I recently purchased a no 34 South bend (13x5') here in the UK for just £250, I could see that there was a lot of rust on some of the accessories, but the main works looked to have been protected by oil.
so far I eventually got the apron and carriage off the lathe, the carriage lock was rusted in place and I had to drill out the screws holding the lead screw as the heads had rusted in place - interestingly the screws unthreaded by hand from the castings, so it was the heads of the cap screws (slotted) that had rusted in place, in the week I have had the lathe I have managed to clean up and unfreeze the tailstock, and have managed to get the rusted screws from the steady rest.
As parts are removed they are getting dropped into a bath of evaporust. so far a spare chuck that arrives as a ball of rust has been in a week, and yesterday I finally got it disassembled, 6 slotted cap screws were sacrificed and drilled out to achieve this, the scroll finally coming out by tapping the centre of the chuck until the scroll had moved enough to remove the jaws, one dropped out, but the others required gentle persuasion with a brass drift, as did the scroll via the slots for the jaws.
the bed has some damage, looks like some parts escaped and the inner rear .way has some big chips out of it, fortunately close to the chuck, and the carriage runs on the outer ways.
I will use this thread to document the continued rustoration and get this poor old girl back up and running.
so far I eventually got the apron and carriage off the lathe, the carriage lock was rusted in place and I had to drill out the screws holding the lead screw as the heads had rusted in place - interestingly the screws unthreaded by hand from the castings, so it was the heads of the cap screws (slotted) that had rusted in place, in the week I have had the lathe I have managed to clean up and unfreeze the tailstock, and have managed to get the rusted screws from the steady rest.
As parts are removed they are getting dropped into a bath of evaporust. so far a spare chuck that arrives as a ball of rust has been in a week, and yesterday I finally got it disassembled, 6 slotted cap screws were sacrificed and drilled out to achieve this, the scroll finally coming out by tapping the centre of the chuck until the scroll had moved enough to remove the jaws, one dropped out, but the others required gentle persuasion with a brass drift, as did the scroll via the slots for the jaws.
the bed has some damage, looks like some parts escaped and the inner rear .way has some big chips out of it, fortunately close to the chuck, and the carriage runs on the outer ways.
I will use this thread to document the continued rustoration and get this poor old girl back up and running.