Well got a few parts coming from Bill, Great guy, "shot the breeze" with me for about an hour yesterday. I learned a few things too. Just added some photos of...
Any one heard from Bill latley? I was supossed to get a few things from him, but did not hear back to confirm my order, and let me know what the shipping will...
Got this cool wrench at the fleamarket for a Quarter. Says DUNLAP on it. Will fit the tailstock. Looks like it came with it. http://tinyurl.com/5d2ajz ...
Hope all is well with you. Have not heard back from you on shipping cost and order confirmation for the tail stock spindle and 2 0 Morse taper centers. Thanks,...
... seen your e-mail,I know he doesn't check the yahoo forum all the time.I talked with Bill a week or two ago and he was ok.Maybe his computer crashed or...
Hello all, I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. I'm Gene Eberhart from Ohio. I just picked up a Craftsman 109 and not having had very much machine...
Gene, Welcome aboard. Leon K5JLR Political Correctness is a Political Disease ... From: geneeber <geneeber@...> Subject: [craftsman109] another new...
Hello Bill. Joe here from New Mexico. I could not agree with you more! You have stated your position and I hope it stays that way. There are lots of folks that...
hiya Bill! I e-mailed you an order for some parts requesting a total including shipping. I do have a quick question for ya too. The backplate that you sell,...
We are now machining the last batch of castings for the Half Nut, AKA Forward/Reverse Lever. This has been an amazing process, finding a foundry, having...
Bill. I don't have a 109 but feel for you. I think the problem is "procrastination". I finally ordered a new feed nut from Clausing for my 8525 mill and it...
That's unfurtunate Bill. I bought one last fall, I gues it was one of the first of the batch. Perhaps a different way of marketing would help. There must...
Bill. Another thought, there's been a lot of "109" posts on the Atlas/Craftsman group recently. Maybe you might get better results there. Joe R. ... From:...
Used to work as a machinist many years back. Stayed with it for several years until I got married and fell into a desk job. Don't know if that was good or...
Can you post pictures of your lathe(s)? Not sure what a 80/109 is, usually the model's I have seen are like 109.21270, 109.21280,something like that. ...
Most likely your lathe does have a back gear. I added a picture here http://tinyurl.com/67oqjy showing the back gear. The low range is selected by pushing...
If you can't lay hands on a jackshaft assembly from an Atlas 618 or similar, you can pick up a chinese benchtop drill press at a garage sale for all the...
Tony, Pictures are posted under photos "Clydes 109". I did not mean to mislead, I've been led to believe the Craftsman is a "Model 80" I added the /109 to...
Good! I'll look at that arrangement tonight. ... back ... spindle ... is ... down ... like ... for ... of ... One ... me. ... But ... I ... pass ... manual ......
Do the spindles on the 109's all have thru holes? I've ended up with two of them (lathes), and both have stuck centers in the headstock. I've had them...
It's been over 30 years since I had mine but as I remember the spindle is hallow and you can use a 1/4" or 5/16" rod inserted from the left then tapped with a...
Well,,, that's been my opinion of previous conversations. I've been moving slow for a couple of reasons, but I'd like to get one put together for a friend....
Ok.......LOL..... I was looking at those yesterday, but didn't put 2 & 2 together. That south bend is sweet. I wish some would give me a fixxer upper like...
Tony, Most of the rust is gone now, used a phosacid stuff my wife had purchased when trying to get rust off some old pots and pan and lawn furniture. Worked...
