bad news! I have some shafts and bushings to make... As mentioned previously, there was some play in the input shaft and and second shaft (what I was previously calling the idler shaft). I was hoping the bushings were just worn and the shafts would be good, but also knew better. Right off the...
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    Colchester Student 13"

    @RobinHood - Awesome stuff! I will be replacing the equivalent bushing on mine. Looking inside the headstock and at gear stack up from the manual I don't have the same hardened retaining clips, just one long bushing. Hopefully won't run into the same scoring issues on the shaft. On a side note...
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    Colchester Student 13"

    @PeterT - Luckily no wear in that section! Shaft had a great fit in the casting and very little side to side play on the worm/gear combo. You can see in the pictures of the bare casting that the surface isn't eaten away at all - lots of bearing area on the side of the worm and not too much...
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    Colchester Student 13"

    That's also another option I'm considering. The bushings have a wall thickness of 1/8" and not enough meat to bore the casting any larger, needle rollers are a no go. I do have plenty of room on either side to mount ball bearings on the outside of the worm box. Really I think the bushings are...
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    Colchester Student 13"

    It's -30 where I'm at today so decided it was a good afternoon for some shop time. I wanted to clean up the steady and follow rests. These are in great shape other than the grime and flaking paint. I am itching to start painting but must be patient, why do all the good paints have to be so bad...
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    Restoration/Repairs on a 10" LD Utilathe - Standard Modern

    Awesome work Brent! Great seeing that old beauty get the love it deserves with a real rebuild!
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    Colchester Student 13"

    @RobinHood Right! Haha just measured them actually, only 11.5 thou left before it would have started into the casting! I also never run feeds system if not using, one less thing to get your fingers wrapped around and less wear. I'm tempted to make a 2-piece bushing, inner bush keyed to the...
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    Hello Everyone

    @Dabbler - Yes they are very widely used on structures! May not seem it at first but all the same design. They are all essentially a mass at a certain distance away from a pivot point, moving the mass closer to or further from it's pivot changes the natural frequency and that's how they are...
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