DocsMachine
Titanium
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2005
- Location
- Southcentral, AK
Can't really call it a "rebuild" as there's little that needs to be rebuilt. Could almost just call it a "paintjob", but there will be a couple things to attend to.
I've often had need of a small, simple second-op/simple-op machine, but such things basically don't exist in Alaska. I finally had an opportunity to get one, delivered, for a bit less than the typical eBay asking price, so I grabbed it. Finally came in this Friday.
Got 'er home, unloaded it and unwrapped it...
And started cleaning it up.
She's had kind of a hard life, but the inner and outer spindle tapers are cherry- I'm not sure this thing's ever had a chuck on it. Bedway has a little scuffing, but of course that's almost irrelevant on something like this. Closer could use some attention, but trips and locks firmly.
Came with a plug that was different than my setup, and was broken to boot, so I swapped over a spare I had, plugged it into my rotary, and gave it a shot. Nothing happened.
Checked the fuses, checked the disconnects, and then checked the control box. Everything looked good... except for a bit of errant lamp cord, clearly snipped off and black-taped in place.
I found a copy of the wiring diagram in an older thread here, though the resolution was awfully low. Chasing that a bit- I are not an electramtician- I realized the lamp cord was basically both ends of a ground.
Just as a quick test, I stripped the ends and wrapped them together, said a minor prayer that I wasn't somehow about to let the magic smoke out, and gave it another shot. She fired right up and ran smoothly- and even in the correct direction.
I unwrapped the black tape and found the lamp cord had been simply wound around a ring terminal, so I removed that, and reconnected it to where the other end of the cord had been.
No idea what the cord was for. Some kind of E-stop? A remote disable switch? Can't be for like a foot switch or something, as the switch at the front of the headstock was still there and functioning properly. Maybe a safety? Some fixture or mechanism had a set of switches that had to be pressed in order to cycle? Who knows.
Anyhow, it works, and works well. I may at some point swap it over to a VFD, but really, it works just fine on the rotary at the moment, so no real need to.
I figure I'll break it down this weekend, and get the stand cleaned up and painted, then break down the lathe itself (except for the spindle, of course) and paint those, too.
'Couple questions: As I'll be using this thing to occasionally spin-polish and such, can I put a DV-59 spindle protector on this thing? They're essentially the same spindle nose, right?
What about those spindle mounted parting tool things? Not sure I'll ever need or use something like that (unless I actually gt a DV-59 with a turret ) but just kind of curious.
And, this thing came with a pretty much standard fixed lever-action cross slide. I see some (typically expensive) toolposts on eBay- a "D9"? Are those what I'd need for this slide? (I haven't checked dimensions yet.) Or is there another type needed for this?
Oh, and the serial is 3553-S. Any way to tell about when it was made?
Doc.
I've often had need of a small, simple second-op/simple-op machine, but such things basically don't exist in Alaska. I finally had an opportunity to get one, delivered, for a bit less than the typical eBay asking price, so I grabbed it. Finally came in this Friday.
Got 'er home, unloaded it and unwrapped it...
And started cleaning it up.
She's had kind of a hard life, but the inner and outer spindle tapers are cherry- I'm not sure this thing's ever had a chuck on it. Bedway has a little scuffing, but of course that's almost irrelevant on something like this. Closer could use some attention, but trips and locks firmly.
Came with a plug that was different than my setup, and was broken to boot, so I swapped over a spare I had, plugged it into my rotary, and gave it a shot. Nothing happened.
Checked the fuses, checked the disconnects, and then checked the control box. Everything looked good... except for a bit of errant lamp cord, clearly snipped off and black-taped in place.
I found a copy of the wiring diagram in an older thread here, though the resolution was awfully low. Chasing that a bit- I are not an electramtician- I realized the lamp cord was basically both ends of a ground.
Just as a quick test, I stripped the ends and wrapped them together, said a minor prayer that I wasn't somehow about to let the magic smoke out, and gave it another shot. She fired right up and ran smoothly- and even in the correct direction.
I unwrapped the black tape and found the lamp cord had been simply wound around a ring terminal, so I removed that, and reconnected it to where the other end of the cord had been.
No idea what the cord was for. Some kind of E-stop? A remote disable switch? Can't be for like a foot switch or something, as the switch at the front of the headstock was still there and functioning properly. Maybe a safety? Some fixture or mechanism had a set of switches that had to be pressed in order to cycle? Who knows.
Anyhow, it works, and works well. I may at some point swap it over to a VFD, but really, it works just fine on the rotary at the moment, so no real need to.
I figure I'll break it down this weekend, and get the stand cleaned up and painted, then break down the lathe itself (except for the spindle, of course) and paint those, too.
'Couple questions: As I'll be using this thing to occasionally spin-polish and such, can I put a DV-59 spindle protector on this thing? They're essentially the same spindle nose, right?
What about those spindle mounted parting tool things? Not sure I'll ever need or use something like that (unless I actually gt a DV-59 with a turret ) but just kind of curious.
And, this thing came with a pretty much standard fixed lever-action cross slide. I see some (typically expensive) toolposts on eBay- a "D9"? Are those what I'd need for this slide? (I haven't checked dimensions yet.) Or is there another type needed for this?
Oh, and the serial is 3553-S. Any way to tell about when it was made?
Doc.