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    Replace babbitt split bearings in old wood lathe headstock

    In period the technique was to make the bearing in two halves as you've described except they soldered the two pieces together and then machined them as if they were one piece. I have a similar problem where a very old metal lathe I have where the bearings are square. Because it's a metal lathe...
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    Axle for my 1910 Mitchell

    The finished axle. I used cold finished pre-hard 4140 and didn't find it difficult at all to machine. The tricky part was making the squares without tapering them. It probably isn't perfect but then none of the original parts of this car are.
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    slotter tooling

    I didn't when I posted this. Since then I found them. I bought two of their square hole sleeves which I can adapt to my situation. I'd still like to get the slotter attachment working so this has been educational as well. Now that I know what I need I can go about finding or making ik.
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    Am I missing something easier?

    I suspect your belt is too long. I have the same problem with my #2...I made a belt for it but didn't have an original belt to copy.
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    slotter tooling

    What toes slotter tooling look like? I have the slotting attachment for my B&S #2 mill but it didn't come with any of the cutters and I've never actually seen a slotter in use. I have to make two ends for a drive shaft for my 1910 Mitchell. They have a 1" square hole, 1-3/4 deep on one end and a...
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    Starrett Bandsaw

    If I remember correctly it cuts on the forward stroke and lifts the blade on the backward stroke...unless I've been putting the blade in backwards all these years!
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    Starrett Bandsaw

    This is the best I can do at the moment. I'm in the midst of setting up a replacement computer, moving files from the backup disc etc... I paid $75 for this on someone's front lawn in Central Falls, RI about 35 years ago. Since then it has been in three or four places, including my back yard...
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    Starrett Bandsaw

    Well...I've been using my Starrett power hacksaw for at least 20 years and it survived 10 years outdoors before I cleaned it up. I haven't noticed any vibration but over a few months it will "walk" a bit and I have to push it back into place.
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    Sidney 17 cone head lathe

    The SB attachment seems similar but simpler. I'm going to have to puzzle this out...making use of the parts I have and figuring out what I can make. So far, I'm only turned short tapers and I've been successful doing that by using a boring head in the tail stock to offset the center. I managed...
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    Sidney 17 cone head lathe

    Thanks John. I'll have to take some pictures of what I do have so perhaps we can come up with an idea on how to make them work. I'm a little confused as to how it works. Is this one where you have to remove the cross feed screw so that the saddle is controlled by the taper attachment? I'm sure...
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    Sidney 17 cone head lathe

    Thanks very much. It is a bit more complicated than I'd thought and will be a challenge to make but at least I now have an idea what it looked like.
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    Sidney 17 cone head lathe

    If it's not too much trouble I would really like some close-up photos of that taper attachment. I have part of one for my machine but lack the bracket that bolts to the back of the bed. I bought the lathe (a 15") at a print shop auction about 40 years ago. The part I need was probably there but...
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    Axle for my 1910 Mitchell

    Thanks John. I read that over and NOW I think I understand.
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    Axle for my 1910 Mitchell

    Actually, it was rated at 35 HP although the formula for figuring that is very different from what is used today. For instance...the Silver Ghost RR was rated at 40/50 HP. An 80 or 90 HP car in 1910 would be enormous. It will probably develop close to 50 HP when I'm done at a maximum RPM of...
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    Axle for my 1910 Mitchell

    Which would be entirely consistent with many other parts on the car. I've completely rejected the popular notion of making it exactly as the factory did. If the factory did a mediocre job I'm not going to copy it slavishly. That seal is an improvement on the original which was clearly...
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    Axle for my 1910 Mitchell

    It looks as if 4140 has the most votes. John, when you say the "not annealed" state, does that mean it's hard? Would it have to be heat treated afterward? I confess to having almost no experience with modern machining issues. Aside from the help I've gotten on this forum I'm completely...
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    Axle for my 1910 Mitchell

    I have to make an axle for the 1910 Mitchell I've been working on for close to ten years. It's 1-3/8" in diameter, about 30 inches long with squared ends. PM Heldt's engineering manual (1912 Edition) states they were made from "30 point carbon steel", "45 point carbon steel", "30 point carbon...
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    Antique Peerless motor Age question

    I don't believe they have anything to do with the Peerless automobile company. In fact, a quick google search shows they are still in business making electric motors. The automobile company stopped production in 1931 but, unlike so many others, did not wait until they were bankrupt. The...
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    Seneca Falls Lathe Parts

    If you can, please post a photo of the threading chart...it should be a plate, probably brass, attached to the lathe head stock that lists the gear combinations for each thread. A quick look at the Boston Gear catalog does not show any 16DP gears with 33 or 34 teeth...they skip from 32 to 36...
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    Seneca Falls Lathe Parts

    Also...look at the threading chart attached to the lathe and see if it has a 33 or 34 tooth gear. It isn't likely to have both and the odd number is very unlikely. You need the gears listed on that chart.

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