Thanks! Yes you can’t beat those older lathes MADE IN THE USA! That one is made by Clausing and believe it or not Clausing still makes every single part for them. My day job is supervising a machine shop, so having a level machine is a must for accuracy!
A precision alignment bar that you can buy and run an indicator across it to check tailstock taper. As far as the ways I use a piece of glass with a washer and ball bearing laying on top of it and level each end until the bearing does not roll.
If my math is right, you took a total of .045" from the squish area, factoring the piston and cylinder work. What was the stock squish? Where did it end up? Did you ditch the base gasket.
I don't have a need for such a big saw for myself, but if I ever get to do a porting on one, I have a question about the popup and the squish band cut, do you cut them at an angle (slope) towards the center, or flat?
The band is cut flat and the pop-up has a slight radius to it from the tooling. I don’t really like pop-up’s but in this case I had to do it to get the competition wanted. The 064 base is thin already.
Nice work! Detailed .. very good skill set!
Thank you!
👍👍nice work! I really admire your lathe…..looks good and has good tolerance.
Thanks! Yes you can’t beat those older lathes MADE IN THE USA! That one is made by Clausing and believe it or not Clausing still makes every single part for them. My day job is supervising a machine shop, so having a level machine is a must for accuracy!
Excellent work.. that sounds really healthy
Thank you! It pulls like a freight train for the minimal amount of work.
Nice build 👍👍. How do you check that a lathe is level??
A precision alignment bar that you can buy and run an indicator across it to check tailstock taper. As far as the ways I use a piece of glass with a washer and ball bearing laying on top of it and level each end until the bearing does not roll.
If my math is right, you took a total of .045" from the squish area, factoring the piston and cylinder work. What was the stock squish? Where did it end up? Did you ditch the base gasket.
I don't have a need for such a big saw for myself, but if I ever get to do a porting on one, I have a question about the popup and the squish band cut, do you cut them at an angle (slope) towards the center, or flat?
The band is cut flat and the pop-up has a slight radius to it from the tooling. I don’t really like pop-up’s but in this case I had to do it to get the competition wanted. The 064 base is thin already.