a compound slide refit

[krv3000]

hi all well as sum of you no my compact 8 was missing its compound slide and i had modified a one of a myford to fit. well having a workshop vised from mick IE micktoon he thinks that he new where their was one any way after sum emails i picked it up from john's IE doubieboost and i was over the moon as it fits my lathe so her is the refit so fare its a emco one all in all in good order just needed my loving touch striped it dawn and gave it a repaint the three jib screws Will be replaced as will the nuts and i will be making two new handles for the feed and i fitted a toothed belt on to the mane body see pic i then did the graduations on the top slide and on the bottom ring for angels this my tip on the job in hand don't clean off the rings leve the muck on concentrate on removing the muck from the numbers and the markings i do this with a needle in a pin chuck the reason for leaving the rust on the rings them selves is 1 the pant wont stick to it and 2 you is only removing a minimal a mount of metal if you clean the ring before panting when you cume to remove the pant you is also removing metal and if the markings are worn then you is making it harder to reed them the pant i used is car spray pant right sum pics