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- Oct 15, 2011
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about 18 months ago i bought a logan 920 at auction. managed to brake a hinge bracket in the move. it had been brazed before so i wasnt the first one.This is the lathe on arrival
this is the problem
i bought some round bar stock(cold rolled steel) at the local dealer. the guy asked me where i wanted him to put the stock and i told him he could hand it to me if it was okay. he looked at me funny and reread the work order. he had cut 12 feet instead of 12 inches. his co workers laughed at him and i waited patiently. i took it home and cut it to the appropriate lenght. then to drill it i tacked it to some flat stock and into the drill press it went. since doing this i have bought and installed a cross slide table for the press. as you can see the hole isnt exactly centered.
after that i "welded" the round to the flat. its ugly and im not a welder by any stretch of the imagination.
so i did some grinding
then i did some painting with a rattle can
then i put the new part in the lathe its on the right of the photo. you can see the other one that didnt brake on the left.
just received the motor i ordered for the lathe and should have it repowered this week. that'll be another post. if you cant tell im new to the metal working world. but just between doing this and now i would have gone about it a different way and i think had more accurate results if not better ones. questions and comments welcomed.
dave
this is the problem
i bought some round bar stock(cold rolled steel) at the local dealer. the guy asked me where i wanted him to put the stock and i told him he could hand it to me if it was okay. he looked at me funny and reread the work order. he had cut 12 feet instead of 12 inches. his co workers laughed at him and i waited patiently. i took it home and cut it to the appropriate lenght. then to drill it i tacked it to some flat stock and into the drill press it went. since doing this i have bought and installed a cross slide table for the press. as you can see the hole isnt exactly centered.
after that i "welded" the round to the flat. its ugly and im not a welder by any stretch of the imagination.
so i did some grinding
then i did some painting with a rattle can
then i put the new part in the lathe its on the right of the photo. you can see the other one that didnt brake on the left.
just received the motor i ordered for the lathe and should have it repowered this week. that'll be another post. if you cant tell im new to the metal working world. but just between doing this and now i would have gone about it a different way and i think had more accurate results if not better ones. questions and comments welcomed.
dave