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  1. Arbutus

    Long shot... Emco Maier V10/P tailstock

    My old girl turned 60 this year. She was built in 1964 and still does the job! But the tailstock is quite sloppy - the barrel and sleeve are worn, and when the cotter is tightened, the barrel moves horizontally by a couple of thou. It has a Morse 2 internal taper which is also damaged and...
  2. F

    EMCO Compact 8 Gears files

    Hi everyone, I modeled my missing gears for my Emco Compact 8 lathe. Wanting to save my wallet from buying the metal version of gears. They'll have be reamed to the 14 mm, preferably this reamer is inside the gear with lathe offline otherwise it will cut the key-way. Then you'll work up to...
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