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Thanks for the replies and advice. Please educate me, what should the spindle look like? @Russ yes I will file a bit of taper on the end. Appreciate it.

It's lost a bit, I would guess less than 1/4". Still works fine.

New to the board, and thought I would share a story.
I guess this is how a lot of people arrive at a SS or TS these days - my dad passed away and it came to me. I let it sit for some years and collect dust, but recently moved to a new place with a nice shop room where I can try it out.
So the first ...