Heavy 10 project

[Chester]

Wood

Woodtickgreg, the gears I am talking about, one is below the stacked gears and the smaller one on the outside. The other would be the lower right gear that appears to be thicker. Hope that help and thanks for such a quick response, Chester

 

[woodtickgreg]

Wood

Woodtickgreg, the gears I am talking about, one is below the stacked gears and the smaller one on the outside. The other would be the lower right gear that appears to be thicker. Hope that help and thanks for such a quick response, Chester

Ok, I will get you my measurements and tooth count when I get home from work today and post it here.

 

[Tamper84]

Maybe I missed it, but what year was this lathe made?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[woodtickgreg]

Maybe I missed it, but what year was this lathe made?

Thanks,
Chris

Mine is a 49. don't know what year chester's is.
Chester, here is the measurements, just fractional, if you need decimal let me know. The wide gear box input gear on the bottom right is 3 3/4" and 66 tooth.
The gear assy on the bottom left is 3 5/8" for the large gear 1 3/8 for the small gear, 64 and 22 teeth respectfully. Hope this helps to narrow down your problem.

 

[Chester]

Mine is a 49. don't know what year chester's is.
Chester, here is the measurements, just fractional, if you need decimal let me know. The wide gear box input gear on the bottom right is 3 3/4" and 66 tooth.
The gear assy on the bottom left is 3 5/8" for the large gear 1 3/8 for the small gear, 64 and 22 teeth respectfully. Hope this helps to narrow down your problem.

I just sent for, a few days ago, the serial card number from south bend, I guess this will tell the year of my lathe and other things. I don't know too much about it, i got it in pieces. I do know it had the wrong gear cover door, wrong countershaft and many missing part. I was able to buy and make many parts, I was doing OK until I hit the gears. This why I cannot tell Rick and you how just how much help this forum has been to me. I was very lost in Pennsylvania and feeling down with out any direction. I am going to check with Rick to see if his gears are the same, I am sure they are. Now I can show him with your pictures and what gears I was talking about. Nothing but good advice here. I will show you pictures of the lathe when I get the auto feed going, then ,after I get it home and see I have all the parts and it is running, I will take it apart and paint it, and change and clean all the oil fittings. I hope it looks 50% as good as yours and Rick's lathe does when i am done!! Thanks, Chester

 

[pjf134]

Chester,
If you list your serial number on the lathe one of us can look it up and give you a year. There is a site for this and many of us can look it up for you.
Paul

 

[Chester]

Chester,
If you list your serial number on the lathe one of us can look it up and give you a year. There is a site for this and many of us can look it up for you.
Paul

Hi, the serial number is 78891, I try but couldn't find it. I know the people here know a lot more, so thank you for your help.

 

[mrtechnologist2u]

Hi it looks like your lathe was built prior to September in 1938 acording to http://www.wswells.com/

A lot of good info on that site.

 

[woodtickgreg]

I have been working on the lathe when I get time after working 2 jobs and therapy for my arm, thanksgiving etc. In the first pic I installed the lead screw cover before I painted it, glad I did, it was so close to the oil caps that I had a hard time getting my fingers in there to open the caps. Second pic shows how I filed it a bit for better access, then I painted it. The belt cover was missing when I got the lathe and I found one on ebay, I painted the underside of it and buffed the top for a little shine, I think it looks nice. I then installed the reproduction tags.

 

[woodtickgreg]

I then installed the bull gear and back gear covers, the little bull gear flipper cover was also missing. I found a whole set on ebay, all cast iron, the 2 gear covers that came with the lathe where aluminum, I used the cast iron ones. Then I cleaned up the tags for the gear cover and pinned them in place and installed the cover. Another pic of the polished belt cover and bull gear flipper cover. You can see the belt cover has a little gap in it, I cannot get it adjusted any better, it appears to be warped, I don't dare try and straighten cast aluminum! I'll live with it, the only part of the restore I am not fully happy with, but like I said, the original was missing and this is still better. In the third and fourth pic you can also see a 3'x3' sheet of aluminum that I got from work for free, I'm going to mount that to the wall when the lathe is set in it's final resting place as a back splash. Also got some 1 1/4" round hot roll to play with.