Seneca Falls 9" Lathe

[animal12]

Jeff do you know that the power crossfeed can be engaged when the half nuts are engaged ? & Visa-versa . Yers looks real close to the age my vintage Star is . Be careful with those .
animal

 

[JeffH]

Amazing rebuild. Looks great. How do you deal with the swarf. I’m contemplating making a tray to collect all the swarf and chips.

For now I use an old cookie sheet on top of my tool chest. I am still trying to figure out what to do

 

[animal12]

Cookie sheets work great , I've had one under my SouthBend for years . Makes it easier to keep different swarf separated . I empty the cookie sheet every time I change material .
animal12

 

[JeffH]

Jeff do you know that the power crossfeed can be engaged when the half nuts are engaged ? & Visa-versa . Yers looks real close to the age my vintage Star is . Be careful with those .
animal

Yes, I read about it on another site when I was restoring it. I drew up a diagram and put by the lathe so when I use it I don't forget. I worry that if I break it I won't be able to find replacement parts. Thanks for the reminder

 

[animal12]

Yes, I read about it on another site when I was restoring it. I drew up a diagram and put by the lathe so when I use it I don't forget. I worry that if I break it I won't be able to find replacement parts. Thanks for the reminder

The only parts yer gonna find are on Ebay . The part that breaks is pretty simple . I made mine with a hunk of brass & a file in @ 20 minutes .
animal

 

[Ray-s]

I only wish I had the gearing which would have come with it. I have been looking around and because it was a 14 pressure angle gear from what I understand it is also hard to come by at a cheaper cost.

Fred, I am lucky enough to have a pretty good range of of original change gears but have also had great success with 3D printed change gears that I did to allow cutting a range of metric threads. I did these a few years ago and these gears not only worked perfectly, they don't seem to have suffered from being oily.
The grey gears are my first set and the black one is a later one that is a little fancier but functionally the same.
I am local to you (Werribee) so would be happy to help with getting some extra gearing sorted.
Ray