I had a little time in the shop today. I had to check the alignment of my lathe and while at it I decided to turn the worm spindle. I had run a test with a bar between centers and since it checked out good I mounted the worm spindle between centers and started to turn the front 1/2" part of the shaft that fits into the front bearing block.
In this first photos I started turning the front bearing shaft diameter to .5"
Then I reversed the shaft to start turning the second bearing surface also to .5".
This time I finished turning all the diameters of the different areas of the shaft and started to thread the 7/16"x 26 portion of the shaft.
The last portion of the spindle this will secure the dividing plates and is threaded to 1/4" x 28.
This is the finished shaft all complete.
In the process of changing back to regular turning, when I shifted the gear box for threading to normal this is what happen. I don't guess anyone has a spare gear. My lathe is now down till I can make another gear. The bearing block will have to be turned on the lathe so I am at a standstill till I can improvise.
Till I can get my lathe back up I will be a while getting back to this and I have work also to take care of.
Don