Wow, just wow! I feel so inadequate watching you guys build these beautiful machines. With the current problems I have with the accuracy of my Chester Model B Super lathe, I almost feel depressed that I wont be able to build these kind of things ........... one day 
But, dont let me sulking take anything away from the awesome thread/work you do!!!!
Dear zeroaxe, I understand the feelings that arise when one's lathe is less than right, but a large part of learning to get the most out of a machine tool is finding the reason for the problem condition, devising a workable solution in your own situation, and bringing it up to standard. Almost every machine tool I own was bought in horrible condition, precisely because I couldn't afford working machines. Without exception, I worked with them broken and gradually managed to find the time, the technology, and the skill to bring them to good condition, and have them produce as they are supposed to. I learned an awful lot rebuilding my first lathe, having found a book on Machine Tool Reconditioning, and spending almost a month reading it before starting the three months of rebuilding my loose, missing parts bad spindle lathe, and finally getting to use it as it was intended. Get inside your lathe and make it right, and you will be far happier than you are now, and the next problem will appear less of an obstacle. Get old books, as the machinists of a hundred years ago had far fewer resources than we have today, and used their ingenuity to get around things we sometimes call impossible. Mad Jack
