Thanks Bob, Yes a gang tooled slide would be nice. I'll have to get pretty motivated again one day before I put much work into this machine again. For now it is a just a lot of fun to use as is.

Will, the turnbuckle link just stops the belt from tugging/pulling on the headstock. I should have had it there from the get-go. Without it in place, vibrations/ resonances would be transferred into the surface finish, mainly at higher spindle speeds while feeding slowly. It made a pretty big difference.


Steve