As many of you know I do this retro-fit thing professionally, but in this case I looking for some input on a “project” I’m working on.
I picked up a 10” Boxford lathe on eBay gift priced at $225. It’s a model MK10 made about 1970-ish, and is basically a British South Bend clone with a few refinements.
Now, I’m not asking what to do to it, as I already have some ideas for that, but I was wondering about using Turcite on the ways.
Turcite is a special plastic that is designed for stuff like this and has some really amazing properties, but alas is far from cheap at about $5 per square inch. Yes, the Turcite will cost about as much as the lathe, I do realize that.
My question is:
Have any of you used it, and what do you think?
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Aaron Moss
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