Guldberg, no advice from me - you look to have things well in hand!
Just wanted to say thank you very much, I'd never thought of having the whole spindle part of the headstock separate :idea: That's going to make my lathe a whole lot easier to build! Fantastic...
Steve - I didn't realize bronze bearings could work so well. I'm re-thinking my design now. I'm surely going to go with the separate spindle-in-headstock idea, but maybe I should drop the AC bearings and go for bronze... Could you tell me what you're using for a thrust bearing? Would higher RPM be a bad idea with your setup?
Anyone want a set of 7212 AC bearings?
Thanks again to you both,
Jason