Hello, I recently was given some parts to an EMCO Compact 8, and was hoping to find some help here about restoring it.
I have the bed, spindle motor, cross slide carriage, spindle, housing, and tail stock with live center that are shown in the pictures above. My biggest issue is that this is my final semester of my engineering degree, so time and money are not something I have an abundance of. Additionally, this machine doesn’t have a compound, any chucks or tooling, or a cross slide handle (I think that’s what it’s called)
My question for you all is, do you think I could easily (and cheaply) restore this machine to working condition? I don’t need it to be fully tricked out with all of the factory accessories, just a nice reliable mini lathe. I do have access to a full machine shop at school where I can make replacement parts for this if I have to, so I don’t necessarily need to buy original pieces either. Do you think fixing this up is possible for me?
I’m pretty new to machine restoration, so your advice on degreasers and replacement grease and oil to use would be appreciated as well!
Thanks!
I have the bed, spindle motor, cross slide carriage, spindle, housing, and tail stock with live center that are shown in the pictures above. My biggest issue is that this is my final semester of my engineering degree, so time and money are not something I have an abundance of. Additionally, this machine doesn’t have a compound, any chucks or tooling, or a cross slide handle (I think that’s what it’s called)
My question for you all is, do you think I could easily (and cheaply) restore this machine to working condition? I don’t need it to be fully tricked out with all of the factory accessories, just a nice reliable mini lathe. I do have access to a full machine shop at school where I can make replacement parts for this if I have to, so I don’t necessarily need to buy original pieces either. Do you think fixing this up is possible for me?
I’m pretty new to machine restoration, so your advice on degreasers and replacement grease and oil to use would be appreciated as well!
Thanks!
There is a compound slide on eBay right now, just search Emco Compact 8 and make a move on what you are missing, also Grizzly Tools, which copied your lathe as well as others, have some parts that "will" work with a little fiddling:<)