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[PJs]

Nice mods Stevoh! Carriage lock has been on the list and yours looks pretty good. Think I'm heading for a low profile lock handle and spring load it like I did on the tail stock slide. I see you have the saddle gear cover also and like the sheet metal cover on the cross slide too. Another thing on the list are felt way wipers.

Mine didn't come with a flip guard, so I just hang my chuck key kitty corner from in the corner of the chip guard. Learned a long time ago Take the Chuck key Out on dads old radial head DP setup for high rpm, wizzed by my head and stuck in the wall...wheew dodged that bullet. After that it was tied to the head post with parachord, just long enough to reach the chuck plus an inch.

The tail stock DRO was one of my favorite and useful mods, next to all the work I did on the tail shaft itself to clean up the rock and chisel work it came with. Appreciate that it was helpful.

Don't know if you are familiar with the Tools and Mods website but Marty Nissen "A Project Lathe" was the inspiration for me to take the 14" bed the next levels. So many people sharing about these here and all over is a real treat!

PJ