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Thank you JPG and Bob, this info helps a lot!! I know now I have all the parts to the lathe, Thanks again.

thanks for the help. I'm just learning about these things, if the Spur center attaches to the drive shaft of the motor, then yes that's what I meant by drive center. The tailstock dead center must be the non power end of the lathe? If that's the case then there must be bearings involved, right? If ...

I rescued an old Magna #R5 140 had been sitting in an old leaky shed for about 12 yrs. brought it home shined her up and now I'm trying to put her back together. Parts are missing, the live center and drive center and the stop collars(I think)for the lathe assembly. I'm not sure what it came with ...