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My extremely patient wife rode with me to Indiana this spring to retrieve a VN#6 and a Boye & Emmes 16x30 Lathe from bigearl67. Earl has a Cincy Tool and Cutter Grinder on HM Classified Ads. Great guy, honest and fair. Haven't seen the Cincy he is selling. But it's likely exactly what he says it is.
Regardless, I've yet to work on the B&E Lathe. She needs some apron and crossfeed work.
But, after a only a couple days of elbow grease and some electrical work I got the VN6 under power on Saturday, and played with a little aluminum on Sunday (vertical).
She is sweet!
About .006 backlash in Y, and .10 in X.
Some of my 5V collets visibly wobble, others pretty good, some without any deviation at all using a .001 dial indicator.
Does anyone have any extra 5V collets they'd like to sell? I'll start watching Ebay.
Perhaps I can hire someone with an ID grinder to convert the wobbly collets to the next size larger, and make them accurate at the same time?
Does that work? I've not done ID grinding.
Someone has removed the original (reversible) 3phase 1hp motor and placed a 1phase 1hp motor.
I'll want to swap that out. Fortunately, appears as though the original electrical panel doesn't appear to have been altered in the process.
Of note is the Optical Vernier. I've tried to include close-ups including the scale through the lens.
The Optical is on the X axis. Because I've got a stray set of Pratt&Whitney end measures, I'm thinking of making a gauge block dial indicator for the Y axis. Any thoughts on this? I've got a vintage gauge block dial indicator mount (missing some of the pieces) for the Y axis of my Cincy Toolmaster 1B. Thought I'd use this as a model and set up both (the Cincy Toolmaster has .001 Trav-A-Dial for X axis).
The VN6 also appears that she may have had an aftermarket power-feed attachment.
I've attached a pic of the X axis hand crank with a keyed extension.
The Cutter Head was packed with grease, such that when I tried to get the oil to run through the drain. None came out.
Took off the inspection plate, and dug out grease with a butter knife (don't tell my wife).
The gear box is clean, and the oil is clear with no evidence of discoloration or chips.
It's unclear how much oil it's supposed to take.
There is not oil inspection sight gauge and the drain is on the bottom, thus it would drain out.
Any idea how much she is supposed to take, if I have enough.
She only ran for a short time on some aluminum until I'm confident we've got the lube right.
Earl gave me three horizontal arbors with the mill.
I've scrounged up a complete set of spacers and am looking for an entry level selection of horizontal cutters.
Question about arbor nuts.
Should they be hardened? Or anything special?
Can I use any nut that appropriately fits?
Enjoy the pics.
Especially the ORO (Optical Read Out).
Daryl
MN
Regardless, I've yet to work on the B&E Lathe. She needs some apron and crossfeed work.
But, after a only a couple days of elbow grease and some electrical work I got the VN6 under power on Saturday, and played with a little aluminum on Sunday (vertical).
She is sweet!
About .006 backlash in Y, and .10 in X.
Some of my 5V collets visibly wobble, others pretty good, some without any deviation at all using a .001 dial indicator.
Does anyone have any extra 5V collets they'd like to sell? I'll start watching Ebay.
Perhaps I can hire someone with an ID grinder to convert the wobbly collets to the next size larger, and make them accurate at the same time?
Does that work? I've not done ID grinding.
Someone has removed the original (reversible) 3phase 1hp motor and placed a 1phase 1hp motor.
I'll want to swap that out. Fortunately, appears as though the original electrical panel doesn't appear to have been altered in the process.
Of note is the Optical Vernier. I've tried to include close-ups including the scale through the lens.
The Optical is on the X axis. Because I've got a stray set of Pratt&Whitney end measures, I'm thinking of making a gauge block dial indicator for the Y axis. Any thoughts on this? I've got a vintage gauge block dial indicator mount (missing some of the pieces) for the Y axis of my Cincy Toolmaster 1B. Thought I'd use this as a model and set up both (the Cincy Toolmaster has .001 Trav-A-Dial for X axis).
The VN6 also appears that she may have had an aftermarket power-feed attachment.
I've attached a pic of the X axis hand crank with a keyed extension.
The Cutter Head was packed with grease, such that when I tried to get the oil to run through the drain. None came out.
Took off the inspection plate, and dug out grease with a butter knife (don't tell my wife).
The gear box is clean, and the oil is clear with no evidence of discoloration or chips.
It's unclear how much oil it's supposed to take.
There is not oil inspection sight gauge and the drain is on the bottom, thus it would drain out.
Any idea how much she is supposed to take, if I have enough.
She only ran for a short time on some aluminum until I'm confident we've got the lube right.
Earl gave me three horizontal arbors with the mill.
I've scrounged up a complete set of spacers and am looking for an entry level selection of horizontal cutters.
Question about arbor nuts.
Should they be hardened? Or anything special?
Can I use any nut that appropriately fits?
Enjoy the pics.
Especially the ORO (Optical Read Out).
Daryl
MN
