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One of my co workers ( fellow machinist )had a Paul Breisch Lil' Bother casting kit he got over 30 years ago. He started on it but never finished. Looks like all he done was starting the flywheels, skimmed both ends of the cylinder and skimmed the base. I also have the nylon for the sparkplug...

When I purchased my 1942 vintage Monarch CK12, it came with a well worn 8" skinner chuck. It's only saving grace was it had bolt on jaws. A few months ago, I purchased a 10" four jaw chuck with D1-6 mount. I got that from Tools4Cheap.net for a good price and it shipped quickly. I...

No pics of loading, I forgot my camera :wall: Scott brought the lathe out on a fork truck. The trailer was stabilized with jackstands under the back. The headstock end was placed on the back of the trailer ( fork truck as close as possible) and the tailstock end was set on jackstands. Forks...

Since my projects have gotten a little too much to do on my Atlas 9x18 lathe ( in a reasonable amount of time), I've been looking on CL for a bigger lathe. I looked at this one on Thursday, put a deposit down on it and pick it up this coming saturday. 12" Monarch model CK with a 13-1/2"...

I met Tin Falcon today in the machine shop at Rough & Tumble in Kinzers Pa today. Seems like a good guy and ask to check out the forum. Looks like a good bunch here :cool: I've been a machinist for over 30 years and have a fair amount of welding/fabrication experience too. I have a few...