Hendey lathe spindle stuck

mark ct · Feb 7, 2018

So my 15 year old neighbor recently purchased this Hendey lathe, it was only 200 bucks so a great starter lathe, however spindle is stuck, I see that's semi common yet I can't find how exactly you disassemble and fix it, all the discussions Google finds me are spindles that look different or not a clear explanation. I don't want to damage anything disassembling it to reshim it, it sounds like that is what we need to do anyways. Also having been absent here for over a decade I don't see how to post pictures anymore??? It's a 12" swing cone head lathe

johnoder · Feb 7, 2018

Welcome back Mark

Go Advanced and Manage Attachments works fine for me from my PC to upload photos to forum as thumbnails

Thumbnails below are some of the usual stuff I post to assist folks doing this repair, and if that isn't enough it can be discussed here at length

If you reclaim your SEARCH skills there are numerous threads on the subject

mark ct said:
So my 15 year old neighbor recently purchased this Hendey lathe, it was only 200 bucks so a great starter lathe, however spindle is stuck, I see that's semi common yet I can't find how exactly you disassemble and fix it, all the discussions Google finds me are spindles that look different or not a clear explanation. I don't want to damage anything disassembling it to reshim it, it sounds like that is what we need to do anyways. Also having been absent here for over a decade I don't see how to post pictures anymore??? It's a 12" swing cone head lathe

mark ct · Feb 7, 2018

Thank you, and I had found a few threads but admit it was puzzling me a bit exactly how it was adjusted, your pictures make it somewhat clearer. I attached a picture of the lathe, any good resources for dating them etc?

johnoder · Feb 7, 2018

any good resources for dating them

Post up serial - which will be right end on top stamped into machined cast iron between two front ways and adjacent the pair of screws holding up the right hand lead screw bracket.

Will be four or five digits

Hendeyman sometimes can provide history

mark ct · Feb 7, 2018

Saturday morning we are going with some rigging and the hooklift truck to retrieve it I will get the serial number for sure then

David Bodkin · Feb 8, 2018

mark ct said:
Saturday morning we are going with some rigging and the hooklift truck to retrieve it I will get the serial number for sure then

I'll give the standard warning to remove the motor and support arm as they make the lathe top heavy.

JBoogie · Feb 8, 2018

Why isn't there a sticky on Hendey spindle issues?

mark ct · Feb 8, 2018

David Bodkin said:
I'll give the standard warning to remove the motor and support arm as they make the lathe top heavy.

We had contemplated that, but not having a good lifting device onsite the plan is to jack up each end and bolt a 4ft long timber crossways on each end and then connect these with lengthwise skids making a large stable base to move it and secure it in transport

Paolo_MD · Feb 9, 2018

One thing doesn't exclude the other...

You can use the very same timber to rig a structure to hold a chain hoist and assist you in disassembly.
Otherwise, if you insist in moving it completely assembled, extend the runners at least another 4-6ft to the left of the headstock, since it would lift equally easily the tailstock end of the bed.

Paolo

mark ct · Feb 9, 2018

Excellent point, I had not thought about the lengthwise tipping potential with such a relatively short bed, I will definitely leave them long

mark ct · Feb 11, 2018

Moving the lathe went well, made a stable base skid and walked it to the doorway with a pallet jack and Johnson bar then slid it up onto the hooklift flatbed. We did remove the motor itself from the overhead drive as it was being replaced with single phase anyhow and reduced some weight up top. Once home disassembled the spindle and I understand exactly how they stick now, new shims are on the way from the calculations I found on another thread

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