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Well I wasn't really planning on creating an entirely new thread on this, but I might as well. It all started when I uncrated the lathe and realized I just can't stand the white color. I asked on here, and did you guys ever deliver! You see, I had planned a one-shot oiler as well as a drag-chain DRO install. I'm also converting to VFD drive on 3 Phase. Someone linked me to David Best's amazing lathe build thread on Flickr and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Not only did he already do all of the upgrades I was planning, but he also fully documented them and had plenty of other cool ideas as well. So yeah, I'm basically just copying his lead. I doubt you'll find anything new here that you didn't see in his build.
I started with the paint. I am using the Steel-It paint he used (I'm using both primer and base coat of the same brand). That plus the paint stripper (EZ Strip) and drop cloths arrived today. I also ordered a drag chain from Igus (118-048-063-0) which arrived today as well. And finally, I ordered a LOT of aluminum pieces to work on mounting all this stuff up. I'll pick up the aluminum cuts tomorrow.
Tonight I started on the gearbox drip oiler. As I said, I intended to do a one-shot oiler anyway and I really liked David's implementation on this part. I actually ordered two oilers- one will hold gear oil for the gearbox, and the other will hold way oil to feed the cross slide (a la Keith Fenner's Rutland build). I got the shape profiled and it fits well. Tomorrow I'll drill the oil galleries.
I started with the paint. I am using the Steel-It paint he used (I'm using both primer and base coat of the same brand). That plus the paint stripper (EZ Strip) and drop cloths arrived today. I also ordered a drag chain from Igus (118-048-063-0) which arrived today as well. And finally, I ordered a LOT of aluminum pieces to work on mounting all this stuff up. I'll pick up the aluminum cuts tomorrow.
Tonight I started on the gearbox drip oiler. As I said, I intended to do a one-shot oiler anyway and I really liked David's implementation on this part. I actually ordered two oilers- one will hold gear oil for the gearbox, and the other will hold way oil to feed the cross slide (a la Keith Fenner's Rutland build). I got the shape profiled and it fits well. Tomorrow I'll drill the oil galleries.