[HELP] Edgewick Light Type Lathe help

[terrywerm]

I see something sticking out on the left end of your lathe in one of the photos there that might be of interest. It is barely visible, but it is there, in the very upper left corner of the second photo. With the lathe shut off, grab it, and try to pull it out, or to the left as you stand facing the lathe as in the photo. If it will not move out, try pushing it in, anything, just get it to move if you can so that you can see which position it is in. You might even need to turn the chuck a little bit by hand while trying to move the selector shaft in or out. Some Clausing lathes had a similar shaft sticking out the side of the machine, used to change ranges for the QC gearbox.

The friction clutch would be the star shaped knob on your carriage. Try using that instead of the half nut.

Just something that might be helpful.