Proud Owner 1220

I just wanted to post about my 25 year old 1220.
It has been a great machine. I never used the mill attachment
after trying it a few times.
Over the years I have gotten more tooling as the need came up.
One of the first things I done was to put a QCTP on. This made
my infrequent jobs delightful.
Now that I have semi retired I use the lathe more as I have more
free time. I have watched videos on people improving their
equipment.
So I have added a Electronic Lead Screw, home brew using
Arduino / Stepper. GREAT addition. Sure makes it fun to do
turns and boring holes.
Next was a tool post drill adapter. Used a chuck off a unused
drill, and some drill rod. My greatest accomplishment was cutting
the dove tail to mount on my QCTP. This addition is very handy
when needing to spot drill for set screws etc.
Then just messing around I wanted (did not need) a digital
readout on my tail stock. It works but have not needed it yet.
Over the course of 25+ years the 1220 has done very well!
I can bore straight, turn to exact sizes when needed.
I only have done minor maintenance such as belts, shim for
backlash, and clean.
A couple of pictures attached. Sorry about picture rotated wrong.
Tried to fix but could not edit.
olf20 / Bob

Here is that photo rotated to the correct orientation:

https://www.cnczone.com/forums/attac...d=500356&stc=1

The incorrect orientation problem stems from relatively recent phone cameras saving images differently than they used to. Now they store the image any-which-way and put info about the 'normal' orientation into the image EXIF data, expecting that EXIF data to be used to orient the photo correctly. But older forum software like the vBulletin4 used here is not aware of that EXIF rotation process -- so images sometimes are in the wrong orientation.

I used my local PC to rotate the image, then re-saved it that way, and re-uploaded it. Alternatives include using a free online utility to rotate images, like this one: https://www.resizepixel.com/

Thank you! I tried several times but could not get it
correct.
Thanks again.
olf20 / Bob