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I have just acquired an old Hendey Tiebar 14x6 lathe (manufactured in 1920) with the intentions of doing a (somewhat) complete refurbishment. I have decided to start this thread as an attempt to document the process.
This thread may start out slowly, as I have a couple of other projects in the works... just bear with me.
First, a little background information is in order. I bought this machine from an older gentleman who had purchased it as a package deal along with a Craftsman lathe. He wanted the Craftsman, but not the Hendey.
He had bought it out of a barn, where it had been sitting for about 15 years. He said he believed it had been used to turn wooden bobbins in the textile mills, it was full of wood shavings when he got it.
Mechanically, it is in decent condition, everything works except the smaller 3 position gearbox would not go into the vector on the right side (more on that later).
All of the feeds work, as does the half nuts. There is one gear with a broken tooth, but there were 5 extra gears with the lathe, and one is a replacement for the broken gear.
It came with a 2 hp, 220v 3 phase, 2 speed Wagner motor and a Turner Uni-Drive 4 speed gearbox. The motor and gearbox both work as they should.
At some point in the past, someone had painted the lathe with latex housepaint, which the seller had scraped off, leaving a rather ugly lathe.
I began going through it this afternoon to find out exactly what I have (or don't have).
All of the gears look good except for the one that has the broken tooth.
It didn't take long to figure out the issue with the smaller gearbox... the handle had been bent, and was hitting the side of the casting before the shifter lined up with the rightmost slot...
A couple of taps with a rubber mallet to straighten the handle fixed the issue.
The tailstock handwheel has been broken and (poorly) repaired...
I will have to try to find a replacement for it... if I can't, I will just use it. It is functional.
At some point, someone has replaced the cross slide ballcrank with an aluminum handwheel... I'll have to find a replacement ballcrank, also.
I'm pretty sure the compound is not original, either... it doesn't look right, either in the design or the way it is mounted...
It does have a very interesting shop made(I think) tool post on it...
That is about it for now... I'll post more as I tinker with it...
-Bear
This thread may start out slowly, as I have a couple of other projects in the works... just bear with me.
First, a little background information is in order. I bought this machine from an older gentleman who had purchased it as a package deal along with a Craftsman lathe. He wanted the Craftsman, but not the Hendey.
He had bought it out of a barn, where it had been sitting for about 15 years. He said he believed it had been used to turn wooden bobbins in the textile mills, it was full of wood shavings when he got it.
Mechanically, it is in decent condition, everything works except the smaller 3 position gearbox would not go into the vector on the right side (more on that later).
All of the feeds work, as does the half nuts. There is one gear with a broken tooth, but there were 5 extra gears with the lathe, and one is a replacement for the broken gear.
It came with a 2 hp, 220v 3 phase, 2 speed Wagner motor and a Turner Uni-Drive 4 speed gearbox. The motor and gearbox both work as they should.
At some point in the past, someone had painted the lathe with latex housepaint, which the seller had scraped off, leaving a rather ugly lathe.
I began going through it this afternoon to find out exactly what I have (or don't have).
All of the gears look good except for the one that has the broken tooth.
It didn't take long to figure out the issue with the smaller gearbox... the handle had been bent, and was hitting the side of the casting before the shifter lined up with the rightmost slot...
A couple of taps with a rubber mallet to straighten the handle fixed the issue.
The tailstock handwheel has been broken and (poorly) repaired...
I will have to try to find a replacement for it... if I can't, I will just use it. It is functional.
At some point, someone has replaced the cross slide ballcrank with an aluminum handwheel... I'll have to find a replacement ballcrank, also.
I'm pretty sure the compound is not original, either... it doesn't look right, either in the design or the way it is mounted...
It does have a very interesting shop made(I think) tool post on it...
That is about it for now... I'll post more as I tinker with it...
-Bear
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