South Bend Heavy 10L after just having moved it into the space. (tail stock on right is from a completely different lathe)
Apron gunk. someones definitely used compressed air on this machine
everything taken apart off of the cabinet
paint removal
after painting. reassembly of the head stock
gear box reassembled after many hours in the attempt
Head stock and back gear together
tails stock carriage, and gearbox on
everything but the apron
first time with things wired up
Installing DRO pictured here glass scale i machined down in order to fit under the compound
broke the read head ribbon cable so some careful soldering had to occur
Brass part for user side scale mount
back mount for X scale
follower rest mount being co-oped for DRO read head mount
all the mounts on the lathe
DRO installed. Very exciting!