I bought the lathe in about 1985. It sat uncleaned and unused until about ten years ago when I disassembled, cleaned and painted it. I was going to use the cast iron legs from my Enco12x36 which I built and steel bench for, but the mounted surface almost perfectly fit an old desk I was breaking up for firewood. Glad I did, the desk is much more stable.
I upgraded the reverse lever using a flame cut plate for the sector. Then I had a problem changing belt speed as the four step sheaves that came with the lathe were very close to the headstock. I found a headstock that incorporated the quick reverse lever and found that it offered an extra 1/2" clearance for the sheave,
Vary nice lathe now, though I wish I had used a darker gray paint!
John
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