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   philip | Jan 21, 2006 10:58am | #1

   Blue, post a picture of your lathe head stock and then I can see if what I have done is of use to you.

   Philip Marcou
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   87bluejay | Jan 25, 2006 04:09pm | #4

   Phillip, sorry for delay in getting back with you. I'm having trouble posting the picture. Would you mind if I sent it to you direct?

    

   Thanks for the help,

   Dave

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   philip | Jan 25, 2006 10:07pm | #7

   No problem, Blue. I wanted to see what sort of outbord arrangement there is on your lathe, and how the pulleys are set up.
   Rick has about covered the options I think.
   I borrowed the index plate from a Myford engineers lathe, mounted it onto an adaptor which screws onto the outboard side via left hand thread.The index plunger is just clamped onto a small table there.Philip Marcou

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   RickL | Jan 24, 2006 09:34pm | #2

   I've done it by mounting a piece of baltic birch ply on the back of a faceplate and drilled holes and riggeg up an indexing arm of baltic birch. The pointer was cobbled up from a piece of rod and a spring from the hardware store. As with any idea it starts with a need and most jigs pretty much design themselves once you get a bit of practice at it. It's helpful to just browse catalogs like Mcmaster, Enco etc. One should not limit ones reading to only woodworking. http://www.lindsaybks.com/  is a must for the diyer.

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   WillGeorge | Jan 25, 2006 02:06am | #3

   Old post BUT.. I just loved your post...Especially.. How I Pour Babbit Bearings by Vince Gingery ...DAMN... I DID THAT! WELL< help a old expert on a HUGE Electric generator at a power plant... I just cranked up the lifts to get that dang rotor shaft off the bearing mounts...To put it in perspective they had f huge coal fired furnaces feeding the 'dry' steam to that thing! Two 'online' and two being cleaned at all times..As I remember he used 'bluing' and a draw knife to fit the bearing surface.. When finished it looked like a CNC machine did it... Not that they had such a thing then. Hell only China had a puter then (was beads)!

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   87bluejay | Jan 25, 2006 04:16pm | #5

   Thanks Rick for the help. That's along the same line as I was thinking.  Can you post or email me a picture?

   Dave

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   RickL | Jan 25, 2006 08:35pm | #6

   Did it on a friends lathe so no pic but it sounds like you get the gist of it. You could mount it on the outboard as well in case it interfered with your fluting operation. Like most posters you really left a lot of info out as to your lathe head and what type of fluting you are doing. Some lathes have the index holes in the pulley. The nice thing about the plywood disc is if you screw up the spacing you haven't damaged anything expensive which will throw off the balance and create vibration. Plates with all the hole are available for metal index heads and are about $100 and could be adapted. Didn't bother suggesting this as most folks are looking for real cheap but it has a lot of holes for any pattern and the $100 starts to get real cheap when you consider the time and effort.