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kastein said:
I'm not sure how it works, but basically fuel gets fed in by the pump and goes right to the engine. There's no vacuum lines or wires or anything to it.
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Yeah, I got a renix and a late model with the returnless system. I don't have any practical knowledge of anything in between.


also, who know's about old school lathes, specificaly an old south bend.

I have been offered an onld southbend for the price of coming and figuring ou how to load it onto a truck. I has pictures. If you can help, PM me your email address and I'll forward the photos.

I already said I would take it. now I just have to figure out a place to store it until I can build a shop in the country.
 
87manche said:
also, who know's about old school lathes, specificaly an old south bend.

I have been offered an onld southbend for the price of coming and figuring ou how to load it onto a truck. I has pictures. If you can help, PM me your email address and I'll forward the photos.

I already said I would take it. now I just have to figure out a place to store it until I can build a shop in the country.
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IIRC, South Bend is a pretty reputable maker, still has a web site: http://www.southbendlathe.com. My brother got a small one from an estate a few years, handy little machine.
 
Washed and waxed the XJ today. Also took some Mean Green to the rims as the front rims had some very stubborn brake dust.

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Looks like it's about the same size that my brother got, but definitely needs a little more TLC. Steve's was owned by a professional machinist that never really retired, it looked almost like showroom new.
 
this one's been sitting in a barn for the last 20 years doing nothing.

but I did have him spin the tool head and it all seems to be free spinning.

I will certainly have to go through it all before we turn it on for the first time.

Price is right though.
 
kastein said:
You are an electrician right? You probably know this better than I do, if you are you definitely do. Dumb question, don't you need special GFCIs for non grounded circuits? I've been told you do but haven't looked into it at all because I'm redoing everything and therefore have good grounds to work with.
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No a GFCI is a GFCI.
Just make sure you get the 'in' and the 'out' right and put it in the first opening in line from the panel.
I see you put in AFCIs have you had any trouble with them false tripping?
We did a house for a guy and put them in and we took them back out because they tripped all of the time.
 
seanR said:
No a GFCI is a GFCI.
Just make sure you get the 'in' and the 'out' right and put it in the first opening in line from the panel.
I see you put in AFCIs have you had any trouble with them false tripping?
We did a house for a guy and put them in and we took them back out because they tripped all of the time.
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ok, good to know. Wouldn't believe the number of people I've had complain to me about GFCIs giving them issues only to find out they didn't keep load/supply terminals straight like you said.

I haven't had any issues with false tripping on the AFCIs yet, they cost a pretty penny ($35 each!) and seem to work good so far even with power tools and stuff running off them. I was told my generator may set them off when I install it, if it does I am going back to regular breakers.
 
kmanxj5050 said:
Love the pics of the old south bend. That I what we had before our current Acer POS.
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then I shall be picking your brain about it later.

it sure seems like it's a big stout piece of equipment. Probably good for a newbie. I'll try not to let it kill me.
 
be careful, we had a kid break his arm in 3 spots on a sharp lathe at college a couple years ago. Using a dog leg turning a hammer shaft, the set screw that held the part caught his sweater and wrapped his arm around the piece. snap snap snap

very similar to this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PzPfzLeDa0
 
and that's why you don't wear loose clothing, and pay attention.

Ours wasn't that old but you can't go wrong with a brand that's been around that long. PM if you have any questions. I'm just a college drop out CNC machinist. But I'm also a 4th generation machinist ;)
 
Shoot, there was a woman working solo on a lathe (MIT, IIRC,) got her long hair caught up in the chuck and suffocated a few years ago.
 
Make sure you follow the "never leave the key in the chuck" rule...
 
I remember watching the show with Tim Allen when he was working with a wood lathe and his shirt got caught.
 
manche...if necessary...I'm sure we could put that to good use at club r...

mac 'just saying' gyvr
 
wife and i celebrated anniversary number 2 last night ( 2nd wedding anniversary, living together for 6 years, together for 7 years) had a nice healthy dinner, but decided since it was a special occasion we would go out for dessert. there is a new cupcake place in des moines that turns into a dessert/cocktail bar at night. i had the "cake pudding" which was basically bread pudding made with chocolate cake, melissa had some flourless chocolate cake. i like dessert, but i usually don't get very excited...however, this place was OUTSTANDING. like lick your plate good. then this morning, the wife left town for a few days so now i have 2 days free in the shop :)
 
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