The Stars Have Been In Alignment For Me This Week. Just Got My First Lathe, A D/r 11x36, 25-100

JKS precision doesn't come up under Google. Do you have a link?
 
Outstanding Job Sir! Looks Awesome! Now get it dirty : )

Dwayne
 
Not yet, Tim. House is under contract, and if all goes well we should be on the road headed west on Aug 19. Looking forward to getting out there and getting set up again.
 
Maybe I can talk you into helping with a few parts for my rockwell, I have limited availbility to work on stuff...but I do get some things done..Tim
 
So Tony, have you been using your lathe lately? I have not seen you on here in a while. Tim
 
Ok. I'm back...sorta. I've had my lathe in storage so long that recently I decided just to put it up for sale and see what happened. Figured I could probably find a better use for the money I've got tied up in the lathe. Got one looker, but that just got me thinking and dreaming about my lathe again. So, I just found a 5-C closer, collet adapter, and spindle thread protector set on ebay and bought it. It's not the lever closer, but then I really didn't want to have it permanently mounted, so I got the handwheel closer. Maybe in the next couple weeks or so I'll move some of my junk out of the way and make my lathe accessible, so I can start using it to help me restore the Southbend 9A I have waiting in the wings.

I'm still keeping an eye open for a steady rest, if anybody happens upon one.
 
thenrie said:
Ok. I'm back...sorta. I've had my lathe in storage so long that recently I decided just to put it up for sale and see what happened. Figured I could probably find a better use for the money I've got tied up in the lathe. Got one looker, but that just got me thinking and dreaming about my lathe again. So, I just found a 5-C closer, collet adapter, and spindle thread protector set on ebay and bought it. It's not the lever closer, but then I really didn't want to have it permanently mounted, so I got the handwheel closer. Maybe in the next couple weeks or so I'll move some of my junk out of the way and make my lathe accessible, so I can start using it to help me restore the Southbend 9A I have waiting in the wings.

I'm still keeping an eye open for a steady rest, if anybody happens upon one.
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I just read over the old thread. Turns out I forgot to mention that just before I left Virginia...and I mean just a few days before...Dick Triemstra, I believe it was, found a NOS cross slide screw for me. I bought it and a new cross slide nut from him and received it just before we left. I still haven't installed it. Maybe I'll get that done in the next week or so.

Sure would like to come across an NOS lead screw for it as well.
 
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Just got back from vacation. While I was away I happened to look on ebay and found a couple of items I still lack for my DR11 lathe. Picked up a Royal handwheel collet closer, including the collet adapter and L00 thread protector, as well as a realio trulio DR carriage stop. So, now my Southbend carriage stop can go back to my Southbend 9A.

Slowly, but surely, I'm getting my tooling all put together.

Pictures will come as soon as the parts arrive.
 
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