BrokenBiker
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So, it's home, it's in, it runs (after ripping out the mess of wiring and simplifying it from around 11 wires and some 5 core flex to just 1 bit of 3 core flex...
Now it's not without it's issues, however, i have made chips with it.
So, here it is in its new home (not levelled it yet but it's not a million miles out as it sits)...whole shed is now absolute chaos, had to move welding table, pillar drill and tool boxes to get this in.
Now for the issues...the belt is toast (flat belt from gearbox to spindle). No marking on it, but i do have what appears to be spare metal stitching material in the boxes of tooling. It's 30mm wide is about all I can determine at the moment so if anyone knows where I can get a good quality belt for a smart and brown I'm all ears.
Now the second and more worrying issue.
The back gear selector as pictured here in the 'out' position. In this position the lathe runs and I get 3 speeds from the gear box that seem to match the speeds on the plate...
However, with it set to 'in' which i assumed would engage back gear, it just locks the spindle up solid. Can't turn it at all even with the belt off. Anyone any ideas what's up with it? Am I doing something wrong or is there an actual issue?
Now, with those issues aside, it runs without making any weird noises, the carriage, cross slide and top slide all feel solid, no play, bit of backlash in all 3, carriage is obvioauly the worst but nothing major and certainly nothing that would cause a problem. Based off the dials id say maybe 10 thou in the carriage and 4-6 thiu in the cross slide, maybe 3 thou in top slide. The power feed works on carriage and cross slide perfectly in both directions at all speeds, and the threading works in both directions too.
My only real concern is with regards to metric threading. I have the change wheels and I have the chart for metric threading in the book that tells you what gears and what selection on the gearbox are needed, but with no spindle reverse (i suspect due to the threaded spindle nose as pointed out on the other post) I'm not entirely sure how I would go about threading metric pitches as on my other lathe I just leave the threading lever engaged, pull the cross slide back clear then Run the lathe in reverse, but thats no option now. I'm sure enough filling will have it worked out eventually though.
All in all, there is a huge grin on my face now.
I do have a huge assortment of tooling to sort through so will post about that as and when. Some of it will be for sale, some of it doesn't seem to match this lathe at all and some is clearly for a mill.
Edit** belt is now sorted, took it off and measured it, bought a length a bit longer than I need and some now joiners as why not
Now it's not without it's issues, however, i have made chips with it.
So, here it is in its new home (not levelled it yet but it's not a million miles out as it sits)...whole shed is now absolute chaos, had to move welding table, pillar drill and tool boxes to get this in.
Now for the issues...the belt is toast (flat belt from gearbox to spindle). No marking on it, but i do have what appears to be spare metal stitching material in the boxes of tooling. It's 30mm wide is about all I can determine at the moment so if anyone knows where I can get a good quality belt for a smart and brown I'm all ears.
Now the second and more worrying issue.
The back gear selector as pictured here in the 'out' position. In this position the lathe runs and I get 3 speeds from the gear box that seem to match the speeds on the plate...
However, with it set to 'in' which i assumed would engage back gear, it just locks the spindle up solid. Can't turn it at all even with the belt off. Anyone any ideas what's up with it? Am I doing something wrong or is there an actual issue?
Now, with those issues aside, it runs without making any weird noises, the carriage, cross slide and top slide all feel solid, no play, bit of backlash in all 3, carriage is obvioauly the worst but nothing major and certainly nothing that would cause a problem. Based off the dials id say maybe 10 thou in the carriage and 4-6 thiu in the cross slide, maybe 3 thou in top slide. The power feed works on carriage and cross slide perfectly in both directions at all speeds, and the threading works in both directions too.
My only real concern is with regards to metric threading. I have the change wheels and I have the chart for metric threading in the book that tells you what gears and what selection on the gearbox are needed, but with no spindle reverse (i suspect due to the threaded spindle nose as pointed out on the other post) I'm not entirely sure how I would go about threading metric pitches as on my other lathe I just leave the threading lever engaged, pull the cross slide back clear then Run the lathe in reverse, but thats no option now. I'm sure enough filling will have it worked out eventually though.
All in all, there is a huge grin on my face now.
I do have a huge assortment of tooling to sort through so will post about that as and when. Some of it will be for sale, some of it doesn't seem to match this lathe at all and some is clearly for a mill.
Edit** belt is now sorted, took it off and measured it, bought a length a bit longer than I need and some now joiners as why not
