Andrew, thanks very kindly -- it means a lot coming from you!
I kinda like the way jewelers lathes look, and also I really love the Rolls Royce lathe (I'll find a link in a little bit), though I know I'm not at their level of workmanship. Still, I wanted to make this a personal lathe, and I like old machines, so it's kind of coming out that way. I didn't draw plans for anything except the headstock -- it's just evolved along with this thread.
Kind of ironic that I started it 3 years ago asking folks here what lathe I should buy, because I wanted to build engines right away, and the Gingery wasn't up to the job, and my Craftsman too big to fit on the bench of my tiny shop. I said I didn't want to build a lathe, because that would just delay building engines. Somehow that concept slipped..... Uhhhhhh, yes Steve it would!
When this thing is done, I am building engines
