Logan 1935-2 lathe

[Oldseabee]

In one picture you see that the shaft has the key in it, and no bushing. The bushing was the final piece installed for the gear train.
When you take one of these apart that shaft can only be removed by pushing it to the left as the keyway isn't cut into the whole shaft.. Mr Pete mentioned that but never said how he installed the key. Hope this helps someone on their repairs.
Mike

 

[Oldseabee]

Update. Logan sent out the under drive belt adjustment stud yesterday. That will complete the bottom end. The gear box dive shaft I'm still waiting for. Part # 35 will be here this next week.

 

[Oldseabee]

Progress. I still need one part. A small rectangle key that fits in two gears. Part LA 249. My last shift lever arrived. The fit was too tight so I honed it out. Got the tyranny together 2 day ago and mounted yesterday. Now for the change gear setup.

 

[twhite]

Looking really nice there Mike. You have a brand new machine.


Cutting oil is my blood.

 

[Oldseabee]

Looking really nice there Mike. You have a brand new machine.


Cutting oil is my blood.

Tom, just like new and no RICE. Nothing Chinese on it. All USA made.

 

[Oldseabee]

My lathe is getting close to the finish line. The 3 phase rotary converter is all wired up. Powers up the motor just perfect. But now I have to adjust the belt tension.

 

[Oldseabee]

Progress, and issues. Lathe powers up and everything works as designed
The bad issue is the cast iron piece that the motor mounts too. In the parts diagram parts # 41 allows the motor to swivel. Mine is so froze up that I had to remove the adjustment bolt part # 38. This gives the proper belt tension. But as the belt stretches from use I'll have to remove the whole swing arm which includes the counter shaft. This was all loosened when I installed all of the bearings. The 2 pictures of the inside od the cabinet show engaged lever down and the lever up disengage.

 

[Oldseabee]

This has been a busy month with no timestamp work on the lathe. And we got Covid
My 1st time. My youngest son it's his 4th time.
I'm making slow progress. My tail stock was purchased from a local used machine tool shop who just happened to have the right one. After cleaning it up and mounted on the lathe I knew it still needed to be adjusted
So I purchased a alignment bar. And found out I was close. I was only about 1/4 inch off. Now it dead on.

 

[Shiseiji]

Progress, and issues. Lathe powers up and everything works as designed
The bad issue is the cast iron piece that the motor mounts too. In the parts diagram parts # 41 allows the motor to swivel. Mine is so froze up that I had to remove the adjustment bolt part # 38. This gives the proper belt tension. But as the belt stretches from use I'll have to remove the whole swing arm which includes the counter shaft. This was all loosened when I installed all of the bearings. The 2 pictures of the inside od the cabinet show engaged lever down and the lever up disengage.

First congratulations and great job getting it ready to run. In my experience Scott is always good to work with and given what it costs a business to keep this stuff available, the prices may not be cheap, but neither are they outrageous. IMHO LOL.

FWIW your belt stretch is probably going to be minimal. With the 3 ph motor and VFD you aren't going to have to change the belt for speed changes. Over tight is much worse on the bearings than any belt slip you may encounter and, again your mileage may vary, my experience is any cut that causes belt slipage is usualy for the best! So set it with the recommended slight belt deflection and you probably won't ever have to touch it again.

Scott also hosts/moderates a Logan Groups.io where you will find some files posted you may find helpful as well as information transfered from his former Yahoo! group.

 

[Oldseabee]

Finally feeling better so I'm getting some items taken care of. Mcmaster.com furnished my accordion way cover and that's next to install. I just mounted a new tooling cabinet to house my collection of lathe and mill tools. One of my first lathe jobs will be a replacement drive shaft for the Clausing mill table. It's bent and I can't straighten it so easy to just make a new one.