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My lathe is at least 73 years old , it has Zamak gears and other high pressure alloy injection moulded parts .
The only thing that has been renewed as far as I can see ( recently by me at that ) is the gear on the thread counter , for mine had been over pressured , had crumbled /split and was glued back together with epoxy resin . It worked but could have died at any moment .
There is also one of the smaller drive gears that shows signs of crazing on one side only , I wonder if this has been cleaned with the wrong product or set face down in something that has caused the crystals in the metal to weaken on the damaged face ?
I guess that to make the most of your machine and gears is to clean /lube /grease them regularly and don't over load the feeds .
Keep them on auto when ever possible , make your cuts & feeds as light as an angels kiss not like a boxers knock out wallop .
The only thing that has been renewed as far as I can see ( recently by me at that ) is the gear on the thread counter , for mine had been over pressured , had crumbled /split and was glued back together with epoxy resin . It worked but could have died at any moment .
There is also one of the smaller drive gears that shows signs of crazing on one side only , I wonder if this has been cleaned with the wrong product or set face down in something that has caused the crystals in the metal to weaken on the damaged face ?
I guess that to make the most of your machine and gears is to clean /lube /grease them regularly and don't over load the feeds .
Keep them on auto when ever possible , make your cuts & feeds as light as an angels kiss not like a boxers knock out wallop .
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