Chance to buy a South Bend Lathe

Very cool, you're gonna love it!

Finishing up. Mounted my lamp and got the collet closer working.








I have been thinking about making a spacer for this cover screw:




Also, do you think I can knurl this collet knob by holding up the tool to it and spinning the spindle?

Pictures say it all. One interesting note.. My thread dial was making a clunking noise at every revolution, but it worked fine.. I kind of thought it was normal. When I got done, I took it off and examined. Come to find out, when I painted it, I put the gear upside down, with the allen facing upwards! It was surprising that it worked at all! Flipped it around and tested it. It's quiet now, all is good.

Also, started turning in the 3 jaw and when cutting the grove, I knocked the piece out of alignment and had to use the 4 jaw chuck to line it back up.

Far from perfect, but I am quite pleased.

Very cool!

I tried to find a clutch knob screw that was missing from my lathe when I bought it without any luck. This screw has left hand threads.

Figured I would try to make one. Although pretty straight forward, it took a few hours for a rookie like me. I am happy with the results.