Hello from Georgia,
Just getting registered has been quite an adventure, but I finally did it.
I have been reading the forum for awhile now and am astounded at the wealth of experience and willingness to share knowledge and techniques.

To share a little about me, after discharge, I built cars for a year and could not stand the boredom and quit. I moved to Ga. And built new airplanes for 15 years then moved to an airline and repaired them for 25 years. I worked with the sheet metal repair side of it a good bit of that time.
I retired in 2003 and started woodworking, building stereo centers, coffee tables, bent lamp etc. I also learned pen making and made a lot of them.
I recently acquired a Sears Craftsman 5492892 metal lathe. From what I have been told, it is the same lathe as the emco compact 8. The lathe set in storage for six years, but was well taken care of. I started checking metal working forums and individual’s website’s to gain some knowledge and confidence. The lathe came with a lot of tools, but I have identified many that I will need to acquire and have not identified many that I have.
I also will need to build something to allow milling. I have a couple of issues I will discuss in another area.
Now that I have bored you to death, I will talk with you later.
Tink