Thanks again, John. I think I have read most of the P&W posts that are easy to search for. I think some goodies are still hiding in less referenced posts, I turn new stuff up now and then.
After buying a new reversing contactor and overload relay, I find out that reversing this feed bar lathe is a crash in the making. Not to mention the reverse oiling feature. Oh, well, Back to ebay. There is always the prospect of finding something to fit around this reversing contactor. Like a B&S #2 Universal Milling Machine. Everyone wants a Bridgeport, myself included, but when I had a choice, the Bridgeport was mostly used for plotting, drilling, and tapping holes.
My last machine shop job ended in 2001. I was the maintenance shop supervisor for the Dixon Ticonderoga Co. (pencil) plant in Versailles MO for 15 years. Dixon Ticonderoga was a child of the Joseph Dixon Crucible Co. of Jersey City N.J.. They claimed to be the oldest publicly traded company in the U.S.. Now belonging to Fila of Italy, production having slowly migrated to Mexico, and now China. We had a couple of nice Mauser lathes, a Cincinnati horizontal, the B&S #2 with all the attachments, a couple of Bridgeports, a Lagun mill, a couple of small South Bend lathes and a nice radial drill, I think it was a Milwaukee. We also had a well furnished weld shop, and a two man electrical shop. It was a PITA, but I miss those days. Having a machine shop at your disposal is empowering, at least for this old deplorable. I now work as a Low Pay Nurse for the State of Kansas. I could retire in five years, and I am angling for something empowering to piddle with in my climate controlled walkout basement.