Beautiful work Rick, definitely something to be proud of. I did the same as you, bought a lathe with no machining experience and restored it. Not only do you learn what everything on the lathe does but also how it does it. That experience transfers over to the other tools you will undoubtably be buying as well.
Shawn
Steve - yep its getting dirty - the first time was the hardest butI restored it to use not look at :
Rick
Rick, I have have similar book only it is for a 9. I have made a counter shaft, door holler, but wrong door, etc. My problem now is the gears and banjo. The book show only a double handle quick box, and nothing about the gears. I see you have single arm banjo, my book show only a double arm. I would get this book about 10 lathe if it would work. Right now it seem every thing I am getting is wrong item. I order a 20t gear for a 9, doesn't fit, same with banjo. Is heavy 9 so different from a regular 9? I am really lost here. I have about the right knowledge to be dumb. Thanks and anything would great, ChesterChester - when i started i bought the book and kit linked below. I talked with Steve (guy who sells it) and he said it was not specific to the heavy 9 but was proably as close as Iwas going to get. Many sections are a direct fit - a few are not. when you hit those areas come back and ask questions - lots of helpful/smart guys here.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rebuild-Boo...078?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2563cc095e
Rick
Chester - my understanding is that a heavy nine is a lot closer to a heavy ten than a nine - there are definite differences though so you will find some grey areas. can you post a picture or two of what your current problem is?
Rick