. So far your photos are the best ones I've found. I have a diagram from some Army manual that shows the mount. I'm posting some photos of my lathe. Mine came with a long shelf for the mount. I'm at a loss. The threaded rod…
Thanks Marty for the response and for the info. Here is a picture of the tensioning rod and handle to adjust the tension. My drive unit and shaft are getting a much need upgrade. Someone had replace one of the babbitt bearing and left the other side to keep wearing. I removed the Babbitt and will have a horizontal mill bore the repair and the damage bearing and re sleeve them with some brass bearing. As for the short motor mount I just used some spacers to raise the base from the table. I rather not add anymore or making a longer plate would just leave me with even more unusable area in my shop. I also found that army service manual to be invaluable.
the original repair that is all going to be replace the scoring on the bearing and the drive shaft are quite bad.
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Before removing the babbitt the (light silver)
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