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Well nothing like answering my own post but I'm getting good at it HE! HE!
The guy I bought this Lathe from said it had not been used for some years since he closed his business. Even when it did...

Thanks Tech for your help.
I started trying to clean ten years of grime off the Lathe today.
What a mess, not really sure what to use on it that won't hurt it
but will clean it up. I oiled...

Thanks everyone for your input; Sniper I have to check them out.
I picked up the book that Techinspector reccomended, had to buy it used because there out of publication or they stoped printing...

Here's a photo of what my New used Lathe looks like.
This is not my photo just what it looks like.
Hey Pat I know the tig is a better welder.
Thats the only welder I have never used.
I didn't...

Ya I know what your saying I like the clean welds with no hammering or wire brushing.
Kurt

My main welder is a 250 Lincoln Gas Mig, You would have to be a idiot not to be able to weld with it. I could be blind and still throw a good weld with it.
I welded a bar on top of a 4ft. X 4ft....

I 've got a friend that was a certified Cushman motor bike mech.
He restores them for people all over the country and has already asked if he
can use it to turn the cranks.
I said no problem if...

I'm thinking about narrowing rearends in my spare time.
Then setting them up for drag racing.
I've got to do some more research on it, and I have time to take some classes.
This is what I would...

So I would need two more Machines just to cut the splines?
They don't make a one machine that would do that?
Thanks Kurt

Pat how big of a mill would I need to do splines on axles? Kurt

This is belt driven too Pat. he said it had a 3 phase motor
on it but changed it to a 230/250 motor.
said they used to make drive lines and all kinds of stuff on it.
I was also wrong about the...

Some of it did but not all.
He could not reach the cut off switch.
Kurt

Had a friend that was a machinist and had a long pig tail hair.
One day he came home with a bald spot like me, if you know what
I mean. Kurt

Ya before I even turn it on I'm gonna do alot of reading.
This way I won't mess anything or myself up.
It might be hard to reach the cut off switch if your at the other end.
Kurt

Thanks Everyone: I guess I'll order the book tomorrow and start reading when I get it.
Got all kinds of stuff I what to try out on this thing. Nothing like a new toy? Kurt

I've got a flat bed picking up a 1930's leblond metal lathe.
I've been talking to this buddy of mine for a couple years
about it. He used to have his own company using it to
rebuild water pumps...