My Craftsman 12" X 36" Barn Find

Year, Jim, we're bolting it together for now. I'm probably gonna braze it with silicon bronze, it doesn't appear to be a highly stressed part.
 
I too have learned the hard way how brittle cast iron can be.
Mine was a cast iron table saw abour bracket, I broke it pressing out a bad bearing.
I felt terrible. I want to fix tools not destroy them!

It changed the way I think about pressing in or out bearings, etc.

-brino
 
Well, sorry it's been so long updating. Had a semi-bad eBay experience. The tach was DOA and I fought it tooth and nail trying to get it to work. I was refunded and bought another $10 tach but it took another month to get it in!! This one works fine. Here's some pics of the finished product. We restored the lathe at my store but have it set up and running in my home shop. Enjoy!
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Here's a pic of how I mounted the pickup.
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I put two white paint marker dots on each side of the magnet so I could tell if it moves...... it doesn't!
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This final pic is of my reverse lockout. With the screw on chuck, I was afraid using the barrel switch that, in case of a serious situation that I needed to shut the lathe off in a hurry, I might go too far and actually reverse the lathe, which would spit the chuck off in no time flat!! (Been there, done that!!)
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I'd enjoy/entertain any constructive criticism!! Thanks all!
 
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Joe,
It says I don't have permission to view image in this album when I click on the links.
Am I doing something wrong?
 
I'm not sure, I'll have to check tomorrow. I saw this comment earlier but it works for me. I'll see what I can find out.
 
Seems I must have offended someone here, I no longer have permission to view images in this thread. :apologize:
 
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