Well, I have done a little reading, I have gingery's books, got them before the site shut down, and have been reading, and as far as I remember, in gingery's system, a temporary headstock is made,the tailstock is run along the ways and bored out parallel, and then the permanent headstock bores itself from a tool placed into the tailstock. I could be confused though.
I'm fully intending to build the gingery lathe. (actually I dream of completing the whole series, and filming it) I have a buddy, we're helping each other.
I've also read "A short history of technology from earliest times to ad 1900" I'ts not short but it's a good read. I've been through it twice Am now reading English and American toolbuilders, JW Roe, it's a little out of date, first published in 1916
I'mat the point where I know a bit, but don't know what to specifically ask. I guess what I'm wondering is if I can use what I intend to learn building gingery's lathe, and use the same system to take it and build a bigger lathe. Albeit probably farming out iron castings to the smallest foundry I can find. Or if necessary try to recruit others to make and run a teeny tiny cupola.
perhaps this all seems grandiose, but I'm a paraplegic with nothing but time on his hands and have gotten quite bored with photography, my hobby for the past 12 years.
Steve Shannon