WILLEO6709
Diamond
- Joined
- Nov 6, 2001
- Location
- WAPELLO, IA USA
As the title states,,,, its a little off topis because its not a monarch, but I did just finish rescraping the saddle, cross, compound, and tailstock of my " large engine lathe". After I Ran out of money on a an auction of o Monarch IM 613.... I swore I was going to fix all that ailed my colchester 17 x 75. Its saving graces were the 3 inch thru hole, d1-8, inch/ metric gearbox, and 1600 rpm headstock. At one time it was my only operational lathe, not I have 3 10EE's, a larger cnc universal turning center, and a 7 axis cnc swiss, but I digress. The colchester had had a hard life before me and I must admit I contributed to its derelict state at times myself. The rack and pinion under the bed had been damaged in crashes throughout its life, and I wound up buying an apron gearbox off ebay just to get the drive pinion. I got some boston gear rack, machined it to fit, and replaced all the rack with new to go with the pinion. The pinion had a couple rolled teeth and the rack had been getting worse at the "revolution pitch" of the pinion. The bed was in decent shape, but the oil passaged had clogged, and it was riding on straight grooved surfaces. I did not do as detailed a job as Harry.... but she looks good. I had work to get it back together for, and have not taken a test cut of any length yet. Test cuts out of the chuck look better than they ever have in the time I have had it.....