Here's a
Link to the photo's I took of it Allen.
The whitish bracket in the first pic is a mounting bracket I hope to use for the control panel which is seen in the top of the tool box. I need to fab a bracket for it still.
It's kinda hard to make out since I painted it black but I had to weld the 2 motor mount brackets onto the back of the original Motor/Pulley plate. I drilled and tapped for mounting the electrical component box on the back, trying my best to move things out of the way of swarf and excess oil. The original motor sat in front and collected 'stuff'...
I had to weld a missing leg onto the belt tensioning/changing bracket to stiffen it up and keep it from popping out but that was minor.
While I was at it I replaced the original particle board top on the bench with the treadmills MDO cause... it's better in every way? But whoever built the stand knew what they were doing as it's framed up for support in all the right places. I have no idea if it was the guy who actually made the lathe (yeah it was made by a Mr. W.G. Hartman in Portland Oregon) or a later owner but for $475 delivered to my door (2 hrs one way), I'm not going to complain a bit.
