Greetings, I had a 13" S.B. lathe many years ago, when I had room for it, and was with my first wife. I loved that lathe, and made a lot of small things with it. including a cannon with a 2" bore, and a 42" long barrel. I now have limited space, and don`t have access to the tools necessary to put together a gear speed reducer. Grizzly G0602, 150 rpms is too fast for me to thread on{ this lathe`s slowest speed}. Now,  I`m thinking about buying a speed reducing gear box, probably from some place like ebay, with a 5 to 1 ratio, with one of the shafts holding the original cone motor pulley. I`m asking you machinists, if this is the right way to go, and what you would recommend for a already built, speed reducing gearbox. No, I don`t really have room for a bigger lathe. After I get this problem solved, I want to look into being able to thread or feed in either direction. BTW, I`m not opposed to the idea of buying a ready to install reducer from one of you folks. Your thoughts please?………….Thanks, Art.

norman said:

Hey you need to check out my speed reducer, and the reverse tumbler gears both are for the G0602 lathe and are on this forum.

Norman, I`m sure that they work exceedingly well, and I did check them out, but you are obviously a multi-talented machinist, and I am not. I stated in my post that as of yet, I don`t have the capabilities to fabricate these mods from scratch. Maybe you can`t help me. Judging by the the popularity of this model lathe, I`m sure that I`m not alone in seeking a simple way to make these mods. I have not bought this  lathe yet, but plan to next month, because I like the price, and the size fits my space. I also looked at the 11x26" gear head Grizzly lathe, for a few dollars more, but could not see any real advantage over the G0602, as it has the same speeds, and just feeds to the left……..Art