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Thats the spirit never give up no matter whats thrown at you....

I measured end play with a depth mic. then turned ,bored and parted off so shim is one piece....

there are 4 bushings and you need to set end play to align pulleys , herters were kind of generous with tolerances ... but tightened up its great. I like the indexing and the anti rverse feature....

I did the same with a forrester, surface ground a hex on cutter side and used an electric drill fast and easy

Thats an interesting idea. I have a motor and foot control off of a jewelers lathe. when I get time I'll see what can be done. the other thing this press has index stops on upper pulley so hook can...

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Heres My old 1940's Herters 11r rotary I think its probably the first rotary vice made ... please excuse mess I threw on shop bench for pictures...410087

what he said , nail polish is just easy, cheap and comes in more colors than you can dream of...

Thats great, hard to beat that spot ...

Splits in the hex pieces, also any real dark areas where water has gotten into. the splits can be fixed but its a pain the water or mold spots I shy away from...loose windings are easy enough to fix...

I actually have more bamboo than anything else, just seem to cast better in my hands....

heres a few older than vintage a pre 300 Mitchell half bale on a bamboo rod from occupied Japan, a 309 Mitchell on a horrock and ibbotson u.l. bamboo, a 305 on another occupied Japan bamboo , and...

Thats why I only kept the shepard408494

thanks for the warm welcome