Advice on Emco Maximat V10 -P

So I finally got it home and wrestled it into the basement. I am really excited but on closer inspection more things seem wrong with it than I originally noticed. The power feed handle is flaccid for a lack of better words. it sags down under its own weight starts to engage the cross feed power. There's also a few places where there was obviously an impact (the handle on top of the milling attachment is one). At any rate I'm going to start cleaning it up.

I'm not sure how far I should delve into this. I'm not going to be able to do a full restore right now (no painting etc.) but it would be nice to hear what I should do as a minimum. I just want it to be clean and functional and then one day down the road I'll do an in depth tear down. I have a baby due in two weeks (and a toddler right now) so spare time is few and far between, and comes at a premium. I am very excited for this and it will definitely be my pet project.

I forgot to mention that I'm not sure if this is an EMCO bench for it? Colour matches, but the layout is different from the ones I have seen pictured. Seems pretty sturdy though, and has the drip tray and all that fun stuff. Sadly, there weren't any hidden treasures to be found.

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Congratulations on your lathe purchase and, more importantly, the expected baby. Best wishes for both.

Most important recommendation: Pay unfailing attention to the family, et all. Nothing is more important.




When you get time for the lathe, wipe all the bare metal surfaces with solvent(s) to remove the unwanted.
Then apply a liberal oil film. I like LPS 2.

Next step is to get a copy of the owners/parts manual. Somebody will have one they will scan for you. Start a specific thread if necessary.

After you've read the manual, you'll want to collect the recommended lubricants and service all lube points and reservoirs.

Get the electrics figured out and connected.

Verify function of the controls and motors.

With your young family, that short list should take a month or two, at least. :grin:

Keep us posted about your progress, including pictures (the baby too). All the best.
 
You won't regret buying it, one of the very best small lathes out there.
Try to spend a little time with the baby though (the human one) so your wife doesn't get mad:p
Mark S.
 
Spend LOTS of time with the family.

That time is precious and fleeting.

The lathe has no emotions and will wait without adverse effects.
 
It's a girl! Now I have one of each.

A guy has some tooling he is selling for both lathes and milling machines. I'm going to measure the lathe bit when I get a chance to see what size it's set up for. I don't have any bits for the milling machine so what should I be looking for? What shank diameter etc? How about cutter head size?

Thanks in advance!
 
Congratulations on the new girl. You know, we say if there are no pictures . . . it didn't happen. :D

For that mill I would be looking for cutter diameters no larger than 3/8" (maybe 1/4") because it's light duty and you're going to have to take light depth of cut (DOC) anyway.
As far as shank size goes, what collets came with milling head? I assume it uses collets, but I don't know for certain.

Did you get an Owners Manual / Parts List yet? That should show you what was intended and what was available.
 
A spare part list and spare parts you can get here:

spare part list:
https://www.emcomachinetools.co.uk/image/data/pdfs/Maximat_V10P_spareparts.pdf

spare parts:
https://www.emcomachinetools.co.uk/spares/emco-maximat-v10p-spares

Niels from the Netherlands sells Emco spare parts, too, but his prices are horrible.

I usually look at:

https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/


I have a Maximat V10 without a mill. I got it from a teacher of the vocational college in Bochum/Germany. It was in best condition.
I mounted a multifix (is it the same word in English?) size AS from PeWeTools, that is a special one for lathes with a distance between centres of about 600mm.
Months later I replaced the top slide and now I use the top slide if a Emco Super 11 that is much more stable. Months later I replaced the top slide and now I use the top slide if a Emco Super 11 that is much more stable.

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Thank you for the reply and the information on parts. Coinci
TeaBagofHorror said:
A spare part list and spare parts you can get here:

spare part list:
https://www.emcomachinetools.co.uk/image/data/pdfs/Maximat_V10P_spareparts.pdf

spare parts:
https://www.emcomachinetools.co.uk/spares/emco-maximat-v10p-spares

Niels from the Netherlands sells Emco spare parts, too, but his prices are horrible.

I usually look at:

https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/


I have a Maximat V10 without a mill. I got it from a teacher of the vocational college in Bochum/Germany. It was in best condition.
I mounted a multifix (is it the same word in English?) size AS from PeWeTools, that is a special one for lathes with a distance between centres of about 600mm.
Months later I replaced the top slide and now I use the top slide if a Emco Super 11 that is much more stable. Months later I replaced the top slide and now I use the top slide if a Emco Super 11 that is much more stable.
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Thank you for the information! Coincidentally I just started to do some tidying up of the lathe (two children take up more more time than one!) and I need to replace the drive belt and I ended up at the https://www.emcomachinetools.co.uk/ site. Good to have a positive review of it. I found Niel's prices a little steep. Should I order an extra (or two) drive belts? Do they fail often or rarely?
 
It is not nessecary to order extra belts. They live for many years and can be bought much cheaper than at www.emcomachinetools.co.uk everywhere on the internet.

For example (Germany) for my V10 (not -P)

http://www.keilriemenexpress.de 200 XL 075 €10,57
instrad of
http://www.nielsmachines.com/de/1072371/emco/ €35 (!!!!)

For a while the machines were sold with POM (delrin) gear wheels on the gear quadrant. When I bought my V10 one of them was broken. I replaced all of them using steel gears with fresh needle bearings and for the gear pair I took the bigger gear with hub on which I mounted the little gear. Into the hub I pressed a hardened bushing I got from the company I worked at. Runs very well but of course it makes a little noise compared to the delrin gears.
The whole machine I cleaned with oven cleaner spray. Worked fine.

Just ordered a Sino DRO. When mounted I´ll send pictures.

Hope my English ist understandable. I´m out of training.

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