Recent content by Syko

Hi Paul The fittings I have for the morse taper at the moment all fit in up to the shoulder and the spindle threads were all damaged as a result, I cleaned up the threads when I first got it so not sure how I could re drill the morse taper ? I never thought of drilling it myself as only ever...

Thanks Paul I did suspect it was a non standard spindle, as I said think I was caught bait with the purchase. Any ideas on manual and where to get a new spindle made I think my taper on tail stock and spindle at the moment is No:1 MT I have ordered new bearings using Numbers found on here from...

Just A tip on putting bearings in or spindles in bearings use the freezer it makes things a lot easier sometimes :D

Hello guys This is my first post on here so please excuse my mistakes as don't do this much. I have bought a union jubilee lathe and converted it to a variable sped lathe, I bought the lathe off eBay and now think I got stung on the cost but thats life. While using the lathe before x-mas it...