Thanks to all of the excellent advice from Buckshot and others, I now have my Logan 9" lathe up and running and it meets or exceeds all expectation. It is real jewel with plenty of life and accuracy left in the old girl whose was born in 1947. It came with tons of tooling, but it is of the same vintage as the lathe.
With the 4 jaw chuck and a dial indicator I can pretty well center round stock up +- .001 but it is slow. I am now ready to make the leap to collets. I have some ready cash, so I don't have to do it on the cheap. Here are the lathe specs
Hole through headstock - 25/32
Spindle thread 1 1/2 X 8
My mind is running toward a Bison collect (5C) chuck. It comes in a regular and a "Set-Tru" models and I am not certain which would be better.
I will be using this mostly to make sizing dies and other reloading stuff, so what collets do I need? I hate to spend money for something I don't need.
What is your counsel on this matter?
I am also finding the old lantern tool post to be slow. What else is out there better and quicker? I have a full set of the old Armstrong tool holders that fit in the lantern/rocker tool holder. Is there a quick change gizzy in which I can use the old tool holders?
Thanks for any help you can give.