Hardinge HLV workover

Wow Oh Wow !!!
Can only admire U Guys ingenuity
Still trying to pluck up enough courage to start refurb work my Chipmaster Lathe
Needs just as much work, if not more
Except U Guys have the know-how
Keep the pics roling
aRM
 
The new belts helped a lot but needed to align the motor and variable speed drive to really smooth it out. You'd wonder how they would ever have gotten shifted. The new belts aren't Good Year like the originals, these are made in Mexico and don't run perfectly true.
Anyway, she turned its first part. An arbour to hold the gear cutter to make the gear to repair itself. Sure leaves a nice finish and no runout on the collet.

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That is a nice looking tool post - not really good enough for the lathe - it would be more suitable on my Cromwell - just joking.
Michael
 
Yep, it's official now: :yousuck: and I'm:greenwithenvy: . :biggrin:
 
The gear that meshes with the rack to move the carriage was damaged.
Made a new one.

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Machined the old one off.

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Shrunk the new one on with 1 1/2 thou interference.

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Finished assembling it today.

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Its unnervingly quiet after running gear head lathes. Was concerned that my cut gear might not be perfectly formed, causing a pattern in the turned surface but all seams to be good.

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Im getting about 1/2 thou taper in 8 inches guess the tailstock needs tweaking. Overall think its going to be a good machine.
Thanks for watching
Greg

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Looks like a great job on fine piece of machinery. I'm sure you'll reap years of excellent service fro that lathe.

Great job!
 
Half a thou over 8" and a beautiful finish is mighty fine for a first test - It will be a great machine.
Michael
 
That's a great restore. The Hardinge is one of my all time dream lathes. I think it's hard to beat the curves of a HLV, a Rivett 1020s or a humble Colchester Chipmaster.

Paul.
 
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