Good morning,
I was pointed to this site by a couple groups I'm in on Facebook. I picked up machining as a hobby a couple years ago as an outgrowth of mentoring a high school robotics team. I just picked up a Hendey 14x6 Lathe that seems to actually work pretty well so far and just want to learn more about it. (my other lather is a modern grizzly benchtop so this is a whole new class of Heavy metal for me). Things I know:
Hendey 14x6
Serial # 15297
It has a Rebuilt tag on it by "W.B. Knight Machinery, St. Louis Missouri"
I'd love to know an approximate year based on the serial number and any other advice folks have for maintaining or things to check on before I do anything serious with this. I'm looking forward to playing with it but don't want to screw something up in my ignorance. I don't know what I don't know
I was pointed to this site by a couple groups I'm in on Facebook. I picked up machining as a hobby a couple years ago as an outgrowth of mentoring a high school robotics team. I just picked up a Hendey 14x6 Lathe that seems to actually work pretty well so far and just want to learn more about it. (my other lather is a modern grizzly benchtop so this is a whole new class of Heavy metal for me). Things I know:
Hendey 14x6
Serial # 15297
It has a Rebuilt tag on it by "W.B. Knight Machinery, St. Louis Missouri"
I'd love to know an approximate year based on the serial number and any other advice folks have for maintaining or things to check on before I do anything serious with this. I'm looking forward to playing with it but don't want to screw something up in my ignorance. I don't know what I don't know