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Hi,
I while ago I promised to show some picture of the cleaning process of my old SV-150.
The "old state" and the bring-home-history of the lathe can be seen on this post:http://www.hobby-machinist.com/showthread.php?t=5430&page=2&p=152207#post152207
I have just started the cleaning process. I have not yet decided if I will go for full restoration including scraping vital/worn out parts. The simple reason is I am to lazy or have not enough time. The more sophisticated answer is want this lathe up and running and check how well (or bad) it performs.
One thing was the grease, old chips and dust on this lathe. But maybe the worst was that the person who did the painting job did a terrible job - or shall I call it an accident? I had to use a steel brush on a drill to remove old paint and plastic epoxy to dig out the original lubrication point.
Something good came out of it! I found out that the tailstock adjustment worked fine! The paint guru had covered that poor old tailstock completely with paint - but not the feeder though - he probably figured out that he still needed it for drilling.
Well, I sort of accepted all this when I bought this old lathe and most important I do not regret I bought it! I have now cleaned most of the mechanical parts and most of it is in what I can judge as good working condition. It is quite nice to touch and feel this old iron and it still has nice and smooth moving parts.
By now I take that most of you guys want to see some pictures and here they are, enjoy!
Regards
Bjorn
I while ago I promised to show some picture of the cleaning process of my old SV-150.
The "old state" and the bring-home-history of the lathe can be seen on this post:http://www.hobby-machinist.com/showthread.php?t=5430&page=2&p=152207#post152207
I have just started the cleaning process. I have not yet decided if I will go for full restoration including scraping vital/worn out parts. The simple reason is I am to lazy or have not enough time. The more sophisticated answer is want this lathe up and running and check how well (or bad) it performs.
One thing was the grease, old chips and dust on this lathe. But maybe the worst was that the person who did the painting job did a terrible job - or shall I call it an accident? I had to use a steel brush on a drill to remove old paint and plastic epoxy to dig out the original lubrication point.
Something good came out of it! I found out that the tailstock adjustment worked fine! The paint guru had covered that poor old tailstock completely with paint - but not the feeder though - he probably figured out that he still needed it for drilling.
Well, I sort of accepted all this when I bought this old lathe and most important I do not regret I bought it! I have now cleaned most of the mechanical parts and most of it is in what I can judge as good working condition. It is quite nice to touch and feel this old iron and it still has nice and smooth moving parts.
By now I take that most of you guys want to see some pictures and here they are, enjoy!
Regards
Bjorn