Ended on 08/22/15

Sweet!

@dchomak - Thank you. I tend not to think about people not being able to see the vids. I need to take stills too, but I never seem to remember.

The final setup looks very nice!

@dchomak,

Using a cherry picker and 3 straps are managed in the middle answered my inquiry. Thanks.
(Firefox does not “like” flash video.)

Has anyone, ever seen OL smile? I would like to see a picture of that. OL smiling with a kitten in his arms.

Updated the OP again.

Should I select another format other than Flash? Iframe? Shockwave? Windows Media? Realmedia?

I can choose any of those when I insert the video in the post.

Facebook and Mozilla say Flash has serious security issues — that means you embed malwares/virus :slight_smile: If it’s no trouble Windows Media is preferred.

I upload videos to youtube. Doesn't youtube convert them when they are uploaded? I have to find out about that. When I link here, is when the Flash format comes in, because it's the default format on this forum, in the drop down list, when adding a video via the advanced post format method.

Are others going to have a problem seeing Windows Media?, since so many do not use windows at all, or use tablets?

Sounds like it’s time to join a hobby machinist forum. Maybe you’ll bring back some flashaholics. :slight_smile:

No problem here, maybe a change of browser is in order. Or you can click the youtube button on the lower part of the video to go to youtube and view the html5 stream. It doesn’t matter OL how you upload them, Youtube converts them anyway to multiple formats for compatibility.

In that case it’s better to stay in the Flash format.

Congrats my friend. You deserve it.

I can’t wait to see the creations that you make with this new rig.

Just thought I would mention that I can watch your videos on my iPhone6 and Apple will not permit flash.

I really hesitated in posting this OL. My fear is that once you start modding your lathe, we will never see you again! :bigsmile:

There are some simple improvements here though that you may want to consider. This is a very entertaining video.

I like the idea of a readily accessible bit shelf and indexing the tailstock but no how to’s on any of the more complex ideas. The cam locks seem like a good idea as well.

I'm not really looking to mod much, but anything that makes loosening or tightening easier, like the change on the tailstock, is interesting. One of the very first things I will do, is to find new handles for the compound. The carriage wheel and Crossover wheel both have the type of handle with a thru bolt and the outer handle spins freely. The Compound rest handles are just solid, so if you want to turn the compound much at all, the handles come out and it's a pain to turn, so I want to find or make handles like the larger ones. I doubt I will do any mods, to turn it into a digital read out lathe, nor will I mount calipers, or dial indicators permanently, but you never know. I would like to mount an electronic stop switch in front of the carriage, so the machine would E-stop if the carriage were to get too close to the chuck. That I could see as a safety mod.

just one question- what did your wife say when you told her the BLF would buy you a lathe ? And what was her reaction when it arrived! I would love to know that! :bigsmile:

I'd hazard a guess the Mrs OL grabbed Mr OL in a loving embrace and smothered him in kisses and spoke words of understanding and happiness, then again I'm not right very often.

Some things just aren’t meant to be discussed.

08/08/15 - Updated in the bottom of the OP, about Grizzly issues.

I'd suggest to purchased brand name belts as the durability on no name branded belts is terrible.

Thanks for the updates.