Restoration Of A Lathe Of Unknown Brand ( Completed)

[matas]

Results after the first coat:



second coat is now on, and I'll upload more pictures as it dries and I remove the masking tape and start the assembly.

 

[matas]

Update: second coat nice and dry, and all the masking tape was taken off.
check out this beauty

I will have to do some finishing touches, as I mistook some spots for masking tape and wasn't paying attention to paint it.
Also i have some primer splash that i'll have to clean, but thats easy...
now onto assembly...

 

[partsproduction]

Great work. Did you ever get confirmation as to the make?

 

[matas]

Unfortunately, no
ATM I'm trying to align head stock with lathe bed.
The swivel pins are super tight, it already took 12 hours of my time... I'm affraid to tap it with anything, as i don't want to damage the new paint

 

[matas]

Well guys, this is the finished product, result of much elbow grease and lot of learning.
Thank you all for being a part of my journey and for you help and tips.
Sorry it took so long, but I've been busy on other fields of my life (no, I didn't get married )
Unfortunately, I still haven't started producing chips, as the motor I had decided to /quit.

Please check out the before and after pictures:

 

[4GSR]

I take it, the green hammerite didn't work out and you went to the light blue finish?

Regardless, you did a nice restoration there. I do like the lt. blue finish. You gave me an idea to try on my coming up restoration on another lathe.

 

[matas]

Actually, thats the same green hammerite, but the light in that workshop is provided by two upcycled 40" LCD TVs, mounted on the ceiling. They give off cold light, so the green ended up bluish. But yea, if I would do this again, i'd go light blue.