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Well, I haven't been on here for a few years it seems and missed some messages. I apologize for the late responses. @pickles - I sold my Gulf blue 1981 911 that was backdated with a 930 turbo drivetrain on BaT in 2019. It has since been resold to new owners on BaT in 2024 and 2026 (link -...

Finished the solid tool post for the V10P today. 20mm diameter post for the Multifix size A quick change tool holder. I can run up to 3/4” tooling in this. The last pic shows 3/8” cutoff tool in a holder and how high it’s raised to align to centerline of the lathe. It gives me lots of options on...

ODIS, I'm about a year and a half late, but thanks for the kind words.

In the picture of the V10P above you can see the partially finished solid tool post for that lathe sitting on the cross slide. The V10P and the Maximat 7 have different centerline heights and different cross slide T-slot widths, so I couldn't just reuse the one from the 7 on the 10. The V10P...

On the Maximat 7 I had fabricated a solid tool post to mount a new multifix style tool holder and replace the compound slide. This is something I had read about others doing as it eliminates an area of flex and movement by removing the compound and allows a small machine to make deeper cut in...

My V10P was the Mentor version that was intended to be a teaching lathe. That means it came on its own stand and the electrical control switches were mounted on the stand instead of on the headstock of the lathe. The headstock mounted switches on these lathes are known to be problematic and...

Well, I haven't posted for a while. For the last year plus I have been rebuilding a 1916 Craftsman home in Seattle. This was a full time work project on which I self performed almost all aspects. While some might call it a house flip, it was more accurately a restomod with all systems and...

Steve - thanks. I like the knob too. I want to do something similar for the speed control dial as well.

Thanks guys. Appreciate the compliments. I finished the base today as well.

The base is made out of laminated Baltic birch plywood.

It’s a personal preference thing!

The cabinets are old metal kitchen cabinet from Homart that were sold by Sears. I build all my work benches out of them.

Here is it's matching drill press.

I thought I'd share my bandsaw project. I picked up a 1950's Craftsman 103.24280 saw recently, restored it, built a custom base, and converted it for cutting metal as well as wood. The saw itself was actually in VERY good condition mechanically and only had minor cosmetic issues on the...

And here is the saw mounted on the base. It is now fully functional and ready to be used, but I still need to finish the front cabinet door for the base, which will be on hinges to allow easy access and storage of spare blades in the base.

While I was restoring the saw, I was also finishing up the base. My neighbors are professional painters and gave me the dregs of a 5 gal bucket of Miller brand Acrylic Undercoat to use as a high build primer. I used this on the wood base in preparation for paint and was REALLY impressed with...

Here are pics of the completed saw.

Even through the new saw was in very good condition, I fully disassembled it, cleaned and inspected everything, and repainted it. The bearings were in good shape and did not need replacing.

It was interesting to compare the two saws side by side. The later model saw has a boxed internal section for strength as compared to the open truss section used in the earlier saw. The later style boxed section is MUCH stiffer, and allows you to make all you tension adjustments and tracking...

It was right at this point in the project that my craigslist search turned up a good condition earlier model of the bandsaw (model 103.24280) local to me for $125. I went and inspected it and confirmed the feet size and locations were identical to my old saw and thus would work with the base I...