tried my lathe today

[colin563]

thanks for the replies again cc & bogs

i will try all of your ideas on this as i dont want to keep removing lead screw

but im just going to get bushes first , just proving a bit difficult to place the order with chester

ive rang 3 times yesterday & today still waiting for them to return my calls

i gave them part # and most of them are at the midlands show

thanks colin

[bogstandard]

You will be lucky get anyone from any of the suppliers at this time, not until a day or two after the show.


Bogs

[colin563]

i just managed to get 1 of the bushes out & its egg shaped 

i think the reaso is the ball bearing oiler has had the ball pushed in at sometime

and caused a blockage at sometime in its life

hopefully thats my problem

also got to try & remove whats left of the 2 ball oilers & get replacements for them aswell 



colin

[bogstandard]

http://rdgtools.co.uk/acatalog/Button_Oilers.html

Bogs

[colin563]

thanks for that i didnt know rdg sold them   

i was looking at arc euro trades site

hoping to pick some bits up sunday at the exhibition


thanks colin

[Darren]

Colin, I found the headstock end of my leadscrew was machined off center. So I re-machined and made a new PB bearing for the pillar block.

It did indeed help, but not eliminate the problem. I never looked any further because Bogs did some major fixes soon after that.

There is a post somewhere on me machining the leadscrew, but for the life of me I can't find it for you....

[colin563]

if you look at the bottom of the picture you can see were its worn

hope you can see it tried couple of ways to take the picture this was the best


i had to drill the caked up dirt out were the oil should be flowing it was packed solid with it

i will check my leadscrew the best i can but i wont be able to machine as only got a about 1ft spare at back of machine