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MT1 6 pos turret, 5/8" . This thing is well made and the lock up is TIGHT https://www.msdiscounttool.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=104840

Okay , buckle up , short sharp rant. So in no particular order I have purchased and shipped a lathe 1/3 of the way across the country I have struggled with the deterioration due to years of neglect. I have exorcised the wanton destruction of flying monkeys with hammers. I sourced obsolete...

You don't get a step by step "what I did to revive this lathe" . The dialog would have colored a sailor's ears and I are one. Every nut and bolt had some defect. Every casting had some unique damage. Flying monkeys with hammers had attacked any and all surfaces but amazingly left the box ways...

The belt has only the necessary tension. All the heat is right at the top of the spindle. The more I think about this The more I think wrong lube.

An energetic spin of the pulley by hand (without the drive belt of course) will result in the spindle freewheeling between a turn and a half and two turns.

I got the mill trammed in. (not much to do it was very close) and made the usual minor adjustments. I started it up and there were a few odd noises and ... Just how warm are these bearings supposed to get? Just a few minutes and I couldn't leave my hand on the top of the spindle. I'm getting...

Just a series of unfortunate events. Shipment was never delivered, until it was, twice. After experiencing an undeliverable shipment notification 3 weeks after expected delivery I was accused of theft. The original shipper sent another and it arrived the same day the lost and delayed package...

So, a funny thing happened on the way to a "non rebuild" . Has anyone researched DRO for something like the Benchmaster? Precision Matthews, Grizzly, Jet, and the largely unpronounceables have approximately the same work areas available. Something has to be out there for my mill. Full...

Pssssst , over here ;-) https://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/threads/a-benchmaster-mill-non-restoration.34244/#post-380298

I'll detail this journey with the most common answers . Price, that's a tough one. As with older cars, 40 years is 40 years. You don't know what you have until you know what you've got. There really aren't a lot of ways to completely disqualify a purchase. I'll cite some of the ones I ran into...

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Let's see , where were we ... https://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/threads/wtb-benchmaster-duro-mill.33039/#post-379708

hello you can contact henry he has a M6-844b Atlas Clausing Craftsman 4" chuck for sale . EDIT May be a scam

Especially for smaller lathes that replace the compound with the milling attachment the stresses can do irreparable damage. Easy going, light cuts in steel, 12l14 is your friend. Sharp tooling likewise. It's crazy what 6" and 10" Atlas milling attachments go for these days. On one hand the...