Just started reconditioning a pretty decent 101.07301 have some questions for the experienced!

[chippermat]

This is how I have mine mounted (I didn't like the factory tensioner, so fashioned my own).

 

[chippermat]

In case you haven't seen the factory setup, this is it (image gleaned off the internet)

 

[makeparts]

This is how I have mine mounted (I didn't like the factory tensioner, so fashioned my own).View attachment 309488

Yes I thinks thats my countershaft
I have L9-20A, and M6-21

would it be possible to see pictures of your tensioning setup from other angles?

 

[makeparts]

my help to mount the lathe had to reshedule for tomorrow, so I spent 2 hours separating the column and base on a rusty 15" Delta drill press.

man I can't wait to get back to making stuff. that was 2 hours of ice in the column, heat to the base, kroil, and hard work...

 

[chippermat]

I can't really fault the factory tensioner, but this works a lot better for me. I put it together with a part l got off ebay from a larger Atlas lathe.

 

[makeparts]

I can't really fault the factory tensioner, but this works a lot better for me. I put it together with a part l got off ebay from a larger Atlas lathe.

gotta love mechanical advantage

what did you mount the pivot to?

 

[chippermat]

drilled and tapped a 3/8 hole in the side of the head stock casting. Might seem thin there, but I made a bushing with a flange on it to spread the load out.

 

[makeparts]

things often don't go as planned/scheduled, do they? had some delays, but I can say it's rewarding, to take a pile of rusty parts, and try to turn it into something that works, and is reasonably precise.

here are pics of some progress I've had so far this week.

got the tailstock and carriage/compound rest assemblies all cleaned/de-greased/de-rusted/oiled up. then got them assembled and put onto the lathe last few nights. Same for a milling attachment and draw-bar/collet set I picked up from an honest stranger on the interwebs.

I figured before I mount the lathe, I'll get it all together, so that it's ready to be leveled in it's ready-to-run state.

ever forward!

 

[makeparts]

spent another couple hours, and got a little farther. worked on the tumbler gear, and lead screw assemblies and because I wanted to see them, mounted the gear guard and headstock belt guard covers. Also test fit the countershaft assembly. Im not sure which orientation I want to place the motor/countershaft, but it's a start!

that gear lube is every bit as gooey and sticky as I thought it would be. thank god for disposable rubber gloves.

 

[makeparts]

one question I've got for you 618/101 owners - on the underside of the carriage, in the front on the apron, we have the half-nut engage/disengage lever. On the underside of the apron below that lever (actually, the half-nut cam (M6-38)), is a hole for a 3/16" ball (p/n: 9-210), pressed in by a small spring (9-61). These are to provide detents for the lever at each end of travel, I surmise.

The hole they go up into is threaded, and I'm missing that item. is it a set screw? some type of round head/fillister head screw? and what are the dimensions?
#10-24 x 1/2"? 1/4"-20 x 3/8"