found an enco 13"x40" lathe

whatever they were working with left a hard plasticy residue over everything:thinking:

Likely residue from the cutting oils. May wash off with water if it was originally water bourne stuff.

No matter what - you have to love free!
Pierre
 
Re: found an enco 13"x40" lathe

Rich-

Do you have 220 or a panel in your garage? I think I have some extra 10 gauge wire to get your machines running

Bernie
I have a sub panel. I think I can run a single 220 line and 2 possibly 3 110 circuis assuming I don't run everything at once hehehe



I should purchase some conduit and finally tighten up some of the garage lol

I will be posting a bunch of cleaning pics I look today... tomorrow she is one dirty girl. Lol

Rich
 
Likely residue from the cutting oils. May wash off with water if it was originally water bourne stuff.

No matter what - you have to love free!
Pierre

Free is good. Wd40 and a paint scraper worked a treat. I'll be doing more tomorrow yea!!!

Rich
 
Slowly working this puppy, she is one little "dirty girl":)) she is covered in swarf, in 35 years as a commercial carpenter i never got so many metal splinters:lmao:
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Never under estimate the power of pony pipe clamps. I have usedthem for structural framing of wood and metal system, boatbuilding, cabinet making, bike building...you name it.
the a frame is the standard 2 legs for the sides the 1400lbs load was a concern so I ran an additional down leg. ...snip....

Rich

OK. Now I understand. I downloaded the full size pictures and I can see better what you made. I couldn't see the cross braces welded to the pipes. The pony clamps were just to keep the cross beam aligned and for outrigger support. Pipes like that are not readily available in my area (or if available, probably not cheap). So far I've been successful using my Harbor Freight shop crane to lift things out of my pickup, but if I ever have to move my Bridgeport again or load a trailer, I'd probably make a wooden A frame gantry with 4x4 legs.
 
Hey rwl
the pipe is just conduit, any electrical supply house will have it. 1.5" should be 10 dollars for a 10' PC's. 2" will go for 15 per. If You have the welder its a more long term solution

Cool deal

Rich
 
You won't get any argument about Asian or old American iron on this deal.....If its free it's for me. Great find. I love it when somebody just wants something out their way. Looks like you got everything you need to start making chips. Christmas came early in your neck of the woods this year.

Chuck
 
thanks chuck!
Tearing her down and making her all pretty again:))
This is dirty, thankless work:phew:
The difference already is pretty good. The further into her i dig, the more i am feeling she was not abused, used hard and for her intended purposes, but not abused. The gear oil is clean, the gears appear to show no visible wear. The ways are as smooth as glass. Her problems tend to be the ergonomics, buttons broken, handles loose or broken, plates needing cleaning and possibly some polishing.
i wrote an email to enco about the plastic gear in the gear change... i think it is the bull gear, as some refermto it as the sacrificial gear. It was not broken, but when you turnednthe chuck it bumped in a couple of spots and the gear did show signs of wear (EDGES WERE WORN OF CHIPPEDED). Hopefully i hear from them soon.

Because my memory is getting so bad, i did a reassembly of the cleaned, sanded and primed pieces:)) she is starting to take shape.

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Rich, It looks like you're going all the way with your "cleaning". LOL. It's funny how a thorough cleaning turns into a complete paint job. If it's a keeper, it's well worth it. When you get done with it you'll be familiar with every part in it. The bull gear is inside the headstock. It's the big gear directly behind the chuck on the spindle. I've seen posts about the plastic gear on the back of the machine. I think some people change it to a metal gear. It is going to come into play when you're threading, so you do want something that is in good shape there. The ways on that machine are probably hardened so the wear would show up on the bottom of the carriage. Looking at the general condition of the lathe it seems doubtful that the wear in the carriage is real bad. Keep the pics coming.

Chuck
 
Re: found an enco 13"x40" lathe

Thanks for the info chuck!
I have been looking at the carriage, cross slide and compound rest since i got her. The compound and cross slide were a bit stiff, so i was anxious to see what was in there. The manual does not cover disassembly, so i was on my own. It took alittle time to work the carriage off the ways, the bolts i needed to remove were covered in swarf, gunk, grease :whiteflag:
...but in the end everything came apart and clean up well. I put it all back together just to get familiar with the process. Looks like the apron will need a new gear, she is part of the x carriage travel... not sure of the name or the number, the manual is vague here, i need to call enco on this one. They emailed me yesterday on the pastic gear... just have to send them the money:)). There are a couple other gears that look a bit worn... not sure what to do with them yet... I know where they are and how to get to them now:rofl:
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Rich, It looks like you're going all the way with your "cleaning". LOL. It's funny how a thorough cleaning turns into a complete paint job. If it's a keeper, it's well worth it. When you get done with it you'll be familiar with every part in it. The bull gear is inside the headstock. It's the big gear directly behind the chuck on the spindle. I've seen posts about the plastic gear on the back of the machine. I think some people change it to a metal gear. It is going to come into play when you're threading, so you do want something that is in good shape there. The ways on that machine are probably hardened so the wear would show up on the bottom of the carriage. Looking at the general condition of the lathe it seems doubtful that the wear in the carriage is real bad. Keep the pics coming.

Chuck
I think she is a keeper, :whistle: she may not be as perfect as i had hoped, she has some warts for sure, but like you mention, i will know them all and how to fix them, so that is something:)). funny how a little cleaning does turn into something much much larger than originally intended:roflmao: in the end the effort and money spentshould be well spent.

rich

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