Show us your lathe?

[Imagineering]

Do the AT5 guys pay you a commision?

Cheers for the advice though, I have some 5M HTD belts and a few pulleys lying about because the pulleys are easy to machine on a CNC; a quick google suggests HTD 5m might essentially just be an upgraded AT5 anyway. So I'm happy.
Can't recall what pulleys I have but will try and maximize size on the spindle to minimise play as well.

If you have the capability with your CNC Machine, run a small EndMill down the Gullets of the Pulley so the the Belt doesn't touch. The problem with the standard Belt/Pulley system is that the top of the Belt Tooth sits on the Pulley Gullet and allows movement between the Belt & Pulley when reversing direction - causing a lot of angst and frustration.

No Commission, just a bit of wasted $$ and above mentioned angst finding this out.

[TLDV8]

Thanks for the Heads-Up on checking the Change Gears before committing to a cut.

There was nothing wrong with the gear train insructions, all operator error.
I cut a 1.25 mm pitch thread off the suggested gears today and it did just that, I will put that last time down to old age.
This time I checked before hand.

[mr bucketracer]

550 kg peice of 1040 steel to make a dyno roller . 15hp tos lath

[Imagineering]

550 kg peice of 1040 steel to make a dyno roller . 15hp tos lath

Shit! My whole Lathe weighs that much.

[speights_bud]

550 kg peice of 1040 steel to make a dyno roller . 15hp tos lath

Worked with a similar sized Tos where I did my apprenticeship. Except the bed was just over 4metres long. Sweet machine, did some choice big long jobs in that. Lots of stainless shafts for watties etc.

Gutted good smart phones weren't there to snap pics. Not allowed to take photos of the injection mould tooling I make now

I always liked the Tos feed mechanism set up. Nice and simple to operate.

[mr bucketracer]

the bed on this one is around 3.5 metres , yes simple to use and diffient . it runs 2x 7.5hp motors , has a hydraulic copying attachment and was used for making some of the first mag wheels in new zealand .ward mags