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It is very stable, there is no way it will tip. The weight is inside the legs. Yes, it´s a bit heavy. When I run the spindel at 3000 rpm it is very quiet and vib free.

Hi Just designed the tailstock. I was planning to weld it up by steel but may be I can bolt it together as I did with the lathe? Than I can use cast iron for the barrel housing? Otherwice I belive I need to adde bearing sleeves for the barrel. Any suggestions. Or silver soldering or brazzing?

Thank you, I have entered 0.1 and 0 and "Enter" but it´s still there.

Here you get them made to your size: https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1202171?spm=2114.10010108.100005.5.jQsMlq

Sorry for the twisted fotos again.

Way protection more or less ready. I also did the first cut and it run very smoothly with hardly any noise. So far so good. I got up a warning when I used the lathe Wizard..FilletRadius is too big.. I did not enter any fillet radius. Any one know what is wrong. I use Mach3

rodw Are you happy with the LinuxCNC/Mesa card? It seems to be a bit hot? But summer in Brisbane is normally hot I recond

I'm starting to power up the machine. One of the stepper motor drives did not work. It's the one for the ACT turret. It's a Wantai DQ860MA stepper drive. Tried everything switching wires and drives from the other two axis but it is obvious that there are something wrong with the drive. But when...

Here are some more of my twisted photos:fan: To get the center hight right I found it was easier to make the tool holder my self.

I am very happy with Mach3.

Yes, the photos are taken by ipad and iphone. If I can do anything before posting? They are ok when I view them. I am going to run it by windows and Mach3 that I have been using on my combined cnc router/3D printer that I made before I started on the lathe.

Auto tool change housing, index plate and toolholder. This has been one of the most interesting design and machining tasks I have done. I took my toolmaker training back late 60ths but have not practice machining since I got my hobby late and mill about 6-7 year ago. I really enjoy, figuring...

Rails mounted

Spindel and motor mounted

Spindel and spindel bearing housing.