You're right that the leadscrew and box are missing. I need to get underneath and make sure the half nuts are still on them.What was actually left on the lathe?
From what I remember the leadscrew and gearbox were missing. You could get away with no gearbox and just use change wheels,but you will need a set of change wheels and a banjo to run them on. You will also need to check if the drive on the apron is still there. There should be half nuts to engage on the leadscrew and a lever to operate them.
So you will need some head stock to leadscrew drive train . A leadscrew and half nuts for the apron.
You might want to scour the model engineer forums and have a look at the supplier catalogues on t'interweb
I can't believe he actually soldered that in the lathe As the shaft expanded it would either push the tail stock away, mar the rotating centre's bearings, or drag the stock in the 4 jaw (did you see the length of his chuck key !!) - or probably a combination of all three.
Has this chap not been told about Loctite
Sorry? Who are we talking about
AhIt's the bloke in the video Gaz 1 posted
I can't believe he actually soldered that in the lathe As the shaft expanded it would either push the tail stock away, mar the rotating centre's bearings, or drag the stock in the 4 jaw (did you see the length of his chuck key !!) - or probably a combination of all three.
Has this chap not been told about Loctite
How are you going to keep the drive in sync with the spindle? If you take a hard cut then the drive chain is going to want to slow down and require more power or are we going down the CNC road here?My grand plan is to not use change wheels and a banjo but to create an electronic drive