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2/28/2022
Bored Holes and Pressed Bearings In
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2/27/2022
Clean Up, Head Stock Back Together, Set Up to Bore Holes For Bearings
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2/26/2022
Had to take the Spindle out of the Head Stock to to put the V Belt on and
check the Bearing Height for the Transmission. So instead of putting it back
together, I decided to Clean and Paint it, Saving time to take it apart again.
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2/25/2022
Hinges Done, Motor Mounted and Paint Removed from Motor Mount
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2/24/2022
Reworked Motor Mount Top, Started Hinges For Motor Mount and Pulley Transmission
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2/23/2022
Worked on Transmission
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2/22/2022
Cut Channel Pieces in Band Saw for Motor Mount and Pulley Transmission
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2/21/2022
Rack Mounted to Bed
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2/20/2022
Made Rack for Pinion Gear on Carriage
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2/19/2022
Machining Scrap Brass Stock for Rack, for Carriage travel.
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2/18/2022
Back Clamp and Carriage Lock Installed
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2/17/2022
Set Up to Drill Holes
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2/16/2022
Drilled and Tapped Holes in Carriage
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2/15/2022
Shopping, More Steel
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2/14/2022
Made Spacer Plate and Attached Apron to Carriage
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2/13/2022
Tapped Bed for Bolts for Back Carriage Way, Milled Slot for Front Carriage Way
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2/12/2022
Set Up to Drill Bolt Holes in Carriage Ways
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2/11/2022
More Work on Ways
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2/10/2022
Started Ways for the Carriage
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2/09/2022
Got More Steel
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2/08/2022
Milled 0.3215 off Pads for Back Clamp of Carriage
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2/07/2022
Carriage, Cross Slide and Apron Cleaned
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2/06/2022
Ways, Head Stock and Tail Turret Mounted on Lathe Bed
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2/05/2022
V Way Rail Mounted in Slot
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2/04/2022
Made 32.5 " of Way that looks like this.
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2/03/2022
Worked on Ways
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2/02/2022
Finished Long V Block Tooling for Lathe Ways
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2/01/2022
Started Tooling to Make Ways for Lathe