Hello All just bought a 1965 10EE. From a nice gentleman who has been a machinist for LM for 30 years. Have it in my garage now. He says he put a 3HP motored with vfd in it. Haven’t looked to see if the original vac tube drive is in place. He had the DC motor out which I didn’t bring with me. I should have, but was too worried about my life driving 7000 pounds worth of machinery 500 miles 
I’m green at this.
The machine seems very clean.
The compound seems to have a lot of backlash. I was thinking why wouldn’t someone cut their own compound lead screw on this machine. After all a lathe is supposed to be able to build itself. I know it can be bought and so forth but this is about machining at home ....
I need to get into figuring out how to start with this machine
Thank everyone.
I have been reading your pages for years. My first post
I’m green at this.
The machine seems very clean.
The compound seems to have a lot of backlash. I was thinking why wouldn’t someone cut their own compound lead screw on this machine. After all a lathe is supposed to be able to build itself. I know it can be bought and so forth but this is about machining at home ....
I need to get into figuring out how to start with this machine
Thank everyone.
I have been reading your pages for years. My first post
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