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I got one of the end caps machined and drilled but had to wait for Mcmaster to bring a new 1/4" reamer. Not much to hold on to and took some time to true up but seamed to end up OK.

Thank You for following Al. I welcome any comments, suggestions, even criticism. Why do you say "Redwing which was the greatest built for me ever." Was it the most challenging? I got the main casting bored out and turned it around and faced off the other end. I got the tool height figured...

Yes the dynamo will be driven by the 5. Then I plan on making a couple lamps out of small led flash lights. I'm sure the boiler is in my future as well. How was that to build?

Thank You Al Your setup is awesome!. I like the color.

Chucked up the main casting in 4 jaw and bumped it around until I was satiated it was a good "average" then faced it off

I started working on the dynamo this weekend.

Pack Rat thats relay nice. The PM #5 is a 5/8" bore X 7/8" stroke. It runs very nice on air. I will put up a vid when I have time to figure that out. I was looking at the Stewart models but was scared off by the British fastener sizes. I have the PM research dynamo kit also but haven't...

Wow that's very cool.

I am pretty happy with how it turned out. I learned a lot, made some mistakes, got a couple new tools, made a couple new tools.

Try watching Toms Video about knurling. It helped me understand the importance of having the correct size part to start off with. oxtool straight knurling demo. Robert

Thanks Gordon. I understand what you are saying but the but the Rolie dad method of checking is only for headstock alignment. it dose not use the tailstock at all.when I an reasonably sure I have the bed aligned I will move on to the tailstock. I did put a dial test indicator in the chuck and...

Can you veterans take a look at this setup and tell me if it looks logical? I am using the already machined bosses for the valve slide bearings as a datum. This set up is so I can indicate off that surface and machine the inside and outside of the main bearings.

Wow thanks for the quick reply guys. Blogwitch I don't think it us a wear issue, the lathe ( a 618 by the way ) is overall in very good condition. I have not checked it with a test bar cut yet, but that is next. Unfortunately I don't a machinist level to check the ways but I think I could borrow...

Hi all: Starting to build a PM Research #5. (Coke bottle) Thought I would check alignment with Rollie Dad method and I ended up putting almost 1/8" under front of tailstock end foot. that seams like a lot. I checked carefully and i am within 2 thou 16 inches from chuck, about .0005 at 6"...