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A machine shop near me recently decided that they no longer needed a couple of lathes, and I got them for the very reasonable price of free. I kept one of them myself, and sold the other one to my company. I'm looking for manuals for them.
The one at work is a Frejoth F1-900G, 1988 vintage. It came with a 3-jaw and a tool post, nothing else. It's in much poorer condition than the other one, which is why I didn't keep it. (Of course, the day after I took it in, someone knocked it over with a forklift, and that didn't really help things out too much either.)
The one that I kept is branded as Central Machinery (therefore Harbor Freight) but the very scanty information that I've been able to find on it says that it was made by a company called Dar Sin Machinery, in Taiwan. The nameplate says it was made in 1990. It came with 3- and 4-jaw chucks, 2 tool holders, live and dead centers, and two steady rests. Oh, and the stand. Both of them are on stands.
Okay, now here we go with the questions:
1. The Central Machinery unit has a little bit of surface rust on the bed ways, but there's no pitting or anything. What's the best thing to use to clean that up?
2. Manuals, wiring diagrams, parts lists - any idea where to find them?
3. ... I'll probably come up with #3 as soon as I click the 'Post' button.
A machine shop near me recently decided that they no longer needed a couple of lathes, and I got them for the very reasonable price of free. I kept one of them myself, and sold the other one to my company. I'm looking for manuals for them.
The one at work is a Frejoth F1-900G, 1988 vintage. It came with a 3-jaw and a tool post, nothing else. It's in much poorer condition than the other one, which is why I didn't keep it. (Of course, the day after I took it in, someone knocked it over with a forklift, and that didn't really help things out too much either.)
The one that I kept is branded as Central Machinery (therefore Harbor Freight) but the very scanty information that I've been able to find on it says that it was made by a company called Dar Sin Machinery, in Taiwan. The nameplate says it was made in 1990. It came with 3- and 4-jaw chucks, 2 tool holders, live and dead centers, and two steady rests. Oh, and the stand. Both of them are on stands.
Okay, now here we go with the questions:
1. The Central Machinery unit has a little bit of surface rust on the bed ways, but there's no pitting or anything. What's the best thing to use to clean that up?
2. Manuals, wiring diagrams, parts lists - any idea where to find them?
3. ... I'll probably come up with #3 as soon as I click the 'Post' button.
