Screw moving under power

 

Guide Rollers

Putting the lathe to work:

CPW Coiling

 Austin and I turned on Mike's tesla coil in the parking lot outside MITERS, for MIT's Campus Preview Weekend.  One precharge switch and resistor got toasted, but otherwise it ran flawlessly for two nights in a row:

Chips

Lathe restoration has gone much more smoothly than anticipated:

Lathe Preview

Lathe backstory and move post to come, but here's a sneak-peak.  Lots to do still to get it up and running, but so far I've been amazed by how little wear there is under all the gunk.