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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BillM" data-source="post: 3977968" data-attributes="member: 45785">I've got a TECO 1/2hp gear motor I bought for my Lewis Shaper some years ago. It was easy to set up. Now all I have to do is actually MOUNT it! <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" data-shortname=";)" /> I looked for a lathe for 34 years before I found one I could actually lay hands on and buy. HF 93212 7x10 Mini-lathe. 1973-2008. Then I spent several years trying to figure out why I couldn't produce anything really useful on it. Eventually the wife got tired of my griping, and told me to take another class. So I did. Found out that I wasn't able to measure things accurately. AKA "Screw loose in stick actuator." At least that's what we called it when I was an aircraft mechanic for Uncle Sam. A few hours with a Johansen block set and my calipers and micrometers, and  suddenly I was getting good parts! A year or so ago, I traded in the 7x10 for a couple of Unimat micro-lathes that I'm in process of refurbishing. I got a Atlas TH42 in late 2015, but haven't used it much since I had access to the school machines until last May, when I finally finished my class. Been working on my house lately, so have not gotten to fix up my shop, or finish the refurb on the Uni's.  There is a Smithy CB-1220XL 3-in-1 machine and a South Bend Heavy 10L also in need of refurbishment, and I've been acquiring bits and bobs to do those machines, also. Got to finish up the kitchen & water heater work, some caulking and wiring and such, install a new door frame such, and then I might have time to work on cars and the shop.</blockquote>

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