After the fiasco on the last post, I have actually managed to get something done about it.
As you know, I keep all my little offcuts. Well this time they came in very handy. The bits I cut off the ends of the gibs were rough cut up and placed in the jibs to fill up the previously cut slots.

A quickie makeshift hearth, a bit of creamy mixed flux and a tiny bit of silver solder. Give it a bit of heat.

And you end up with two filled in slots. Not pretty, but they won't come apart. Ali bronze, from previous experience, is an absolute pig to silver solder. But by keeping the heat on a bit longer, I managed to get it to flow.

By using the accurate tapers to my advantage, I had no trouble holding the strips to dress down the excess filler blocks.
A few dressing cuts and it was difficult to see where the repair was done.

On this shot, by using my taper blocks, I set up my mini vice to hold the strips at the correct angle (45 degs) to cut the new angled slots. As before, I lit up the background to see when everything was spot on.

Slots cut, screws nearly finished by putting a slot in the end but the threads still need to be cut, and it is all starting to look promising.

This is the rough position for the new holes. The blocks were mounted up as before and the new holes drilled and tapped.

All bits now assembled and work a treat.

If luck is with me tomorrow, I will get it all assembled and tried out on the lathe. After that is proved, the redundant holes will be filled in and the mounting blocks will be dowel pinned.
Then if all is still OK, I will start on the final assembly and setting up of the lathe. Just got to work out where all the electric string goes, as Darren delivered it partly stripped.
Red to red, black to black, green, haven't a clue.
Bogs