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After making a new dial for the cross feed, I couldn't stand the look of the old compound dial so decided a new one was in order. It was
the same set up as the cross feed using the rotary table and a bit of lathe work on the Monarch to bore out the dial and thread the marker
disk. The rest of the compound is somewhat substandard that will have get reworked eventually as well.
Here's a couple photos of the new compound dial on the "Springfield Ideal" lathe and the old dial on top of the compound for comparison:
Now I won't have to set up a dial indicator every time I want to do some accurate work.
the same set up as the cross feed using the rotary table and a bit of lathe work on the Monarch to bore out the dial and thread the marker
disk. The rest of the compound is somewhat substandard that will have get reworked eventually as well.
Here's a couple photos of the new compound dial on the "Springfield Ideal" lathe and the old dial on top of the compound for comparison:
Now I won't have to set up a dial indicator every time I want to do some accurate work.