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[Dave Work]

That looks like one serious lathe A good size I like it gears all look pretty good a little bit of surface rust in a few places. a little spray with a good moisture displacer / lubricant like Inox MX3 would get rid of most of it. I use this on everything even use it as a general purpose cutting fluid , also works great with aluminium and stainless as well a steel. and will keep your lathe clean and shiny I also use the sister product Lanox MX 4 on items that are being stored as a rust preventer for long term storage.

Thanks for the tip Bob, I'll give it a go.

I got her fired up yesterday! Has a few bugs but I think I can get them sorted pretty easily.
One is the main electrical contactor chatters when starting it up, a tap with your rubber boot and it holds in fine. The machine itself is very, very quiet (for the size). All the gears work smoothly which is great. I noticed the feed screw from the transmission below was binding up, worked out the oilers were not working correctly. Soldered some of them over and redrilled, works beautifully now. I do however get a little gear noise from there, not sure if it's anything to worry about though. I certainly can't see any issues but the noises sounds like it's coming from further in, out of sight.

Power feed to the main carraige and cross slide works perfect and is very strong, I can't stop it by hand so I think the worm gear must be in good shape.

Does anyone know where I can get an oiler for the 'grease fittings' all over the unit?

Cheers

Dave.

 

[Janderso]

Everything about that lathe says heavy duty.
4 belts in a 13" lathe.

You have a nice lathe there my friend.

 

[JohnTrevick]

Hi Dave,

Can you tell me what your serial number is? Your lathe looks a lot like mine which is serial number 30218.

Here's an older photo of it when I had just got it into the garage.



I know this is an older thread - hopefully you'll see my message.

-John

 

[brino]

@JohnTrevick,

Nice looking lathe!
Welcome to the group.
-brino

 

[gionnide]

Hi Dave
Your machine looks like is the same era as mine. My machine number is 30729 Roller bearing.
You can find my thread in practical machinist forum.
If you able to post some more picture here would be grateful. Thanks

 

[Janderso]

Gionnide,
That is a thing of beauty!
Outstanding renewal.

 

[brino]

@gionnide

Wow! Beautiful lathe........Stellar!

Welcome to the group.
-brino

 

[FOMOGO]

I doubt very much that it looked that good when it was delivered from the factory. Excellent work. cheers, Mike

 

[Downunder Bob]

Everything about that lathe says heavy duty.
4 belts in a 13" lathe.

You have a nice lathe there my friend.

It's 5 belts very heavy duty, A fine machine.

 

[gionnide]

I doubt very much that it looked that good when it was delivered from the factory. Excellent work. cheers, Mike

Thanks Mike
Here is the condition of the lathe. ( when i first met her )