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  1. Tomc938

    Headstock Bearing Races

    I got the new bearings and races for my 1440 rebuild today. Pretty excited as I can now start the headstock assembly. Anyone have suggestions for getting the old races out? And how about the new ones in? I'm thinking threaded rod and a couple of plates and the old races to pull the new ones...
  2. Tomc938

    Touch DRO ESP flashing

    Thought I would start a thread on the Touch DRO so we have a way to centralize information. I understand there are a few others that are going the TouchDRO route with the board designed by @slow-poke. It took a long time for me to figure out how to flash the ESP chip. I am not a programmer...
  3. Tomc938

    Apron repair

    I'm almost ready to attach the apron on my 1440, but I noticed some damage. I think the bolt bottomed out and broke a chunk of the casting away. Besides being one of the 5 bolts that hold the apron onto the saddle, the missing piece is also home to a channel that gets oil to the bearing...
  4. Tomc938

    King 1440 Re-assembly

    Taking a bit of a break from the shop and backyard projects to start this thread. So I promised some pictures. This is a King 1440 I picked up. It was taken apart several years ago, and sat in my garage form the last year as other projects kept pushing it to the bottom of the heap. Here's...
  5. Tomc938

    King 1440 Lathe Speed plate

    I've started to put together that 1440 lathe I have that came as a kit. This is the plates with the belt configuration and spindle speeds I have. Not much left legible. Anyone have a picture of this plate? Would be nice to be able to reproduce it. And does anyone have a manual for this...
  6. Tomc938

    Looking for advice Acu-rite II

    So I am in the middle of switching to Touch DRO for my mill and lathe. The mill has a Bausch and Lomb Act-rite II Digital Position Readout head. Only one of the axis works. And the read out is great in ABS, but the bottom segment is dim compared to the rest of the segments when in INC. A...
  7. Tomc938

    ESP32 adapter board

    If you ever need to modify the connections on an ESP32 board, you can get one of these for a couple bucks on Ali:
  8. Tomc938

    Flashing an ESP32 for TouchDRO

    OK, Since there is interest in getting some TouchDRO boards going, I will share the steps off the Hobby-Machinist that I followed to get everything working. First a word of caution (@slow-poke already shared this, but): You have to get and ESP32-DevKitC core board ESP32 development board...
  9. Tomc938

    500 lb drill bits, end mills, reamers, broaches, etc

    Not sure on price, but what a load! https://www.facebook.com/share/12DojNsKcot/?mibextid=wwXIfr
  10. Tomc938

    Miniature Machine Shop $75 Delta BC

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2173389363056925/ Is there someone who could pick this up for me? Would be awesome!
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