rebuild

I am starting a new thread covering the restoration of my newly acquired hydraulic press, to continue story from the thread of how and why I bought it. Here: https://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/pressing-need.115144/ I am also moving a couple of posts from that thread here, to avoid...

Like my title says, did Logan put shims under their headstocks? I took my lathe apart to rebuild it and noticed that there was a 0.005" shim under one corner of the headstock on the flat sides. I'm trying to figure out if someone who owned the machine before did this or if it was from factory.

I was wondering if anyone knows of a gear to replace the S7-60 helical gears in the knee? The ones in this MFC seem to have seen better days. Was also wondering what size the thrust bearing is supposed to be. This machine just had some brass washers. Thanks!

I recently picked this pair of machines up locally from craigslist, they were rough but I think I got a good deal. Grizzly G4000 lathe and What appears to be a JET JMD-18. IMG95201707019517420258795HDR by Ryan383 posted Jul 18, 2017 at 5:15 PMIMG952017070195174153213 by Ryan383 posted Jul 18...

Well a few weeks back while attempting to get my Bridgeport table feed to quit letting it's magic smoke out. (There is another thread on that mess.) I decided to start working on the top end. The top end was making a horrible amount of noise that got worse as you increased the speed. My first...

Mission: retrofit control system, remove unnecessary components, bring machine back from DEAD! make machine operate ASAP ! (wanted it yesterday) Before: disassembled... after control retrofit: yes, there are a million wires present.... i have had bowls of spaghetti that have looked tamer...