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Thank you for bringing these pictures back up, very helpful. Your suggestion to grind relief points in the casting to punch the races out worked perfectly, thank you. I wasn't expecting to replace the bearings until I saw how much grit was in them, so I had to jump on making the tools to...

Ok, so I received a new spindle and it looks nicely ground compared to the gnawed one in previous post. I removed the old one and washed the bearings in kerosene to remove the grease, and found about 1/4 teaspoon of metal bits and grit in the wash. It never ends. So I ordered replacement...

Thank you gentlemen for your support, advice and comments. Since last time, I've looked at 4 used lathes but none of them were serviceable, so I've opted to change out the spindle and see if I can tune this one up. Not what I wanted to do, or feel I should be doing, but I have no option now but...

It was a bit of a shock unboxing it to discover this. Measuring the runout on the spindle, my measurement came out a factor of 6 off from the certificate that was included!!!! It leads me to believe that perhaps someone robbed Peter to pay Paul somewhere along the line... but that's just just...

Greetings, I registered because of this thread and would like to add to the pile. I was desperate for a small lathe with quickchange chuck as I go between 3 and 4-jaw in my work. Based on the first 50 or so postings this lathe seemed like a no brainer and I ordered it, without reading further...