Good call on getting a different crank. Nice build too - she sounds rowdy 👍👍. Looking forward to seeing it cut at the wood pile...

I like the idea of keeping the gasket the way you did. I'm not sure how much I trust liquid gasket to hold up over time. I'm glad you figured it out and I'm looking forward to seeing how it cuts now. 😎👍

Fantastic showing of all the processes, man you really dig into the saws deep, about two weeks ago i bought a Logan lathe model 200 running condition, got it loaded on the trailer and wanted to put casters on the legs for easy unloading, got that done and was in a rush due to a huge storm arrival well i put a strap on the front of the unit for security and tied off to the front of the trailer, black clouds overhead anyhow i was getting rid of the slack on the strap pushing the lathe towards the back of the trailer And my stupid self in a rush forgot i unhooked the trailer from the truck Well we did a wheelie the lathe and myself went flying the strap broke, i was okay but the lathe landed on the ramp then the ground and suffered damage, talk about totally stupid (me) took an hour to pick it up with a cherry picker by myself and covered it up with a tarp then huge rain what a nightmare. Way cool you got that saw sounding so good have fun