I'm attemping to revive old lath.
Its a 1920 (ish) Amercian Tool Works, tool room lathe, 16"
Its ways are worn out too much for metal use.
So its being converted to a patternlathe, for wood working
The spindle however has some scouring on it.
When I spin it by hand, it goes for about 1/2 a rotation before stopping.
I pulled off the bearing tops and found some significan scouring on the spindle.
The bushings are plain bronze and appear to be in good shape.
Since I have only one big lathe...
How could I polish these up?
(I've called around for a mchinist to do it, but have been quote more than I paid for the entire lathe.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Olaf
Its a 1920 (ish) Amercian Tool Works, tool room lathe, 16"
Its ways are worn out too much for metal use.
So its being converted to a patternlathe, for wood working
The spindle however has some scouring on it.
When I spin it by hand, it goes for about 1/2 a rotation before stopping.
I pulled off the bearing tops and found some significan scouring on the spindle.
The bushings are plain bronze and appear to be in good shape.
Since I have only one big lathe...
How could I polish these up?
(I've called around for a mchinist to do it, but have been quote more than I paid for the entire lathe.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Olaf