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Today my project was to do some clean up and painting on the carriage on the old Springfield lathe.
As I started to clean up the threading handle for painting and scraping off the old paint, I found the
handle pretty ugly and bent as well. Although the new handle isn't original, it looks a lot better
and feels nicer to use. It goes along with the new threading dials , new cross feed screw, added new threading dial and
threading stop that I have been working on for a while. All in all the lathe is much better to use
now so the time spent was well worth the effort.
![P1020176.JPG P1020176.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/218/218608-45995b4cdfb6c5fbe14faaefe87b7f0e.jpg)
This photo shows the old threading handle...... UGLY.
![P1020177.JPG P1020177.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/218/218609-7c1c9e6ea241ae406012d4170f49a2cd.jpg)
This photo shows the new ball handle fabricated from 5/8 inch
mild steel rod and a chunk of aluminum for the ball. Also, the photo shows the threading dial I made some time back,
a very useful addition.
Another carriage modification was the addition of a Bijur pump and some brass lines to oil the carriage, a nice mod.
As I started to clean up the threading handle for painting and scraping off the old paint, I found the
handle pretty ugly and bent as well. Although the new handle isn't original, it looks a lot better
and feels nicer to use. It goes along with the new threading dials , new cross feed screw, added new threading dial and
threading stop that I have been working on for a while. All in all the lathe is much better to use
now so the time spent was well worth the effort.
![P1020176.JPG P1020176.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/218/218608-45995b4cdfb6c5fbe14faaefe87b7f0e.jpg)
This photo shows the old threading handle...... UGLY.
![P1020177.JPG P1020177.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/218/218609-7c1c9e6ea241ae406012d4170f49a2cd.jpg)
This photo shows the new ball handle fabricated from 5/8 inch
mild steel rod and a chunk of aluminum for the ball. Also, the photo shows the threading dial I made some time back,
a very useful addition.
Another carriage modification was the addition of a Bijur pump and some brass lines to oil the carriage, a nice mod.
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