Figured I would document my process.
At this point, I have built a stand, figured out what in my pile of stuff is part of this lathe and what isn't. Cleaned about 30 pounds of pasted on grease shavings and some stuff I probably don't want to know what it is off the machine.
Replaced the belt last night with a auto serpentine belt, figured out the following parts are either missing or need to be replaced: rubber bushings in the drive, 1/8" key for the drive gear at the end of the spindle is missing, the lock piece, spring and pin are missing in the rack so it won't stay locked, carriage lock still has the bolt but the locking plate on the bottom is missing, cross feed gear is missing so that doesn't work, one of the reversing gears is missing a tooth and the bull gear is missing a couple, the bronze bushings on the drive shaft are shot also. There are 4-5 layers of paint I'm guessing, most of it is peeling right off.
I have a 3 and 4 jaw chuck that need a little cleaning up, a drive plate, steady rest, drill chuck on 2mt and a 3mt for the head stock, dead centers, tool post with holders, boring bars and holders, drive dogs, and a bunch of cutter stock. The bearings seem to be in good shape.
I have sort of figured out how to grind cutters, adjust the cutter so it cuts most of the time, figured out how to slow the thing down so it will cut steel halfway decent(no clue what the blank is, it seems hard), once the missing parts are replaced/repaired, I'll work on leveling/trueing/squaring things up so I can learn to use the power feeds and threading. I didn't have a plan when this thing followed me home, but it looks like it's going to get restored and updated some...... now to pick a color?
At this point, I have built a stand, figured out what in my pile of stuff is part of this lathe and what isn't. Cleaned about 30 pounds of pasted on grease shavings and some stuff I probably don't want to know what it is off the machine.
Replaced the belt last night with a auto serpentine belt, figured out the following parts are either missing or need to be replaced: rubber bushings in the drive, 1/8" key for the drive gear at the end of the spindle is missing, the lock piece, spring and pin are missing in the rack so it won't stay locked, carriage lock still has the bolt but the locking plate on the bottom is missing, cross feed gear is missing so that doesn't work, one of the reversing gears is missing a tooth and the bull gear is missing a couple, the bronze bushings on the drive shaft are shot also. There are 4-5 layers of paint I'm guessing, most of it is peeling right off.
I have a 3 and 4 jaw chuck that need a little cleaning up, a drive plate, steady rest, drill chuck on 2mt and a 3mt for the head stock, dead centers, tool post with holders, boring bars and holders, drive dogs, and a bunch of cutter stock. The bearings seem to be in good shape.
I have sort of figured out how to grind cutters, adjust the cutter so it cuts most of the time, figured out how to slow the thing down so it will cut steel halfway decent(no clue what the blank is, it seems hard), once the missing parts are replaced/repaired, I'll work on leveling/trueing/squaring things up so I can learn to use the power feeds and threading. I didn't have a plan when this thing followed me home, but it looks like it's going to get restored and updated some...... now to pick a color?