Yet Another Logan Lathe!

How did you clean the spindle bearing before repacking it? The old grease in mine was almost crumbly, so I soaked it in Pine-Sol overnight and flushed it really well, repacked it with Mobil 1 wheel bearing grease, reassembled it with a 40" serpentine belt, and it's been working great.

Since I couldn't remove the bearing from the spindle shaft it was a process.. Wish I took more pics but my hands were filthy and going in my pocket for phone wasn't happening. Mine was about like you are describing, crumbly very thick and it was PACKED in there. When I say packed I mean from aluminum cover (inside) to bearing end cap (part with 3 screws) it was FULL, NO air space. The rear bearing was the same, FULL.

As for the cleaning, the Main bearing and spindle were soaked in a coffee can of fresh diesel. I would let it soak for an hour, take it out and blast the crud out with air chuck, then repeat. After doing this about 6 times it seemed pretty clean so I sprayed it down with brake cleaner and let it dry over night.

I then got extremely hung up on what grease to use, came to my senses and said screw it. According to some internet guru, any modern NLGI grade 2 is 10,000x better then the peanut butter I washed out of it. Had the wife stop at NAPA (auto parts not wine) and grab me a tub of Sta-Lube Wheel Grease.

Packing the main bearing is the part I'm nervous about. I smeared it in from both sides and did all I could to get it all the way through but its not very easy when still installed on the spindle. I then added a bunch of grease to the inside of the head-stock and installed the keyholed aluminum cover and tapped in the main. Grease evacuated the inside aluminum cover like a play-doh toy, I assume this means its full. I also put a fair amount of grease on the inside of the End Cap before screwing it down, which also oozed out. Followed by tapping on the grease seal.

I'm in the process of setting mine up with an electronic lead screw to easily do any kind of thread pitch and not have to mess with the change gears. I keep "refining" the code and putting off mounting up everything on the lathe, but other than feeding to a shoulder everything is implemented and I don't think I can put it off much longer. So watch this space if you think you would be interested in doing something similar to yours.

That sounds very interesting, threading is something I will want to do. Not looking forward to changing gears to do it though. I do wish it was a QCGB model but beggars cant be choosy, lol.. I wish it had a QCTP, just the lantern post for now.

First, welcome.
Second, fantastic score!
Third, :you suck:(but I mean that in the nicest of ways--I spent a LOT more than that on mine)

Its OK, I'm sure I will make up the difference in parts I break due to stupidity or medical bills... :grin:

Update: I got the saddle and apron assembled so far, Had to run to Lowes for jam nuts. The cross-slide on this lathe had a mangled lead-screw (see pic). The new one I fleabayd didn't like the jam nut I had so rather then play with it I just bought new ones for $1.07. They didn't have stainless so I got zinc coated and they are the shiniest part on the lathe so far, lol.

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I looks as though your lathe is cleaning up nicely. I don't think you need to worry about not having enough grease in the spindle
bearing: you may find that as it heats up some of it will run out since you packed it so full. After all, wheel bearings on cars aren't
usually packed full. Is the bearing smooth?


At the price you payed for all that stuff you got a tremendous deal, which gives you a little headroom if you have to spend a little
$$$ to get it up and running.
 
Its OK, I'm sure I will make up the difference in parts I break due to stupidity or medical bills... :grin:

Come to think of it, you paid half what it cost me to recover from crashing mine! Yeah, it'll all even out.;)
 
Is the bearing smooth?

Yup! Feels smooth to me.

Come to think of it, you paid half what it cost me to recover from crashing mine! Yeah, it'll all even out.;)

What part did you kill so I can try and avoid it, lol..

Update:
Well I had another hiccup yesterday. After installing the saddle, apron and cross-slide I tried to install those 2 new jam nuts and handle but it wasn't happening. This is the used screw I got online. The previous owners set screw for the handle boogered up the threads at the key-way (a keyed handle would have made more sense). Thought maybe I could just chase them with a die but that didn't work. Took it all back off and removed the screw to look at the threads. I had to clean them up with a file before I could install the nuts.

Here's some pics of where I'm at! I am going to try and get all the extra crap laid out on the floor and take a pic so you guys can tell me what the hell I have and whats missing..

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You're talking about the cross feed shaft and handle, correct? On my 200, the handle has a pin in it that acts the same
way as a key, preventing the handle from rotating on the shaft. Yours has a set screw?
 
I'm amazed that the original tailstock wrench stayed with the lathe. AND the dauber!
 
You're talking about the cross feed shaft and handle, correct? On my 200, the handle has a pin in it that acts the same
way as a key, preventing the handle from rotating on the shaft. Yours has a set screw?

Yup, and by the looks of the screw I got from fleabay it had the same setscrew and 2 jam nut setup. I tried my best to center it in the key way so it doesn’t do more damage. Hopefully the handle won’t need to be removed any time soon.

I'm amazed that the original tailstock wrench stayed with the lathe. AND the dauber!

All this crap came with it too but I think I’m missing pieces for the 2 smaller faceplates. Isn’t there a dog leg or something that rides in the U shape to hold the part being machined? A few of these live centers are far from alive. I will have to try giving them a soak and see if they start spinning again. A few things I have no idea what they are. I have to admit my favorite part might be the old metal milk crate it all came in, lol.

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I see what looks like 3C collets which makes sense. What are the larger collets in the pic? I can't seem to enlarge the pic on my phone to see a closeup.
 
I see what looks like 3C collets which makes sense. What are the larger collets in the pic?

I dont know why the pics cant be zoomed in, they are huge on phone.. I am uploading them directly from the iphone. Maybe its converting them?

No idea, I was wondering myself. I am assuming they were for his milling machine (said he sold that years ago) bc I can’t find a way to mount them on the Logan. I think they fit together like in pic (both are keyed). I think the milling machine is also where the hold down set is from..

The last pic of random parts I have no clue. Mixture of homemade stuff weird square rock and a plumbob, lol.

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What part did you kill so I can try and avoid it, lol..
I was finishing the side of a large cylinder mounted to a face plate (i.e. the saddle was VERY close to the headstock), focused on the quality of cut, when I heard a crunch. Yep, there is no clutch in the power feed, and I stripped 3 gears in the quick change gear box. The good news is that replacement gears are available. The bad news is that it cost $300 for 3 gears. Definitely a learning experience!
 
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