backgear

It seems fair to say that the pawl that holds the backgear rack out on 10" Logan lathes was under designed. Mine came broken, and it seems to be a common problem. Has anyone repaired one in a more durable fashion that worked out well?

I've got an Atlas Craftsman 12x36. Whenever I run it on the back gears and apply more than very little force taking a cut, there's a fair bit of what I can only describe as a "crunchy" sound. Attached is a video of the lathe running with the sound. My first guess is that there isn't enough play...

Ran into these expressions in the Atlas MOLO table of belt positions & speeds. Could someone explain these "like I'm five"? I thought I knew what the backgears were, but I definitely don't know what "direct cone drive" would be. I just bought a Craftsman 101.07402, my first lathe, and I'm in...

I ordered a shaft and an eccentric from Clausing for my back gears due to the one in the lathe I just purchased looking a bit like Elmer Fudd's gun after Bugs put his fingers in the barrels and it was fired. The problem with the new parts is that there appears to be a hole missing where a pin...