stormbird
Plastic
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2014
- Location
- United Kingdom
Could someone please tell me if all the needle roller bearings in the carriage are the same size and spec? (ie buy a bunch to replace all at the same time?). Also, is the 21T gear on the end of the carriage handwheel shaft detachable from that shaft and if so how, or must one buy a complete shaft with 21T gear already attached? As a newby to Hardinge I am aghast at how this carriage apron is a muddy rotting mess the like of which I have never seen on a lathe before!!! I have read other restorer's accounts of this phenomenon and really have to wonder at how such an appalling design failure could be perpetrated - where does all that watery muck come from and why are the gears not made of non-rusting steel?