I bought an old Hendey conehead lathe a few weeks ago. The crossfeed handle will turn 180 degrees and then stops. The crossfeed "table" moves slightly. I removed the compound feed and then removed the "plug" that connects the crossfeed screw to the table and the table does slide, so the issue must be with a gear in the apron. The clutch knob seems to work ok (turning it clockwise will jam up the crossfeed tight).
Thinking that there is a jammed gear or broken tooth in the apron, I started to remove the apron (I did research about how to do this) but I am having trouble loosening the two screws on the tailstock end of the ways that hold the bracket that holds the far right end of the leadscrew and shifting rod. Those two vertical screws wont budge. I have tried an impact driver (hand held type that you strike with a hammer). I also tried using my heavy duty cordless impact with the impact "socket" attached. Still no luck. Next I tried to spin them with a hammer and round punch. Still no luck. My ideas are to either heat the area up with my oxyacetelene torch and then try, or to just drill them out and retap them. Any suggestions on how to remove these two stubborn bolts? (there is penetrating oil on top of the screws in the pic)
My other idea was to leave the apron where it is and remove the acme crossfeed screw and possibly just remove the small gear on it that is driven by the large gear in the apron. That way I would still have a working crossfeed- it just wouldn't have the powerfeed option. Would it be very easy to remove the crossfeed handle and acme screw and then remove the small gear?
Any input would be appreciated.
Thinking that there is a jammed gear or broken tooth in the apron, I started to remove the apron (I did research about how to do this) but I am having trouble loosening the two screws on the tailstock end of the ways that hold the bracket that holds the far right end of the leadscrew and shifting rod. Those two vertical screws wont budge. I have tried an impact driver (hand held type that you strike with a hammer). I also tried using my heavy duty cordless impact with the impact "socket" attached. Still no luck. Next I tried to spin them with a hammer and round punch. Still no luck. My ideas are to either heat the area up with my oxyacetelene torch and then try, or to just drill them out and retap them. Any suggestions on how to remove these two stubborn bolts? (there is penetrating oil on top of the screws in the pic)
My other idea was to leave the apron where it is and remove the acme crossfeed screw and possibly just remove the small gear on it that is driven by the large gear in the apron. That way I would still have a working crossfeed- it just wouldn't have the powerfeed option. Would it be very easy to remove the crossfeed handle and acme screw and then remove the small gear?
Any input would be appreciated.