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Today my project was to do some clean up and painting on the carriage on the old Springfield lathe.
As I started to clean up the threading handle for painting and scraping off the old paint, I found the
handle pretty ugly and bent as well. Although the new handle isn't original, it looks a lot better
and feels nicer to use. It goes along with the new threading dials , new cross feed screw, added new threading dial and
threading stop that I have been working on for a while. All in all the lathe is much better to use
now so the time spent was well worth the effort.
This photo shows the old threading handle...... UGLY.
This photo shows the new ball handle fabricated from 5/8 inch
mild steel rod and a chunk of aluminum for the ball. Also, the photo shows the threading dial I made some time back,
a very useful addition.
Another carriage modification was the addition of a Bijur pump and some brass lines to oil the carriage, a nice mod.
As I started to clean up the threading handle for painting and scraping off the old paint, I found the
handle pretty ugly and bent as well. Although the new handle isn't original, it looks a lot better
and feels nicer to use. It goes along with the new threading dials , new cross feed screw, added new threading dial and
threading stop that I have been working on for a while. All in all the lathe is much better to use
now so the time spent was well worth the effort.
This photo shows the old threading handle...... UGLY.
This photo shows the new ball handle fabricated from 5/8 inch
mild steel rod and a chunk of aluminum for the ball. Also, the photo shows the threading dial I made some time back,
a very useful addition.
Another carriage modification was the addition of a Bijur pump and some brass lines to oil the carriage, a nice mod.
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