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Morning guys .
My Mellor lathe is almost complete now and a big thanks to those who have helped with information . Advice. And making parts. Very appreciated.
But something has been bugging me for a while and after a lot of hours browsing the web for information I have a little light on the problem. My tumbler housing holds a bearing that is supposed to support the headstock spindle bearing . At some point it has been replaced and is not correct and is not supporting anything. Originally it had a needle roller bearing . As you can see from the pictures my current bearing is doing nothing . I don't want to use the lathe of fear of ruining the the headstock bearings . Have any of you guys have a lathe with a similar set up or advice on the best approach to sort the issue .
My Mellor lathe is almost complete now and a big thanks to those who have helped with information . Advice. And making parts. Very appreciated.
But something has been bugging me for a while and after a lot of hours browsing the web for information I have a little light on the problem. My tumbler housing holds a bearing that is supposed to support the headstock spindle bearing . At some point it has been replaced and is not correct and is not supporting anything. Originally it had a needle roller bearing . As you can see from the pictures my current bearing is doing nothing . I don't want to use the lathe of fear of ruining the the headstock bearings . Have any of you guys have a lathe with a similar set up or advice on the best approach to sort the issue .