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Thanks for all the interesting comments. "The Good The Bad and the Ugly" certainly seems to apply to this old lathe! Yes I did learn how to quickly set up a 4-jaw chuck, and how to go about teaching a

Fortunately today there's maker spaces popping up all over the place & they seem to be the gateway drug for some . I wish they were around when I was growing up . animal

Congratulations , That's a might fine thing you & Peter are doing . Did any of the students have plans to get a lathe after taking your class ? Keep it up ! thanks animal

Thanks for that overview. It's heartening to hear that there are still some people out there interested in learning machining. Curious if the students have their own machines, or maybe have access to

It sounds like a typical course for machinist. Most just 3 jaw here. I think if course was more on sharp tool bit for different materials and the correct speeds. Technics that used by machinist would

Sounds like you sparked some new machinists! Although the one bit about your partner fixing the chucks "We had two 3-jaw chucks with significant problems with runout. By switch back plates and jaws he

Wow, I certainly wish I could go to something like that. Great job ! george

*FINAL REPORT ON TEACHING A LATHE COURSE, IN THAMES NEW ZEALAND* I am writing this report to help anyone else who may want to run a similar course for a community group like Men's Shed. Well, we had

This what I use It was low cost in 1972 .

Here's plenty of info on how anaerobic adhesives work: < https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/anaerobic-adhesive > Roy

I can second Roy's retaining compound recommendation. I bought that after some tips for some bench sander rollers I made, and had to use it for something else recently which I foolishly thought I

I have 2" too. I found if did not need the longer stoke would get way. I use the one inch 99% of time. Dave

I use a 1" travel indicator that I epoxied a magnet onto the back of. This works the same as a clamped-on indicator, but I can use it on two different lathes and also my mini-mill. It would've been

That works great . I have same thing. Dave

There are some ways to design zero backlash.? I don't know what is in a Trav-a-dial.? But one way is to use a split gear (imaging two thin gear disks) that are spring loaded in opposite rotation

As a former Trav-a-dial user, I don't know how they did it, but there was no detectable backlash whatsoever. The needle simply reversed direction with the carriage with no pause. It was very precise

For longitudinal travel on my mini lathe I use a 1 inch travel dial indicator thet clamps to the lathe bed. It can be adjusted or removed. I used the 1 inch travel one because it was what had. I would

I think thevonly complain was if need glass they where hard to read. Back in 1970's most shops remove and put DRO on. Then complain about skipping after the glass scale got oily or coolant So never

Digital Scales are best. They tell you exact position and you don’t need to think about back lash. I have had them on my minilathe for years. Dick