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Oh and I forgot, that not is the lock only need to snugly tighten

Bryan, do you see the goofy little wing screw on the left side of your compound? The crosslide has one of those on the right side. I imagine that it was removed too mount the dro scale

Bryan, to lock the saddle on ours there is a 14mm but to the right of the crosslide on the top of the carriage. Yours might be newer than mine (1981) the motor is different. I am wanting to hook up the 220 to the main panel so that the switches and other controls will still function as built...

Bryanbdp off topic question, I have the same lathe as yours. Mine is wired for 110v and I want to change it to 220v but I have no schematics. Is yours running on 220?

Hi all, Another source of good scrap to melt is an auto repair shop as there is a lot of aluminum parts that gets replaced and thrown out. the best is pistons but suspension components are good to