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| Fixing up an old dividing head |
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| vtsteam:
I was hoping that the 6" 3 jaw chuck might have the same thread pattern as my Atlas lathe. It took about 20 minutes to free it from the dividing head. But no such luck. A much finer thread on the Kempsmith. |
| vtsteam:
There was achip out of the dial face for rotating the position of the dividing head -- right at the index mark. I also noticed that the bearing block that holds the worm shaft had two cracks in it. Probably caused by the same accident. You can see it in the photo below. I don't think this will affect anything, the block is quite large and the crack is only at the end surface, but I was reluctant to try to press the bearing housing out because of it. I decided to strip the rust on the main block without disassembling further. |
| vtsteam:
I love how well the rust removal bath works -- this end plate was in for maybe 20 minutes. |
| vtsteam:
And here are the main castings. Look how clean and shiny that chuck thread looks. The washing soda takes off not only the rust, but all the years of sludge, too. I believe that, according to the manual, the gear chamber is actually supposed to be filled with oil. |
| vtsteam:
The makers name is much more legible now, as are the graduations on the head rotation ring. |
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