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  1. SightlessSeer

    Morrisburg Flea Market Finds

    Eclipse actually made one of similar size and design (including knurled locknut). Here's the two side by side. I definitely prefer the feel of the Moore and Wright, but the Eclipse served me well until now.
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    Morrisburg Flea Market Finds

    I went with my parents this morning to the flea market in Morrisburg, Ontario and I feel that I made off rather well. There was one seller who had a couple boxes of machining related tools and here's what I picked from the lot. Tesa or maybe Tesatast or maybe Verdict Dial Test Indicator -...
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    Looking for milling machine purchase help/advice

    I'll add another voice to the R8 spindle pile. I bought a mill with a vertical head that takes an obscure collet, a horizontal that takes a common collet, but an unusual one for mill tooling, and have since been loaned another vertical head which takes yet a third type of collet, which is...
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    Looking for milling machine purchase help/advice

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    Still looking for a lathe ! What do you think ?

    You certainly could. My Atlas came with a 1/3 HP motor and I always intended to upgrade it to a 1/2 HP one, but in practice I tend to slip belts before bogging down the motor, so I never bothered. I've read about people putting 1 HP motors on them. That's probably a solid upgrade
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    Still looking for a lathe ! What do you think ?

    That's a solid deal! if it wasn't on the wrong side of the country from me and I hadn't just bought a bigger lathe I'd be sorely tempted to go after that myself.
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    Still looking for a lathe ! What do you think ?

    I wouldn't worry about it running on a regular 15A circuit. Iirc the recommended motor for these machines is a 1/2 HP, which shouldn't be an issue. Even if the one on it is toast, you can generally pick them up pretty inexpensively. The tool holder on it is a lantern style one. They're...
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    I suck.

    On my Leblond up is forwards and down is reverse (there is a gate on the lever to lock out reverse unless you move it aside).
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    Still looking for a lathe ! What do you think ?

    One thing I notice from the new pictures is that there's no drive belt between the countershaft and the spindle, so it probably hasn't been used recently. To put a new one on you either need to disassemble the spindle, or use a link V belt. Also the motor pulley doesn't look like the original...
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    Still looking for a lathe ! What do you think ?

    That's an Atlas 10F. That one has the plain bearings (as opposed to the Timken roller bearings in the spindle). That's not an issue as long as they're in decent shape, but make sure to never run it without oiling them as they are not forgiving to dry running. I'm not sure which bed that is...
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