- Joined
- Mar 15, 2014
- Messages
- 51
Here's the repaired pulley in situ, should be a good repair.
I finally figured out(After much swearing and much dissassembly) that the small spring i found in the bottom of the headstock was actually off my circlip pliers, you do not need to know how many hours that took.
The headstock ready for reinstallation.
The feed gearbox once fifty years of s*#t was cleaned out
The bed, swarf tray and pedestals coming together
It's finally looking like a lathe again
Next thing is to get the leadscrew and shafts cleaned up and installed, plus the feed box cover(that will be tricky)
there seems to be a little wear on the ways, when i tighten the gibs near the headstock the carriage wont slide more than 2 feet before it stops, if i loosen the gibs so it slides all the way down the bed it "rocks" a little near the headstock. I'm wondering can i stone the ways using the carriage as a guide, i know it will be time consuming but i dont know of anyone with a straightedge long enough for the job and buying one is waay out of my budget.
I finally figured out(After much swearing and much dissassembly) that the small spring i found in the bottom of the headstock was actually off my circlip pliers, you do not need to know how many hours that took.
The headstock ready for reinstallation.
The feed gearbox once fifty years of s*#t was cleaned out
The bed, swarf tray and pedestals coming together
It's finally looking like a lathe again
Next thing is to get the leadscrew and shafts cleaned up and installed, plus the feed box cover(that will be tricky)
there seems to be a little wear on the ways, when i tighten the gibs near the headstock the carriage wont slide more than 2 feet before it stops, if i loosen the gibs so it slides all the way down the bed it "rocks" a little near the headstock. I'm wondering can i stone the ways using the carriage as a guide, i know it will be time consuming but i dont know of anyone with a straightedge long enough for the job and buying one is waay out of my budget.