Redlineman,
I too am guilty of putting things together ahead of time to see how it goes. The bearings I did not want to take off too many times thought. Did not want to risk damaging them.
A little progress today. Getting near the end.
Mounted the saddle and made felt wipers for the saddle. Also tried to mount the apron to the saddle. That was today's step backwards....
Went to tighten the right side 3/8-16 x 1" SHCS and immediately felt the cast iron go soft. Stripped with no pulled material so it was stripped to begin with.....
Will have to heli-coil it tomorrow.
Also took my tail stock apart again. It is bugging me.
If you recall a few weeks ago I asked how you get the screw (LA-146) out of the spindle. (LA-147) The answer was "it should just unscrew". Well, mine does not.
Also I asked about a 1/4-20 set screw in the side of my spindle. Almost exactly in the center to the side of the distance marks. It goes to no-where. Apparently it is not factory.
I am also bothered by the fact that I can only get 2" of extension from the tail stock but it is marked out to 2.5".
Anyways. Tried to disassembly again with no luck. I can see (Thru the nice taped hole) that the end is buggered up. Really buggered up. Can't figure out how it happened though. I measured and I would need to work the screw thru about 5/8" of the spindle to free it up. Not going to try and I am sure I will ruin the spindle. So... only 2" of travel for me.
I was also making a list of the things I would like to find for my lathe. Maybe someone out there has these laying around.
5/16-18 x 1-3/4 square head bolt. For the saddle lock.
Original 3/4" tailstock wrench. (Are the 9" SB or larger Logans the same?)
Original tailstock lock handle. (Also are the 9" SB or larger Logans the same?)
I am also still on the quest to adapt a QCGB to this lathe. I have looked at QCGB's from 9B's as well as 10 & 11". Depending on who you read they are all similar. One thing I noticed is that the 9B's QCGB ID tag starts with a 48 Stud Gear and the newer units start with a 72. (See here for the newer one. Top left number.
http://store.lathe.com/lp1785b.html)
I was talking to Logan sales about this and they made a statement that I did not follow.
"later ones for lathes that use a 36/72 tooth for the stud gear (and use a 72T gear on the input of the gearbox)"
I believe the stud gear is the lowest gear shown below on my reversing lever. Mine has 16 teeth but I think that can be changed. What do they mean by 36/72? I know what they mean by 72 to the "input of the gearbox" so are they saying the stud is 36 teeth, use 1:1 gears to get to the gearbox input which is the 72?
Long winded tonight. I should be slowing down a bit as I wait for my crossfeed nut.
Matthew