Bought a lathe, any ideas on unloading from pickup bed ?

[Ken226]

Thanks. At least with automotive engineering, that's what I know about, and didn't have have to learn it as I went along like scraping the mill.

Checked out the lathe, and it's in good shape, about all I've got to do is change the oil, level it, and maybe fix a seal. I was blown away with the spindle runout: literally under 50 millionths! Turns out the Central Machinery version of this lathe uses angular contact instead of rollers, maybe that's why. I've got a few upgrades planned though: 3-phase with VFD, DRO, and electronic lead screw.

That D-4 cam lock is pretty impressive, centered a pin in the 4-jaw, and repeats within a tenth taking the chuck on and off.

Sure seems like a more rigid lathe than my Clausing 5428, as pushing on the bed or headstock would move the tenths indicator between the spindle and saddle on the Clausing, but this one doesn't budge.

The stock bearings in these are quite good. You'll likely never need to replace them, but if you do

I've replaced the headstock bearings in several of these, including the Central Machinery, Grizzly and Enco versions. Most use a 30212 front. The rear can be a 30210 or 30211, depending on the version. Even the Grizzly version, who's manual shows angular contact bearings actually had tapered rollers.


All of the bearings I've removed from these were of Chinese origin, but quite good nonetheless. They always came with P5 front and P6 rated rear bearings.

I put a set of Timken P5 bearings in mine, both front and back, for about 100$ per bearing. I had to order them from Europe. Runout is under a ten thousandth.

FAG sells 30212 p5 rated x-life bearings in the US for about 80$. It's a fairly new line, but has a stellar reputation so far. Anyone needing new spindle bearings would probably be quite happy with these.

30212-XL-P5 FAG Tapered Roller Bearing 60,00x110,00x23,75mm: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific

30212-XL-P5 FAG Tapered Roller Bearing 60,00x110,00x23,75mm: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific

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ZKL makes a 30210 p5, also on amazon.

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The 30211 is a little harder to find in p5, but it's doable

 

[matthewsx]

Calif smog laws are so stupid with classic cars, just plain idiotic that you're not allowed to upgrade a crappy old polluting, inefficient 1970's engine with a modern, efficient one. Frankly, I think it should just be a tailpipe test, where you should be able to do any mod, as long as it doesn't increase the pollution specs of that model year. That's how Colorado does it, simple, easy tailpipe test.

Totally agree with meeting tailpipe specs but we all know how that would work our [Volkswagen]....

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