My Logan 820 Lathe Journey

[deakin]

fingers should be cast iron. pretty common

 

[wachuko]

fingers should be cast iron. pretty common

Ohh... took it out again to look closer at it. You are correct... cast iron. Good to know.

 

[mattthemuppet2]

Love the new lathe, it'll be a beauty when you're done!

Another option for variable speed is a DC motor, like off a treadmill. So far over been able to do pretty much everything I want on my sb9 with just one belt ratio, though I will be making a 3 sheave counter shaft pulley soon I hope

 

[wachuko]

Okay... Tailstock almost done...




The color is not an exact match to the original... but it is similar enough...






Working on the handle and wheel next...

 

[Jim F]

That dauber would stand out better if it was polished brass.

 

[wachuko]

That dauber would stand out better if it was polished brass.

At first I thought that it was brass and you were calling out that I should have not painted it... so I stripped all paint to discover that it is not brass...

And now I get it... you were suggesting that I make one out of brass... got it.

For now I stripped the paint and polished it. Making one out of brass will be my first brass project. Cool!



Tailstock is done... I did not have the time to polish, to a mirror finish, the handwheel... will do that at a later time.

 

[wachuko]

Strap wrench arrived and was able to remove the chuck... that was easy...

Placed a hex bar in the chuck, strap wrench on the flat head pulley in the headstock, 11/16" wrench on the hex bar and it came loose without a fight.





Union Manufacturing U-770 6" three-jaw chuck. All extra jaws were missing... eventually I would like to get a new chuck for this lathe...

 

[Jim F]

My SB9 has a steel plug, also.
Have a drawing to make a brass dauber, once I am allowed back in the shop.

 

[wachuko]

I am guessing that the previous owner painted the chuck and the switch cover yellow because of his eye sight... to help him see those better... Can't think of why else he would do that.

Removed all the yellow from the chuck. Removed the switch, stripped all the paint and gave it a new coat... was able to get all of the paint of the emblem as well...

I seem to have misplace some spacers that the previous owner had between the motor base and the motor stand base... I will need to figure out the correct thickness to make those... that or figure out the length of a new belt to keep the motor without spacers. Either way, I should be able to get it running again next week...

As mentioned, I will need to go over the wiring... When I tested at the previous owner garage, the lathe was spinning forward whether I had it in FWD or REV... Today I took a quick look and all wires are connected, nothing was loose... So I need to get the diagram and validate that is wired correctly...

Photos...

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After:







More of the anvil blue showing up little by little...

 

[Shiseiji]

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I bought the owners manual but can’t seem to be able to download, email sent to Logan…

The leather belt is fairly new (I have the receipt from 2020).

Motor is not original…or at least the pulley is not... as it is running with a v-pulley on the motor and flat on the top...

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Also, it runs only in one direction…does not matter if the switch is in forward or reverse…

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So a lot of cleaning and sorting out the wiring…

Vee to flat is original. The 1820 is when the change was made.