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I picked up this 10" Frankenlathe in a trade about 3 years ago, And it had some problems and still does. But having all three of my Lathes down I needed to do something cause it sucks not to have one running.
The plate behind the dial that is bolted to the compound was tilting to the left when i move the compound. I took it apart and found that the allen bolts was pulling through the whole.
Only way to repair it was drill it out thread it for a 3/8 bolt and drill them for a 12-32 bolt.
Then I cut them off at the back,Front and back repair.
I didn't have any allen bolts that size so I just used screws for now. I had a bunch of nos. parts I got off ebay so I new I had some thrust bearings for a H10 Tapper attachment.
So I used 1 washer and 1 bearing on.
Got it back togather and it was still hard to move so I looked at it again.I found that one of the jib screws was missing, So i made one out of a 1/4 bolt.
I got it back togather and it works ok but still needs some work.
Paul
The plate behind the dial that is bolted to the compound was tilting to the left when i move the compound. I took it apart and found that the allen bolts was pulling through the whole.
Only way to repair it was drill it out thread it for a 3/8 bolt and drill them for a 12-32 bolt.
Then I cut them off at the back,Front and back repair.
I didn't have any allen bolts that size so I just used screws for now. I had a bunch of nos. parts I got off ebay so I new I had some thrust bearings for a H10 Tapper attachment.
So I used 1 washer and 1 bearing on.
Got it back togather and it was still hard to move so I looked at it again.I found that one of the jib screws was missing, So i made one out of a 1/4 bolt.
I got it back togather and it works ok but still needs some work.
Paul