JRSLICK22,
May want to consider what i did for covering the screw on my converted Atlas lathe.
Works great and was better than usiing a shower curtain rod cover. 
RICH

Neat idea.
Aluminium? That tends to scuff and wear a bit normally.
Some shim SS or brass would look awful neat though ...

Cheers

Nice days work.  Sometimes when you step back for a couple days, you redo things ....  Evolution of the lathe, can't wait to see the chips flying.

JH

I got the belt today and mounted the motor, all indicators seem good, sprocket is just for hand cranking the axis for testing.



Spent a little time getting her plumbed up also:

Looking good
Only comment I would make is copper pipe may be better if its anywhere near where hot swarf may be.
Hood

Z Motor mount is all done, i haven't had a lot of time as of late but i am still trying to make progress on this project.

WOW!


What a fantastic job. I am halfway through a CNC conversion on this same lathe, but my enclosure is no where near as great as that one. I'm a total nube when it comes to this stuff and I am glad I have found this thread. Keep up the great work.

Please start a threat id love to see your machine.

I got the Z axiz nut mount cut out and mounted tonight.
from the front:



and the back:



I even went as far as hooking the step motors up to my mills 4th axis (mill runs servos on the other axis), so i guess......its alive!

cheers

I got the Z axiz nut mount cut out and mounted tonight.

Looks very neat.
I have a tiny concern about the rigidity of that mount though. The ball screw is a long way (so to speak) from the friction on the bed. The original had a rack attached much closer to the bed.  I would think about adding a little bit of reinforcing to the plate but parallel to the bed myself, but I may be fretting too much.

Unless, of course, you could move the ball screw a lot closer to the surface of the bed?

Cheers