Micke's Vintage Bacho Lathe

[Aardvark]

Gorgeous machine! Outstanding work.

 

[Steve Shannon]

Definitely not the fun part. I'm thinking we should all have an appropriately attired, (3" heels and short-shorts) curvaceous and mute young shop bunny to do that kind of work. Mike

Here's my shop bunny, but it's in hibernation at the moment.

Micke, beautiful work!

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[toolroom]

Beautiful lathe, and great work. You put in a lot of hours there, and it shows!

 

[Micke S]

Thank you guys !

 

[Micke S]

The motor is in place and it is time to order a flat belt. The build up is much more compact with this solution than the original design. But all old parts are saved and could be used again if wanted.



Before

 

[Ulma Doctor]

very beautifully done, great looking machine!

 

[Micke S]

This is almost the end of the project. The Bahco lathe was tested today without remarks I tested it up to 3000 rpm on the spindle and there are no vibrations. This rpm is too much I guess for normal operation with glide bearings, but I wanted to stress it a bit at this test.

I haven't got the right drive belt yet so I used about 5 layers of 3M silver tejp as a temporary solution. I'm surprised how well it work. The inner layer was oriented up side down with some overlap.

 

[roadie33]

Now that's a new use for Duct Tape I've never thought of.
Great job on the lathe.
I wish I had done the same to mine when I first got it, but I was anxious to make some chips.
I guess I'll do the clean and spit shine on the next one.

 

[Micke S]

Yes the Duct Tape works fine for a temporary solution. I'll get the correct belt later this week.

The chuck is now mounted and trued on the spindle.

 

[Micke S]

Project closed by the two last pictures. I made a wrench for the Tool Post nut and the two locking screws. It is made from a new Impact Socket, threaded to M12, and a junk shaft from the bin. The shaft is secured by Loctite 270 (permanent).