It only took me 15 months...

[Sunset Machine]

I see a milling attachment and follower rest in that box.. The whole shebang!

Leveling a lathe - it means setting it up so it cuts straight, without any taper. Lots of info around. I like to use Google in this manner: site:metalworkingfun.com leveling

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[Mayhem]

(02-23-2014, 09:33 AM)Sunset Machine Wrote: ...I like to use Google in this manner: site:metalworkingfun.com leveling...

Finally - a decent way to search this site

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(02-23-2014, 09:33 AM)Sunset Machine Wrote: I see a milling attachment and follower rest in that box.. The whole shebang!

Leveling a lathe - it means setting it up so it cuts straight, without any taper. Lots of info around. I like to use Google in this manner: site:metalworkingfun.com leveling

Thank you for your service!

Well I read what everyone suggested for Wong and as far as I can tell there doesn't seem to be in twist in the bed. I set my level in four different spots along the bed and they're all the same.

How I did it was that I put all thread through the mounting holes that I drilled in the table to lift the lathe off the actual bench because it isn't flat. I adjusted the level of the lathe by moving the nuts up or down accordingly. I had a piece of board underneath the lathe so that I had a flat surface and then I packed the space with dry-pack (2.5 parts sand, 1 part concrete and just enough water so that you can make balls out of it). I wrapped saran wrap around the board so that it wouldn't soak up the water from the concrete and then waited about 5 days for it to dry. Once dry I pulled the lathe off, pulled the board out, put the lathe back in and then checked the level again and shimmed accordingly.

I need to get some metal stock to actually work with to make sure that I don't have taper. I believe that it is good though.

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In post #8 you can see the lathe supported on the all thread with the board underneath. It isn't a good picture and I guess I didn't get any pictures with the saran wrap on there but It's easy enough to picture saran wrap around the lathe in that configuration.

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Here are some more pictures of the tooling. No idea what the majority of stuff is so I am going through my books to learn. Starting with Atlas' Manual of Lathe Operation and Machinists Tables but I have quite a few others thanks to members here!

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(02-23-2014, 07:30 PM)SnailPowered Wrote: Here are some more pictures of the tooling. No idea what the majority of stuff is so I am going through my books to learn...

The little thing with the yellow plastic handle at the bottom of the second picture is a screwdriver. More specifically, a flat blade screwdriver.

[Mayhem]

Seriously - In that second picture I see you have found the other QCTP holders.

To the right of them is a v-centre, which is used to drill a hole through a piece of round stock. It is placed in the tailstock and the drill placed in the (spindle) chuck. You hold the tube in the v whilst extending the tailstock ram toward the headstock.

To the left of the drill chucks is a boring bar holder that replaces the lantern holder (or on your case the QCTP). Personally, I'd make a set of sleeves so that you can use smaller type bars in the number 4 QCTP holder. If you have a number 2 QCTP holder, it will have a v-groove running along the length of the bottom of the tool slot, so you can hold round bars.

I'm sure you have a handle on the rest of the items.

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(02-24-2014, 06:13 AM)Mayhem Wrote: I'm sure you have a handle on the rest of the items.

I didn't know what the boring bar was for but I guess it is for making fairly large holes in something, like bigger than drill bit size. I have one of those and a myriad of cutting tools but I need to figure out what the cutting tools are for. There is also what looks like cutting tool stock that needs ground to be turned into a tool which is awesome. There is one tool holder that looks like it goes on the part of the QCTP that is in the middle of the lathe. Then I have one with what I figure is a turning tool. There is also a knurling attachment for the QCTP which is awesome. I'm hoping my dad will come out this weekend because he knows what this stuff is and that's a lot faster than working my way through the book, although I'm still going to read everything I have. It has been many years since my dad used a lathe as far as I know.

Thanks for all the help in pointing out what things are, yes, I do know what most simple hand tools are I have been fixing my own vehicles since my first one, a 1978 VW Van. It is the lathe specific tools that I'm not sure what they are. Thank God for books and all the wonderful people that sent them to me!

[Mayhem]

Check out Tom's video's on grinding HSS tools