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New member here, I just picked this up at Estate sale this past weekend. My son and I just set it in the middle till we decide on the best location. We have no experience what so ever. So its going to be interesting. Of and on I have fooled around with motorcycles and things that make noise, and always want to learn.
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Phil, I choked on my coffee and it came out my nose on that one. Every ones lathes are beautys, but yours is me all over & color , everything. I shall
save & print that one. I have a dro comming for my compound that will be interesting?
save & print that one. I have a dro comming for my compound that will be interesting?
Hi all, I have been reading on here for a bit, but not actively posting. Anyway, here ate some pics of my TV-36. I haven't made any significant changes other than the qctp.
I do have the milling attachment and the 3AT collets. It didn't come with the drawbar so I threaded a piece of DOM tubing and made the hand wheel out of delrin.
I now also have a mini mill and have been debating whether to keep the milling attachment...
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I do have the milling attachment and the 3AT collets. It didn't come with the drawbar so I threaded a piece of DOM tubing and made the hand wheel out of delrin.
I now also have a mini mill and have been debating whether to keep the milling attachment...
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I finally "finished" my restoration of my great-grandfather's TH54. I put "finished" in parenthesis because I still have a few more details to complete (need new felts for way wipers, etc.). Also, I have to do some repaint on the carriage - one of the first pieces I restored last year. I installed it back on the bed after the paint was dry and wanted to lube the ways. I used the nearest bottle of oil - Liquid Wrench. Now I know why they call it penetrating oil. It penetrated right up into my new paint and peeled it off for at least 1/2" up. Lesson learned 
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The lathe was passed down to me by my late grandfather. The bearing dates are Dec. 1942. His father was an auto mechanic by trade. I assume he bought the lathe new for use in his repair shop. I took apart every nut bolt and screw and cleaned 70 years worth of grease and gunk. I even had to solder new wires to the motor windings, since the insulation was all but gone from the originals. It was a bear, but I'm quite pleased with it now. The paint is Sherwin Williams Polymer Blue. Everything was taken down to the metal, spray primed and brush painted. It runs really smooth and quiet.
In addition to a steady rest, grinding attachment and milling attachment, I also have some tooling that I'm not sure what it is. I'm hoping someone can look at the pics and tell me what it's for.
Allen
)The lathe was passed down to me by my late grandfather. The bearing dates are Dec. 1942. His father was an auto mechanic by trade. I assume he bought the lathe new for use in his repair shop. I took apart every nut bolt and screw and cleaned 70 years worth of grease and gunk. I even had to solder new wires to the motor windings, since the insulation was all but gone from the originals. It was a bear, but I'm quite pleased with it now. The paint is Sherwin Williams Polymer Blue. Everything was taken down to the metal, spray primed and brush painted. It runs really smooth and quiet.
In addition to a steady rest, grinding attachment and milling attachment, I also have some tooling that I'm not sure what it is. I'm hoping someone can look at the pics and tell me what it's for.
Allen
Here is my Atlas 10D 10" x 24". I'm slowly upgrading it to a 10F, at least that's the plan.
The workbench is something I cobbled together from scrap wood I found on the property along with part of a sheet of cdx plywood. Its rough, ugly, but solid as hell.
The biggest thing I need right now, is to pick up a steady rest for it. I have another saddle, and most of the parts to complete it. The parts to complete the apron are on my list. I have some drip pans which you can see in the background, that I plan to put in place under the feet of the lathe. The chips are from a small sleeve I made for a pulley. This is just after I got it back from having the bed ground. She's very tight now, and with the exception of the slop in the brass nuts, I can't feel any slop at all.
Edits: I can't speel!
The workbench is something I cobbled together from scrap wood I found on the property along with part of a sheet of cdx plywood. Its rough, ugly, but solid as hell.
The biggest thing I need right now, is to pick up a steady rest for it. I have another saddle, and most of the parts to complete it. The parts to complete the apron are on my list. I have some drip pans which you can see in the background, that I plan to put in place under the feet of the lathe. The chips are from a small sleeve I made for a pulley. This is just after I got it back from having the bed ground. She's very tight now, and with the exception of the slop in the brass nuts, I can't feel any slop at all.
Edits: I can't speel!
Allen,
I used an outfit in Springfield, MO., and they only ended up charging me $200. And they were the only place in the area I could find that had a surface grinder large enough, iirc they said it could handle up to 6 feet. The machinist who did the work claimed he only took out .001", however I had to remove most of the shim material from the saddle to get it firm again. Additionally, when I dropped off the bed, I had left the feet attached, and he ground the feet parallel with the ways, before grinding the ways. Also, and in hindsight I would have done this too, they did not grind the underside of the ways.
Terry
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[h=1]Precision Machining of Ozark[/h]1848 E Saint Louis St, Springfield, MO 65802
(417) 869-2060
I used an outfit in Springfield, MO., and they only ended up charging me $200. And they were the only place in the area I could find that had a surface grinder large enough, iirc they said it could handle up to 6 feet. The machinist who did the work claimed he only took out .001", however I had to remove most of the shim material from the saddle to get it firm again. Additionally, when I dropped off the bed, I had left the feet attached, and he ground the feet parallel with the ways, before grinding the ways. Also, and in hindsight I would have done this too, they did not grind the underside of the ways.
Terry
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[h=1]Precision Machining of Ozark[/h]1848 E Saint Louis St, Springfield, MO 65802
(417) 869-2060