So now that I can actually turn something, I "worked over" this piece. This is an attachment intended to beef and stabilize the cross slide some, and give you more tool mounting options. I bought this used, and whoever finished it, turned the bottom flat on a lathe.........only it "ain't" flat. It rocks on the cross slide.
So the plan is to turn a relieve here near the circular dovetail, then strap it down to the mill and make a light clean up cut to flatten the bottom
I can already tell that the relief cut helped, as it does not rock "so much." So that was part of the problem. I'll probably mount it to this unknown taper attachment crossslide, and use 2-3 bolts up through the bottom to clamp things together. It should be fairly rigid.
Not sure, but might have come from this outfit or similar:
http://www.statecollegecentral.com/metallathe/index.html
This one is intended for the SB but is quite different from this one here
http://www.statecollegecentral.com/metallathe/S-4382.html
It was a PITA to get it centered in this old chuck LOL
The crossslide for the unknown taper attachment. It will require a bit of work
You would not want much bigger work on this little 10" lathe
The relief done, and here you can see the tool marks where the previous owner turned the bottom. This would have been fine if his lathe was true, but "it wasn't."
And, bought some cheap Chineso DROs off th' bay. I think I paid under 80 bucks. The long one is not long enough for the entire bed, but I did not want to spend that much. I'll turn the cover hinge support (off the old 9") into a bed support for that DRO. I can move it if I need to reposition.
