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Hi there,

Outstanding resto on the l5.

I too am in the middle of an l5 rebuild, not quite to your standard but still doing my bit to keep and old 'quality ' machine in service for years to come.

I have a question about the burrs you too had on yours.
I want to strip out the headstock and file off the mushroomed teeth on the gears where they have clashed in not so delicate use (ex college lathe I guess).
Did you encountere any noise issues after this, and did It make a marked improvement in engagement.

Currently got the main body in new paint,

Looking good Paul - have you considered starting a thread on your rebuild?

I will et one going on here, I have one on migwelding forum

Hi Paul , nice job on the rebuild, good to see another Harrison  have a second life. Filing the burrs off the gears did make engagement easier as it was sticky before, I dont think it made it any more noisy after but also dont think it made it any quieter either mind, I would just try to remove the raised buldged out bits. I think most of the noise is from the change gears, if you take the change gear off and run the lathe you will get an idea of how much noise is from the head stock gears rather than the change gears.
  Keep up the good work.
 Cheers Mick