I have an early 1940's round dial, no ELSR, previous owner did a VFD conversion with an Frenic-Mini. I finally got the thing running over the weekend and took some of my first cuts successfully, but there's something on the lathe that eludes me, and I am having a hard time finding out exactly what it is, even from a PDF of the official manual.
Specifically, I'm wanting to know about that lateral bar behind the thread/feed selector. It's fixed in place with a socket head (allen) screw, but it clearly looks like it should be a thing that's moved under certain circumstantial needs.
All in all, I'm quite happy with the lathe. I need to figure out what's wrong with the potentiometer wiring for the VFD, but for now I can adjust the speed at the VFD itself.
Thanks in advance!
Specifically, I'm wanting to know about that lateral bar behind the thread/feed selector. It's fixed in place with a socket head (allen) screw, but it clearly looks like it should be a thing that's moved under certain circumstantial needs.
All in all, I'm quite happy with the lathe. I need to figure out what's wrong with the potentiometer wiring for the VFD, but for now I can adjust the speed at the VFD itself.
Thanks in advance!