The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Alright, no more chickin squabbling on my Grampian thread.
Read Steves message. " be nice "
don't side tracked the goal in this thread.
this isn't you tube or Facebook.

thanks

Something like this?

Pretty cool. Nice for you to let everyone see your setup. Keep doing it!

Acrylic is not the best , its expensive, it cracks easy. Not much tensile strength, no weight to it either.

So if there out of dubs , the only other option is to buy full price blanks ?

I make mine out of aluminum. It's cheaper than brass. And more easy to work with than iron. I wouldn't worry about vibration in platter. I worry about vibration in whole machine.

that looks pretty good, it is very close so I bet It would work well.
the tube on the one In my picture was far away on accident, I was just mocking it up.

some body here has one, I forget who. there is already a post on it.
look for it in the search and you will see.

I made these book molds a while ago .

The tube was custom made . Very easy to make at home.
You need a tube flaring tool.
And a tube bending tool. And a hack saw

Here is a simple vacuum tube bracket.
I have it coming over the top becaus. There isn't any room beneath the feed screw.
Has anyone else come up with a different way to position the vacuum on these machines ?

Looks like oil goes there

I have 2b head and amp for sale. I have adapters to vms lathes but what type of suspension are you using?

Everyone has been saying what you are saying for a while now. So .......

wow that's cool, thanks to who ever made this list.

That sounds pretty cool.
Can't wait for the results

I have looked into getting the gears made . There 100$ for the big and 50$ for the small, if you order a batch of ten .

I tried to make a rekocut screw under 2 hours but it was too difficult. I value the screws at 350$ a piece because of everything that is involved. with or with out the gears. as far as I know im the only one making presto screws and it took a while to get those right. getting a rekocut screw made wo...

I thought about making my own but couldn't find laquer in bulk quantities. Help

I recommend chris muth, he does mobil repair, and is good.
how much will it cost? thousands of dollars.

nice find !!!