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Why would it be wiring? A local wiring defect should give a localised hot spot, or the motor shouldn't run. Happy to have someone explain starting capacitors to me on this point and other technicalities. I recall they can be a nightmare. I suggest you check that the machine turns freely, its...

Great lathe, great project, it should be fun. I think these lathes are designed to allow maintenance but some have headstocks that are difficult to put back in the same place, so take care what you take off. There are some nice videos of SB restorations on Youtube and due to the similarities...

Fluid film is just oily stuff right? Then it should be fine. you want stuff that gets squeezed out of the joint, light oils are best at that. My 1942 lathe has been stood in less than perfect conditions for significant periods and these surfaces are still perfect. No fancy sprays for most of...

Hi Bob The shafts are big for the power, I'll be surprised if you can't turn down the shaft, sleeve it for a good fit and incorporate features in the shaft and through the sleeve that mean screws will never come loose or slip.

I have a different sort, but it suffers from the same problem of being too stiff.

:) May I ask were people are buying from, especially if you know they ship abroad. :D I do like those oilers.

Great news. Even if you have a tricky, technical project to do I hope the low expense makes it fun. Thanks for posting, the more I learn about these wonderful machines the better.

Awesome thread thanks. Did it sell?

Thanks Adrian They look pretty useful. Having the real MaCoy is nice. I recall seeing somewhere that we shouldn't use oils with detergents in, which is most car lubricants. Can anyone confirm that for me, maybe suggest a thread if its been covered. After 35 years of car ownership I have...

Hi tallfreak, Great thread, thanks for all the advice chaps, it applies to me just as much. I believe that the last photo is of a crotch center, used in the tailstock for cross drilling round items. I followed up on the references posted and on page 47 of the 1943 catalogue there is a very...

Finished! very interesting as its so close to my Heavy 10, and a great job too, thanks.

:) Thanks for posting MyLiLMule, this is going to keep me busy for ages. Cheers Rog

Great thread - thanks Dale. It is so exciting that I had read half of it by the time I realised that it was posted in 2014. :D Is there a clearer photo of the lubrication chart you could post please, mine seems to have lost its one. I hope to print and laminate it. :o

I have found something useful - a table of "permissible deviation limits for linear measures" from ISO 2768-1 published by a company called PI. It downloaded from google and appeared in my downloads without me noticing, and I lost the link, sorry. Sizes ranges for the linear dimension have...

:) I am having fun with maths deciding which gears are necessary. Pete is having fun cutting them. How accurate does a pitch have to be to fit a nut? We can drop some gears if we use the standard gear for some of the sizes.

NNNOOOOOOOOOOO :willy_nilly: :eek: ta :D

trying again. And failing. :angry:

Hi folks I need a South Bend label or logo to go on top of the threading data table I am working on. Link here: https://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/south-bend-lathes/metric-transposing-gears-early-heavy-10-a-385921/index3.html#post3703366 Has anyone already produced such a thing I can cut...

This is how it should look :rolleyes5:

Hi all I have tabulated the data, so generously provided thank you, against ISO standard sizes, its pretty interesting. That 34-tooth gear is very useful, it covers M1, M1.2, M2.5, M3, M4 fine, M5 fine, M6 fine, M7, M8 fine, M10, M12 fine, M14, M16. So if you are making both parts who needs...