Hello,
I just traded a half a day's work and 100 bucks for a heavy 10 lathe. it is in beautiful shape but is covered in decades of dried oil goo. I bought the rebuild book with felts and plan to tear the whole thing apart and soak it in diesel to get rid of the goo. The serial number is just over 170K. I have already ordered a serial tag lookup from south bend.
Any advice on the teardown?
I also have a whole ton of 5C collets I got for free and I would like to use them on this lathe. Is there any good source for a collet chuck?
When I engage the back gears and run the lead screw where it brings the carriage towards the headstock it binds a backgear. Specifically the lower leftmost gear when viewed from the back of the lathe. All the others spin freely but I think this gear is tightening its own nut down on itself. Any solution?
I am pretty new to running a lathe so any advice is appreciated. I know a Heavy 10 with scrape marks still on most of the ways is a pretty nice thing so I want to take care of it.
Thanks
I just traded a half a day's work and 100 bucks for a heavy 10 lathe. it is in beautiful shape but is covered in decades of dried oil goo. I bought the rebuild book with felts and plan to tear the whole thing apart and soak it in diesel to get rid of the goo. The serial number is just over 170K. I have already ordered a serial tag lookup from south bend.
Any advice on the teardown?
I also have a whole ton of 5C collets I got for free and I would like to use them on this lathe. Is there any good source for a collet chuck?
When I engage the back gears and run the lead screw where it brings the carriage towards the headstock it binds a backgear. Specifically the lower leftmost gear when viewed from the back of the lathe. All the others spin freely but I think this gear is tightening its own nut down on itself. Any solution?
I am pretty new to running a lathe so any advice is appreciated. I know a Heavy 10 with scrape marks still on most of the ways is a pretty nice thing so I want to take care of it.
Thanks