Repairing Atlas 10" lathe

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Ross,

I'm sorry, I should have said that I realised it wasn't a gear/rack problem.

Irving has said it all.

but the apron is non movable

Almost everything on that lathe is moveable, you just need to know how to move it.

The peening, as far as I can remember was a real rough job, and I think I ground down mine to be level with the face of the gear, then centre popped around the edges of the shaft joint to keep the gear in place.

Things like this really are a 'suck it and see' exercise, and you just do what is required to get the machine running correctly. The clones were never meant to be a super high accuracy machine, but with a little work, they can easily be turned into one.

John