Making Adjusting Knobs for a South Bend Steady Rest (Part 2)
Continuing the restoration of the steady rest I bought for my 13″ South Bend lathe. It had many missing parts, including the adjustment knobs.
In this second part of making the knobs, I make a threaded arbor to facilitate the machining of the external features. I got to use one of my newly acquired thread pitch micrometers as well. One thing is for sure, I need to get better at nailing dimensions. I managed to overshoot just about every dimension on this part.
Making Adjusting Knobs for a South Bend Steady Rest (Part 1)
Continuing the restoration of the steady rest I bought for my 13″ South Bend lathe. It had many missing parts, including the adjustment knobs.
In this first part of making the knobs, I get the stock cut to length and the internal features bored, reamed and threaded.
Purrty!
I bought about half if a steady rest for my South Bend 13″ lathe.
Making Jaw Adjustment Screws for a Steady Rest
I bought a steady rest for my South Bend lathe that needs some work. There are quite a few missing parts. Sure, I could buy every missing piece, but what’s the fun in that?
Tell me you had a great day in the shop without telling me you had a great day i
Tell me you had a great day in the shop without telling me you had a great day in the shop.
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Removing the Drive Train from the K&T 2HL Horizontal Milling Machine
In this video I remove the drive train from the K&T mill. I start with the drive clutch and pulley, the power feed/rapid traverse bracket and take off gears, and then pull the entire gearbox from the column.
I removed the drive train from my K&T 2HL horizontal mill. My only purpose was t…
Removing the Coolant Pump from the K&T 2HL Horizontal Milling Machine
In this video I remove the coolant pump from the K&T so I can get it apart and cleaned.