Or you could do as I did and buy a Timken headstock, thick way,
QC lathe from the Git-Go! The advantage postulated for a conversion to
thinwall bearings was the larger spindle bore! Bill in Boulder CO USA
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On 1/28/19 1:16 AM, Robert Downs via Groups.Io wrote:
Yeah. But instead of today someone going to the trouble to convert a
babbit headstock to some automotive split rod bearings, it would be
quicker and cheaper to pick up a Timken bearing headstock and spindle
and transfer the rest of the parts to it.
