It must be 10 years since my neighbor and good friend gave me an antique lathe that has been his fathers. Here's what it looked like when he dragged it over to my barn:
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It needed a motor, so I never tried to run it. And the belts looked pretty scary anyway. So of course the first thing I did was take it all apart to clean off many years of dirt and grease sitting in his barn, unused, and paint it. Time passes, and each time I got stuck on one particular...
9 inch Atlas/Craftsman Lathe : Another re-assembly attempt
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It needed a motor, so I never tried to run it. And the belts looked pretty scary anyway. So of course the first thing I did was take it all apart to clean off many years of dirt and grease sitting in his barn, unused, and paint it. Time passes, and each time I got stuck on one particular...
9 inch Atlas/Craftsman Lathe : Another re-assembly attempt