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doubleboost:
Hi
Chris
When you remove the handle and graduated wheel there will be a steel washer the bearing is behind this , there is also one on the inside .
It is the washers that wear and give the gritty feel

raynerd:
Ok cheers, I have just taken mine apart again and this part is
missing and I can't see a steel washer. I can remove the handle and the graduated dial is I two parts. I can't afford a bearing from boxford so I'll have to orderone from arc euro. Should the thrust bearing be placed behind the graduated dial. Problem is, the thrust bearings by arc euro are not bearings mounted in plastic but seem from the picture to be encased in metal surround. I think this will still be better than using a standard washer to take up the slack like currently present, it's just where to fit it.

doubleboost:
Got the cabinet cleaned up and painted

Assembly time is getting near  :D :D :D :) :) :)

RichardShute:

--- Quote from: craynerd on August 22, 2010, 11:15:50 AM ---I can't afford a bearing from boxford so I'll have to order one from arc euro. Should the thrust bearing be placed behind the graduated dial. Problem is, ......... it's just where to fit it.

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Hello Chris,
I've just noticed your queries. I used to have the spares list for a Boxford, but it went for a ball o' chalk when my HDD died. However, as I recall, there should be two thrust bearings, one to work in each direction. I think the designation will be FT3/8 eg ebay #190352728918 and 'a bearing' comprises two hardened thrust washers separated by a ring of caged balls. FT is a light series ball-thrust bearing, 3/8 is the nominal shaft diameter.

I'm struggling to remember the exact mounting details, but I am pretty sure there is one bearing inside the dial and one at the other end of the 'stem' that mounts the feedscrew to the carriage. I have a different Southbend copy and it retains the original plain bearing arrangement so I can't go and look.

Richard

doubleboost:
Hi
Got the lathe assembled (really easy to work on just like a mechano set ) :D :D :D :D
The inverter worked fine but the lathe was noisy .
I replaced the counter shaft bearings but still it was not rite,
Only one thing for it strip the headstock

The internals were very good but the back bearing was dry
The grease hole to this bearing was blocked (with a broken drill) i think it left the factory this way
I drilled a new hole to supply grease to the bearing

Once cleaned up and reassembled it sounds like a different machine  :D :D :) :) :)
Time to reorganise the shop  :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh:

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