Went and looked at a lathe

Very nice repair- I enjoy seeing careful work like that. Kind of a wash between repairing and making new from scratch in this case.
Mark S.
 
I agree about the wash. Initially I was going to make one, but the original has the oil hole with the spiral grooves in the bore. I guess I could have done something along those lines. In hindsight it probably woud have been quicker.
 
There's always the satisfaction of repairing properly a badly broken piece.

Good Job!
 
Thanks guys. I reassembled the qc box today, but I will probably tear it back down.
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It has a tooth on one gear that binds a bit when it comes around. You can feel it and you can hear it. It's the smallest gear on the top right in this pic.
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The gears are actually in better shape then they appear in the pic. Must be the oil sitting on the teeth.
 
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