after picking up this lathe for £224 from ebay and getting it home it became apparent that it needed some TLC before use.
as we had to break it down to get it in the workshop ( the whole lot must weigh nearly a ton and i only have a normal door to get it through) i thought id tackle that before i re-assembled it.
so heres what it looked like from the ad:-
bit of a rare beast as no one seems to know anything about it. came with a 3 and 4 jaw chuck and a faceplate
the paint job was awful, under the white was a hammerite blue, under that a dark blue, under that was a kaki type green then under that a dark greenish blue. so thats the colour ive painted it after stripping back to bare metal and painting with red oxide.
fortunately the previous owner had covered all the bed ways etc with grease so there wasnt any more than a few light patches to remove.
the gearbox had had the lid off at some point and there was an inch of water under the very tired looking oil. the gears didnt look to bad themselves but needed a clean.
the headstock casing was then stripped back to cast (5ltr can for scale)
gears cleaned up a bit and the clutch adjusted as someone had over adjusted it and it no longer locked into drive.
then the bed, headstock, stand, chip pan and carriage were primed and painted
havent got pics of the apron before but needless to say it was the same story in there as the headstock. the apron is supposed to have oil in but some one had decided that grease was better
after a clean
still to do are the quick change gearbox and the chucks
and this is the sort of stuff that came out the quick change and apron
more to come
thanks for looking
