Joining the Takisawa club!!

Winegrower said:
Excellent, Jeff. I was looking at the factory checklist that came with mine. The spindle runout is shown as measured at 0.004mm, or 1.6 tenths. I measured it again, 40+ years later...it's exactly the same. Hard to believe, but I am really sold on these lathes.
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How did you measure it?

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Got the cables cleaned up
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Question for you guys. What the heck is the tell-tale hole at the right hand shear wiper??
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Jeff, I used a Teclock 0.0001 test indicator on the spindle close to the headstock casting. I had a total of one and a half tenths variation, put in neutral and turned by hand. I cleaned up the spindle surface with some Scotch Brite to remove some surface debris accumulation first.
 
Regarding the correct belt length, I confirmed that I do have 64" belts on mine. I did however, remove the tensioner when installing them, then reinstalled it. I don't know why they don't fit yours, unless maybe the sizes vary between brands.
 
zamboni2354 said:
What the heck is the tell-tale hole at the right hand shear wiper??
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The pump on my apron is not working, and I don't see any sheer wiper hole.

That's why I have to take this apron apart to get this lube system working. I just apply oil to the ways now.
 
Drove out to meet with the people I purchased the lathe from. They found the owner's manual. It appears original, but original back then looks like photo copies from a typewriter print. Still happy to have it. While there he sold me the remaining pieces of metal stock for a good price. And as I was about to leave he asked if I wanted this boring bar. Extremely nice of them to give me a like new 1/2 inch carbide boring bar.
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Well guys...looks like my Taki days are numbered. I bought a 16x40 Enco Lathe for little money at an auction. I thought it looked cool and came with enough goodies like steady, follower, 5c,etc that i figured I'd clean it up and play with it for a little bit and then sell it. Because of course there's no way I would get rid of my takisawa.
Then when I picked it up I thought, this is very impressive. D1-6 mount 1750 lb two-speed motor. I cleaned some of the grinme off the ways on the crossfeed and you can still see flaking. Made in 1986 in Taiwan. The steady makes the taki look small. So now im thinking, if this thing runs as good as a looks like it's built, I just may end up keeping it. But still in the back of my mind I didn't think how to get rid of the Taki especially since I spend so much time cleaning it up, putting a Dro on it, installing a vfd, etc.

Then I saw a Webb Whacheon 17x40 for a hair over 50 cents a pound. It's looking pretty rough, but no rougher than the takasawa did when I bought it. I've been wanting one of these for a long time. Either this or a Mori. So I had to buy it. Now it looks like unless this thing is somehow catastrophically broken I will be selling the takisawa. So now I got to take the dro off and the vfd so that I can put them on this lathe and start cleaning and cleaning! Fun fun.
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