I don't know about the others, but I use Flickr.  Uploading is fairly 
painless, and you can sort photos into albums.  You can even add 
comments to the pictures.

   Whatever you do, please, PLEASE do not use Photobucket.  They have 
WAY to many ads.

Here is one example of my Flickr albums.

   Setting up a new D1-4 Gator chuck and backing plate:
https://flic.kr/s/aHskx9AGfK




On 02/01/2017 08:11 AM, dragon wrote:
> Kirk,
>
> You have a big brother of the lathe that followed me home! It literally
> followed me on a trailer ;) Your's does look in rough shape.
>
> It is a 1979 Jet 1024P made in Taiwan. It came with a companion, a 1980
> Jet JVM-626 benchtop knee mill. While old and definitely used, mine were
> very well cared for. I even got a bunch of the paperwork and the
> original tools and tool boxes. They both have 1.5hp spindle motors. The
> mill came with a 5" riser, 4" Kurt and an 8" rotary table that I plan to
> turn into an A-axis. The lathe came with steady rest, 3-jaw, faceplate,
> and a spare chuck backing plate.
>
> My plans for the lathe...
> - leave the apron on for a bit of extra mass and put ballnut inside
> - 3 phase motor and VFD combo
> - ditch spindle belt engagement system
> - ditch the belt drive counter shaft if possible
> - remove the compound
> - T-slot plate for top of cross slide to allow gang tooling
> - remove power feed/threading gearbox on headstock
> - remove all of the threading gear train under the left cover and add
> encoder for threading
>
> I have scrounged or found cheap the following parts so far...
> - E661 servo motors with encoders
> - 30A@60v output transformers
> - rectifiers and capacitors
> - a couple of almost new 2hp 3 phase motors (free on CL)
> - ballscrews for the knee and Y on the mill
> - ~750 lbs. chunk of granite to mount the lathe on
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion for somewhere to host the build/conversion
> progress and post pictures?
>
> -Todd

-- 
MC Cason
Eagle3D - Created by Matthias Weißer
github.com/mcason/Eagle3D



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