Hey;
Your tag looks a lot better than mine. Yes, the red is quite dark, but it looks better than old and crappy. I forgot about Evapo Rust. Works ok for most stuff. My 200 is a pretty early example, and both the cross and compound nuts are cast. I'd like to have the skill to make new ones... some day. I'd like to paint the hubs of my change gears a slightly contrasting color. A slightly lighter gray, perhaps. We'll see. There is enough of my lathe still apart that I'd be glad to measure things for you. It would be good to have some sort of a database on which parts are shared by various models, and there has been consistent if occasional talk of it elsewhere. Let me know.
If anyone had the Woodruff key from their tailstock quill handy for a measurement, I'd appreciate it. I manage to lose mine! :angry:
Think I'll go and see about starting to assemble the saddle. Part of me thinks it would be a good idea to scrape it in a little, but the other part says Git'r Dun!
