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- Taig Micro Lathe II With Modifications
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- Customized Taig Micro Lathe II for Smaller High Speed Work
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- The Microscope Aids Fine Work and Lets You See How Bad You Are at Bit Sharpening
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- A Powerful DC Motor & Controller is Hiding Under that Cover
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- Chucks and Accessories. Good Quality and Inexpensive. Buy Plenty.
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- Etched Aluminum Control Panel
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- Jig for Clamping Carriage in Milling Machine Vise
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- Edges of Carriage Cleaned Up a Bit
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- New Tailstock Lever
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- A Nearly Ideal Location For a Belt Tensioner
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- The Belt Tensioner in Context
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- The Belt Tensioner – Headstock End
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- Belt Tensioner – Motor End
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- Headstock End of the Tensioner
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- Treadmill Motor Similar to the One Used Here
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- Treadmill Motor Partially Hidden in Base Cavity
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- Underside of Lathe Base
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- Detail of Cut-Down Motor Mount
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- Closeup of Pivot Fork
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- Clutch Mechanism For Engaging Power Feed
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- Closeup of Plastic Lead Screw Back Support
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- MDF Clamp for the Acetal Lead Screw Support. The Clamp Never Left the Vise.
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- A Variable Speed Gearmotor Hidden in the Riser Drives the Lead Screw
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- Components of the Lead Screw Clutch
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- Gear Motor for Power Feed
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- Feed Knob Engages Brass Nut with Lead Screw
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- Bottom of Carriage Apron – Feed Engaged
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- Feed Disengaged – Not Much Movement Needed
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- Half-Nut Engagement Lever in Front Apron – Fully Disengaged Position.
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- The Large Pin Pushes the Brass Nut Into the Lead Screw
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- Rear View of Cross Slide Apron – Note the Slot. How Convenient!
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- Parts for Half-Nut Engagement Lever
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- Parts for Half-Nut Engagement Lever Assembled
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- Feed Knob Components
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- Feed Knob Front View
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- Feed Knob Components Soldered Together
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- A Modified Cross Slide Dial Allows Manual Feed When Power Drive is Disengaged
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- Bed Wiper on Tailstock .
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- Roughing Out the Headstock Pulley
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- Headstock Pulley with Tapered Bushing
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- Eccentric Bearing Bored Out and Fitted With Acetal Inserts
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- Rear Switch / Circuit Breaker and Power Entry
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- Electronics For Spindle and Feed Motors – Rear View
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- Motor Electronics – Front View