For the 820 crowd, in reassembling my cross-feed last night, I noticed two matching holes on the front, one on the cross-feed base and a matching hole an inch above it on the front edge of the compound rest base. These are not in any picture or parts diagram I've seen.
Have these been seen anywhere else?
My theory, since the prior owner was an instructor at NYC's aeronautics high school, and this lathe was his at the school and the school gave it to him when he retired, is that he screwed a plate here to keep people from using the lathe when he wasn't around. Certainly, bolting the compound to the cross-feed would accomplish that...any other ideas?
Tim
Have these been seen anywhere else?
My theory, since the prior owner was an instructor at NYC's aeronautics high school, and this lathe was his at the school and the school gave it to him when he retired, is that he screwed a plate here to keep people from using the lathe when he wasn't around. Certainly, bolting the compound to the cross-feed would accomplish that...any other ideas?
Tim