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http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/Lu47Dan/Clausing%206903%20Lathe/Shop%20Made%20Accesories/Steady%20Rest%201/STB013.jpg One of the two stands with the edges beveled. http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/Lu47Dan/Clausing%206903%20Lathe/Shop%20Made%20Accesories/Steady%20Rest%201/STB015.jpg R...

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/Lu47Dan/Clausing%206903%20Lathe/Shop%20Made%20Accesories/Steady%20Rest%201/STB007.jpg The base machined and test fit. http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/Lu47Dan/Clausing%206903%20Lathe/Shop%20Made%20Accesories/Steady%20Rest%201/STB008.jpg The base aligne...

Steady Rest http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/Lu47Dan/Clausing%206903%20Lathe/Shop%20Made%20Accesories/Steady%20Rest%201/STB001.jpg The start of the steady rest, this flange is a 6" 150# RF Slip-on flange, it was just tacked to the pipe. http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/Lu47Dan/Clausin...

Willy, nice!
As to the alternator, I use this kit to rebuild my 10SI alternators.
http://www.jegs.com/p/JEGS-Performance- ... 4/10002/-1
It is not hard to do and it is cheaper then buying a new one.
Dan.

I had to mill the block down to 3/4" X 3/4", I then drilled two holes to bolt it to the base. http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/Lu47Dan/Clausing%206903%20Lathe/Shop%20Made%20Accesories/IMB016.jpg Test fitting the block. http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/Lu47Dan/Clausing%206903%20Lathe/Sh...

I did finish up this project last week, and had to jump to another project So here are the photos of the rest of this one. http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/Lu47Dan/Clausing%206903%20Lathe/Shop%20Made%20Accesories/IMBG001.jpg Clamp finished. http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/Lu47Dan/Clau...

The pipe for the columns in the work bay area arrived today. http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/Lu47Dan/Shop%20equipment/Shop%20Remodel/Iron%20Work/PFC002.jpg This pipe had been in a water well for a city in my area. There are four pieces but I will only need three of them for the work bay area...

Close up pictures of the groove. http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/Lu47Dan/Clausing%206903%20Lathe/Shop%20Made%20Accesories/IMB010.jpg I will have to grind the faces of the angles to remove the tool marks on them. http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/Lu47Dan/Clausing%206903%20Lathe/Shop%20M...

The next step was to cut the angles to match the way. This involved setting the block up in the mill at 35°, and then taking cuts off one of the corners. Since the two angles add up to 70°, you also have to trim the opposite corner of the groove to provide clearance to cut the groove to the proper d...

I started making a fixture for mounting a dial indicator to the trapezoidal my lathe. http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/Lu47Dan/Clausing%206903%20Lathe/Shop%20Made%20Accesories/IMB001.jpg Cutting the stock for the clamp http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/Lu47Dan/Clausing%206903%20Lathe/Sh...

Willy, I have had some exposure to engineered lumber, but mostly just working around it. I have found that I can use them to replace the dimensional lumber (2 X 12's) I was planning on using for the roof rafters. If the prices are competitive with dimensional lumber, I will be using them for all my ...

Well I have spent the last two days doing some figuring on the floor plan for the work bay section of the shop. In the original plan of the shop I was just going to have two bays, one for projects and one for automotive repair. But that leaves me with a problem of where to park the lawn tractors, cr...

Gus, another thing to keep in mind is a vertical splitter is hard on the back. I feel that a horizontal splitter is much more comfortable to use. About 95% of the time with a vertical you are bent over using it, with a horizontal the figures reverse, you are bent over only about 5% of the time. When...

The tank is welded and painted. I welded in a drain, the new mounting tabs and also added a large tab on the outside to help carry the extra weight. I have increased the capacity to over 5 gallons from the original 2.5. I'm not quite sure what it was but I think in that range. http://i222.photobuck...

Gus, I can not remember right now but do you have a loader or a dozer? A loaders hydraulics might be worth using to run a splitter but the output (GPM) of the hydraulics on a dozer is not high enough to give you efficient cycle times. Here is the thread on building my splitter. http://www.shopfloort...