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Thanks. Gotcha.

Can't really drill anything close to the size of the larger holes... I do have some bits that approach 1" but boy, those things do apply some torque to the part and tailstock (I'd think)...

Hi folks. The machining I've done in the past was all on a mill, so I'm learning on the fly on my lathe- which is really fun- and my next trick to learn is boring holes. The parts I need to bore are generally "shallow" disks- 1/2" to 1.5" thickens 4"-7" in diameter, and...

Ok, mystery solved. As stated above, pulling the handwheel left disengages the pulley from the bull gear. At that point I can put it in back gears. My hangup last night was thinking I should still be able to turn it by hand- I can't. But the motor can. Thanks all. Getting to know this old machine in...

Ok, so there is a small, knurled brass screw (slotted) with a lock nut on it on the handwheel. It's pretty frozen and once I determined it wasn't "the pin" I didn't mess with it. The handwheel is sort of splined onto the spindle and will indeed pull to the left, disengaging the spindle fro...

Hi folks! Great forum. I'm setting up a small machine shop and am sorting out some used manual machines. My lathe is a Logan 2557 (12"x36") and is in good working order so far. The chuck on it was tired, and I need to be able to turn big disks of plastic and aluminum, so I bought a South B...