Recent content by Kingchristo

Found the bars they are called soap but not sure about the stick

I've been watching a few videos on YouTube and seen a machinist hammer I'm going to try but when he polishes the aluminum he has what looks like a stick and two different colour what looks like blocks of soap. They must be a polishing compound but I carnt find them. Does anyone know the name of them

Hi everyone on my portass lathe model s when I turn the cross slide screw it turns the handle someway before it starts to move the cross slide what is this called and is there a way to lighten this up. Ive looked on ebay for a new screw for it but can only find one for the myford lathe.

Well ive decided to get a metal lathe my first project that I'm going to try is a hammer. Then I would love to make a simply engine. I don't have a milling machine or able to cast so not sure where to get started with that one. I was thinking of getting a milling attachment for my lathe.

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Hi it's me again I have been trying to remove the Chuck today but carnt get it off im not sure how to remove it from the tail stock and what live center to get for it thanks guys I'll post a pic soon

Thanks for the reply I think I will end up doing that I'm loving learning about this lathe and getting it back up and running just waiting on a reply from the lathe website to try and date it

Yes I have given it a bit of a paint and have started to clean it up this is how I got it set up and think it is some sort of clutch. I'm enjoying learning everything about the machine

Hi everyone I'm waiting on some more gears to come but on my portass you can switch over the gear but I carnt work out how to set it up do I need to move the banjo ive added some pics

Thanks for the help guys this a great forum. I'm going to get ordering some more gears and also order the book you suggested so I can get my head round the gears.

I have just done the calculation and the change gears are coming out at 20dp so I'm not sure whats going on there if they were changed by someone else in the past. this is the first time ive done this so could be me doing it wrong I'm doing it by taking the diameter in inches then getting the...

I'm Google to research on Google again to see if I can find some more information but not been successful up to yet finding out how the gears are set up thanks for your help guys in still learning

Hi would the gears from a myford lathe fit the portass model s and does anyone have a chart for it

Here are some pics of how the pully wheel attached to the motor

Thanks guys I'll take some pictures later and upload them.