raven007
Aluminum
- Joined
- Dec 7, 2010
- Location
- georgia, usa
I recently bought my first really big iron. A VN 26 from the looks of pics and consulting manuals available on the web. The plate on the base is a little mangled. It looks slightly different from other 26s I have seen.
I bought it for below scrap price. It is somewhat of a fixer upper. At some point it was tipped over and some levers got damaged. The most grievous damages being the end of the table's leadscrew getting broken on the left end of the table, and the cast over arm getting broken into two places. Neither of these cause me a terrible lot of concern, the leadscrew is smooth from stop to stop and broken past the bearing. I will counterbore then press and pin an extension for a dial and handwheel back on. The overarm did not shatter, it is cleanly broken into two pieces and should be repairable.
The most concerning thing about the machine is the layshaft in the base is seized. I can rock the splined shaft going up into the knee and turn the sprocket on the feed motor back and forth, taking up slack in the chain. The right side knee cover was removed as well as the right side column cover and chain guard. Before purchase I turned the gear train and inspected everything I could in the knee and found nothing amiss. Will need to pull the layshaft and repair things. And fabricate missing covers. All in all, I am happy. Required pics:
I bought it for below scrap price. It is somewhat of a fixer upper. At some point it was tipped over and some levers got damaged. The most grievous damages being the end of the table's leadscrew getting broken on the left end of the table, and the cast over arm getting broken into two places. Neither of these cause me a terrible lot of concern, the leadscrew is smooth from stop to stop and broken past the bearing. I will counterbore then press and pin an extension for a dial and handwheel back on. The overarm did not shatter, it is cleanly broken into two pieces and should be repairable.
The most concerning thing about the machine is the layshaft in the base is seized. I can rock the splined shaft going up into the knee and turn the sprocket on the feed motor back and forth, taking up slack in the chain. The right side knee cover was removed as well as the right side column cover and chain guard. Before purchase I turned the gear train and inspected everything I could in the knee and found nothing amiss. Will need to pull the layshaft and repair things. And fabricate missing covers. All in all, I am happy. Required pics: