Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message

The last lathe I used was a worn out navy surplus lathe in high
school. Both of which are long gone. I doubt that the new high school
even has a metal shop, but they spent millions on the football field.

A lathe is still useful with only a handwheel to turn the leadscrew. The 6"
Sears/AA is like that, the Prazi doesn't even have halfnuts to release the
carriage.
http://www.ismg4tools.com/sd300.html


A lot of what I need a lathe for won't require the gears. I have
been looking at some Arduino CNC projects and thought that a conversion
might be interesting if the repair and conversion costs are close.

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