Froneck
Titanium
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2010
- Location
- McClure, PA 17059
I have a 14" early 50's 18 speed gear drive Hendey. I recently replaced the Vee belts. Having to remove many of the covers and a gear I decided to give it a Paint Job and do some maintenance on it since the Kung Flu I'm a little slow. Also it's one of 6 lathes I have so I can work around it.
The lead screw reverse drive slips from time to time in the Left Hand Screw direction. Right hand works fine. I assume the previous owner used it while running the spindle too fast during feed reversing. I've had this lathe over 20 years, it had this problem when I got it. Not very bad, if I need to cut LH threads I hold the lever, However since I'm doing a little work on the lathe I'm thinking it's a good time to fix it. I'm familiar with the mechanism, helped a friend fix the problem on a Hendey I sold him. We did lift the headstock. Being my shop has too many machines it would be a bit of a problem to get a Forklift near the lathe nor is there anything to attach a means to lift it. Easiest way would be to move the lathe to where I can use the Forklift.
So after all that long story, is it possible to access the reversing mechanism without lifting the Headstock?
The lead screw reverse drive slips from time to time in the Left Hand Screw direction. Right hand works fine. I assume the previous owner used it while running the spindle too fast during feed reversing. I've had this lathe over 20 years, it had this problem when I got it. Not very bad, if I need to cut LH threads I hold the lever, However since I'm doing a little work on the lathe I'm thinking it's a good time to fix it. I'm familiar with the mechanism, helped a friend fix the problem on a Hendey I sold him. We did lift the headstock. Being my shop has too many machines it would be a bit of a problem to get a Forklift near the lathe nor is there anything to attach a means to lift it. Easiest way would be to move the lathe to where I can use the Forklift.
So after all that long story, is it possible to access the reversing mechanism without lifting the Headstock?