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the macking of the dividing plate

front and back Bering is made out of brass

HI all right I original got he idea for this project from a article in model engineer so I have adapted it to fit my lath I already had the worm drive and shaft as this came from a a scrap motor. I turned dawn the end of the shaft to move the worm drive up on the shaft then i made up the two...

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HI pete yep my lathe is a compact 8 it dates from the 1970 and as far as i can see the parts are the origanal ones when I'm up on my feet i will post sum pics I have started to cut out the ruff shape of the new nut out of bronze bare I will post pics of the billed regards bob

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HI ray thanks for the link I have bit the bullet and ordered a set of taps from tracytools thanks every one for their help

HI pete no its not a acme thread i will post sum pics soon

HI all thanks for the replays yep it needs to be metric its for my Cross slide of my compact 8 the feed nut on mine is broken yep i no i can by a new one but its made out of aluminum and i want to mack one out of bronze which to me is a much beater than the aluminum one yes i no i can by a set...

OK no need to tel me off sorry

HI jasonb thanks for the link but its left handed that i need not right handed ones the chepest ones that i have fawnd so far for a set is £49 + vat

HI can any one lend me a set of m8 x1 pich left handed taps

HI well this may seem daft but I yous old food tins for shimming

well I had a look and they have 4 jaw chucks up at a starting price of £10 4 days to go and no bids

A good by

HI dickeybird that's brill thank you for5r your help

HI don't no if this belongs in her but the rs a on line auction gowning on of Wat is left in the miford factory you can get the link from model engineer if this one dus not work http://www.ppauctions.com/auction.php?id=44

HI well as mine dus not have a switch for when the cover is open i just remove the belt so if i do forget to switch off all 3 switches it still wont turn the head

right more pics hope you all like this

HI all I needed to lock the head up on my lath as i don't like drilling in to the lathe its self to attach things I came up with this on my lathe which is a compact 8 their is a bracket to mount the gear wheals on to drive the led screw so this was my starting point I got a peace of steel plate...