mokusbajusz
Aluminum
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2010
- Location
- Budapest, Hungary
Hello everybody,
first of all a big THANK to all of you keeping such a forum alive!
I hope you can help me, and doing so I'll also be able to contribute to this amazing collection of information.
Let me short introduce myself: my name is Balázs, I'm Hungarian from Budapest, 42 years old and have two sons (7 and 11).
I'm on the way to learn the special terms used for the lathe, but English is not my native language, so sorry for any stupid error in advance!
My diploma is about lighting engineer, but I never worked in that business. I'm at Bosch now, working as project manager in the ECU development department.
I'm completely newbie at machining, but I'm kinda DIY guy and I always wanted a lathe, but I could never afford it, until last weekend!
I have an old friend, a mechanical engineer, who had a lathe, which he didn't use. Every time we met I asked him to give it to me, but he always refused, saying that will be inherited by one of his sons. That "fight" continued for more than 10 years, but now he decided to present it to me! WOW!
I immediately went to have a look on it, and found it is quite a bit rusty.
For the time being I could not inspect it more deeply but the rust is "only" a few weeks old: there was recently some huge rain and his basement where the lathe is stored went under water. Apart from the headstock spindle and the gear set which I did not check all moving parts can easily move: cross-slide, tool rest, apron, ...
More pics about the lathe can be found here: Picasa Web Albums - mokusbajusz - lathe
In spite of that its condition seems awful I'm about to restore it anyway. Inspired by Paula's Model 9A…
In order to do that I need a lot of information and help, since there is nothing available for this machine here in Hungary.
I'm already lurking here for some days, and sucking the information like a sponge, but there are some that I could not gather.
So please be prepared to be bombed by many questions. Hopefully I will not bother you with them.
1)
The first thing I guess is to identify the machine. Based on the info given by the previous owner it has a 3 feet bed, its Catalog No. is 615 YV, the date of manufacture is 1937 (estimation).
I did not check its Serial No. yet, as I didn't know where to look for it when taking the photos. The lathe is on the countryside (about 40 km far from my flat), so unfortunately I cannot access it easy, but next time I'll have a closer look.
I assume it is a 9" Model C. Can it be confirmed checking the pics?
2)
My next question is how to remove the rust? Can sandblasting be used? If so which part? What parts must not? How to clean then them?
I assume none of the grinded, machined surfaces can be sandblasted, but what about the cast parts (bed, etc.)?
Can the V-ways be detached from the cast, or it is not recommended, I mean wouldn't be alignment problems by reassembly?
What method / material is to follow /use to mask the parts for sandblasting?
3)
I assume for the disassembly and reassembly I will need some kind of repair manual and / or part list. Can some of you offer me any documentation about this machine?
4)
Is the code for the color of the original paint known that can a paint shop read / understand also nowadays? I would use the same color as it was factory used.
That is for now.
Sorry to be a bit long, but I'm so excited!
Thank you for any advice in advance.
I'll be back!
first of all a big THANK to all of you keeping such a forum alive!
I hope you can help me, and doing so I'll also be able to contribute to this amazing collection of information.
Let me short introduce myself: my name is Balázs, I'm Hungarian from Budapest, 42 years old and have two sons (7 and 11).
I'm on the way to learn the special terms used for the lathe, but English is not my native language, so sorry for any stupid error in advance!
My diploma is about lighting engineer, but I never worked in that business. I'm at Bosch now, working as project manager in the ECU development department.
I'm completely newbie at machining, but I'm kinda DIY guy and I always wanted a lathe, but I could never afford it, until last weekend!
I have an old friend, a mechanical engineer, who had a lathe, which he didn't use. Every time we met I asked him to give it to me, but he always refused, saying that will be inherited by one of his sons. That "fight" continued for more than 10 years, but now he decided to present it to me! WOW!
I immediately went to have a look on it, and found it is quite a bit rusty.
For the time being I could not inspect it more deeply but the rust is "only" a few weeks old: there was recently some huge rain and his basement where the lathe is stored went under water. Apart from the headstock spindle and the gear set which I did not check all moving parts can easily move: cross-slide, tool rest, apron, ...
More pics about the lathe can be found here: Picasa Web Albums - mokusbajusz - lathe
In spite of that its condition seems awful I'm about to restore it anyway. Inspired by Paula's Model 9A…
In order to do that I need a lot of information and help, since there is nothing available for this machine here in Hungary.
I'm already lurking here for some days, and sucking the information like a sponge, but there are some that I could not gather.
So please be prepared to be bombed by many questions. Hopefully I will not bother you with them.
1)
The first thing I guess is to identify the machine. Based on the info given by the previous owner it has a 3 feet bed, its Catalog No. is 615 YV, the date of manufacture is 1937 (estimation).
I did not check its Serial No. yet, as I didn't know where to look for it when taking the photos. The lathe is on the countryside (about 40 km far from my flat), so unfortunately I cannot access it easy, but next time I'll have a closer look.
I assume it is a 9" Model C. Can it be confirmed checking the pics?
2)
My next question is how to remove the rust? Can sandblasting be used? If so which part? What parts must not? How to clean then them?
I assume none of the grinded, machined surfaces can be sandblasted, but what about the cast parts (bed, etc.)?
Can the V-ways be detached from the cast, or it is not recommended, I mean wouldn't be alignment problems by reassembly?
What method / material is to follow /use to mask the parts for sandblasting?
3)
I assume for the disassembly and reassembly I will need some kind of repair manual and / or part list. Can some of you offer me any documentation about this machine?
4)
Is the code for the color of the original paint known that can a paint shop read / understand also nowadays? I would use the same color as it was factory used.
That is for now.
Sorry to be a bit long, but I'm so excited!
Thank you for any advice in advance.
I'll be back!