@astrid I think like 7 cents so that the balance was a multiple of $10

Here is the finished mandrel and the reason I made it: a copper and brass ring I started making in a jewelry and silversmithing class.
It was not quite soldered properly and the joint has cracked, and it is a little out of round. I'll need the mandrel to hammer closed the point and make it round after soldering it.
The ring mandrel is just big enough to hold the ring at 12mm to 19.5mmon the taper, and 250 mm long. I'll need to get some more steel to make one that goes to 25mm for bigger rings.

Lathe is finally back together and functioning.
Did a small batch of derusting for the change gears and some other random junk.
Used for first project in a long time, a ring mandrel. This was my first time turning between centers, and first to me taper turning between centers. Turned out ok, is shiny.

@astrid stepping on one with bare feet in the dark? Slugs seem to love my front steps

@freya it's difficult if you send a lot of legitimate messages that are largely indistinguishable from spam (reminder, follow ups, marketing content) and don't have IP or domain reputation, which is generally the case for new small to medium businesses. Microsoft will almost immediately blacklist new server IPs if a few messages are marked as spam.

OK, so small road bump, I didn't originally buy this controller for use on this lathe so it's a little too big. So I'm making an enclosure with an improvised acrylic bender. Controller will be mounted behind and to the side of the lathe hopefully out of the path of cutting fluid, chips etc. First half seems to fit.

New controller connected up and tested, pretty sure I'm gonna need to make a new enclosure for it or hack the old PCB supports out of the old one

Mostly reassembled now, initial testing of motor controller done. Pretty happy it actually works as it's been sitting in a box for like 5 years. Also much better than the old setup. The switch used to just swap the motor wires, which is not great, new controller slows the motor then switches it with a relay.