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    Looking for smithy at300 parts

    I can say that the Smithy CB-1220 XL we have here is MT3 on the tailstock and MT4 on the headstock. Not sure if your machine is similar.
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    Single vs Double Wall Aprons

    Update. They used this bus today in support of some village function related to a movie shoot in town. The driver, one of our members, reported that the door worked perfectly all day. P.S. we took steam 101 with you some years back at Hanford mills.
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    Single vs Double Wall Aprons

    Thanks Joe Michaels!! Quote: "What we leave our heirs or people we've touched along the way in the form of wisdom (or learning from our mistakes at least), values, skills, tricks or methods of doing different jobs, etc is the best legacy." ( taken from the recent disposal of shop machines...
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    For Sale 9" South Bend Lathe $900.00 or best offer

    For Sale- South Bend 9 inch Lathe. Comes with 3 jaw , 4 jaw, tailstock drill chuck, lantern style tool post, change gears and motor drive assy. with leather belt ,1/4 hp motor single phase 120v. S/n 09986. Originally sold by AC Colby NYC. The overall length is about forty inches. Pick up only...
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    Garvin Machine Co. building in NYC, then and now

    My own South Bend Light Ten came from AC Colby. Their gold sticker is on the front of a catalog I got with the machine. I bought that lathe from the original owner who got it from them. I live on the same street where my father(now 85)grew up. His neighbor, who was an old guy then, was an...
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    Happy New Year, a tool story from 50 years ago

    For all of my younger life my father did all car repairs from a tripod type bumper screw jack or cement blocks and plank ramps. No jack stands ever. Then we got a boat and trailer and he bought a Sears scissor jack to jack up the trailer to service the wheel bearings( with Sears waterproof...
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    Happy New Year, a tool story from 50 years ago

    Yup, the house next door to us when I was a kid was a Sears kit house, Cape Cod style. The owner was an FDNY fireman and he won it at some kind of show my father said.It came on trailers and he and a bunch of guys erected it somehow. That house still stands today though it has a full second...
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    Happy New Year, a tool story from 50 years ago

    That Sears (Hicksville) was our local one. It is now closed (about 2 years now) and slated to become a Huge four level housing complex. I understand that was the largest Sears, acreage wise, in the country at the time. We went there frequently for everything from clothing to appliances to...
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    Cross slide lock on 10K lathe

    Is there is no cross slide lock screw on this lathe? The carriage lock is obvious but maybe I'm missing something more than tightening the gibs? I see on the side of the carriage, two tapped holes that I guess are for a follower rest. Is there a modification that needs to be made to accomplish...
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    Older Dial Indicators, Craftsman brand... who made these for them?

    I did look at Long Island Indicator site as Joe suggested... dismaying but the price was really right and the finish from the photos looked good. I await delivery and we''ll see how it "measures up". Thanks for all of the input.
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    Older Dial Indicators, Craftsman brand... who made these for them?

    I was wondering if anybody knows who made their old line of indicators and other machinists tools in general? Some of their older tools look like they are well made and very similar to well known brands. I have an older(50's vintage I think.) machinists (not carpenter type) combination square...
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    Two questions on new to me Light Ten lathe

    Thank you for the good advice so far.
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    Two questions on new to me Light Ten lathe

    First question relates to a missing spindle sleeve adapter catalog # CL205NK in South Bend Lathe parts list. The lathe in question is a 1957-8 vintage with threaded spindle 1 1/2" -8. This sleeve is required to put a center in the spindle it seems. Is this item available new or will it be an...
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    How to Remove a Stuck Chuck -- Tutorial

    I have been struggling for a few days with a stuck chuck on a Light Ten Model A lathe recently purchased from original owner who bought it new from AC Colby in NYC around 1958. AC Colby was the subject of a recent tread on the Antique Forum and their sticker is on the gear cover of the lathe...
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    Hartford Steam Boiler

    Re: Steam 101 I attended the "Steam 101" class at Hanford Mills that Joe is referring to along with five other guys if memory serves. I can only say one thing, the class was incredible!!!! Everything Joe writes here is exactly as he presented it in real life. A large 3 ring binder, assembled...
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    Air Compressor Identification

    reed valves Back in High school I made a replacement reed valve for a small outboard from feeler gage stock. Measure your reed and match to closest feeler gage material. It may work for you. I can't say how long it lasted but it did run.
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    Old Fridgidaire compressor.

    We made a similar refrigerator compressor into an air pump/tire inflator years ago (1970's).We got the old compressor from my next door neighbor, Mr Finn. He was a real wizard for his day. He owned a T.V. repair shop after he retired from the FDNY. He had a Southbend lathe in the basement and...
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    An amazing private machine shop and collection

    I wonder where that East Norwich estate was. That's about 2 miles from where I type this. (Oyster Bay).There were and still are many large estates in the area. The novel "The Gold Coast" by Nelson Demille deals with the era of the great estates. In fact, the LIRR steam locomotive #35 restoration...
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    Oscilloscope gurus- How to check DRO scales ? (spec sheets attached)

    Forgive the long post but for those who are interested,I used to check the alignment of these scales with a dual trace o'scope. We used to make probes with thin pins, shrink tubing and wire that would fit into jacks in the encoder head. You set up the scope (two channels)to produce a lissajous...
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    Are DRO's worth repairing?

    I am not familiar with the anilam scale particularly, but on the Heidehain type the scale should be cleaned both sides with denatured alcohol and a lint free wipe. Do not move the reader head as its alignment to the glass scale is critical. Is the scale loose or bowed in the middle? If the gap...

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