Rick Kruger
Aluminum
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2002
- Location
- Halfway, OR
I have a 1946 10EE with taper attachment. I have had the lathe for a little over two years but until now have not had a need to use the TA. In getting behind the lathe and dusting off the TA, reading the manual and starting to play with it, I've found two issues I would like to address.
1) Angle setting magnifying lens, and
2) Vernier gear slop.
Magnifying Lens
The lense is in place, but has aged and is yellow. It is very difficult to read much of anything through it.
I would like to get it out of the housing to see if it can be polished to get rid of the yellowing, or if it can be replaced. Since it is a magnifying lense, to replace it, I would need to find an original, or find someone who can make a new one. There is what appears to be a retaining ring keeping the lense in place. However, the lense is loose and can be depressed but seems to be spring loaded and pops back up. The retaining ring does not budge, nither in rotation (sliding around in the housing) or in being able to be pried out of the housing. I have not wanted to get very aggressive with it until I know more.
Vernier Gear Slop
There is quite a bit of slop in side to side movement of the taper bar. About a whole degree of slop. This cannot be right so there must be an adjustment or fix. There is a cover that looks to be removable, with two small flat socket head screws (FHSS). Looking at the parts diagram, it is difficult to tell if there is any adjustment within the vernier gears for removing this slop. The curve gear rack on the taper bar has a couple similar but larger FHSSs that appear to mount it in place. I can imagine that there could be adjustability in that rack mount that might be used to reduce the slop.
If anyone can give me some insights and/or advise me on how to handle these issues, I would appreciate hearing from you.
Thanks in advance,
Rick
1) Angle setting magnifying lens, and
2) Vernier gear slop.
Magnifying Lens
The lense is in place, but has aged and is yellow. It is very difficult to read much of anything through it.
I would like to get it out of the housing to see if it can be polished to get rid of the yellowing, or if it can be replaced. Since it is a magnifying lense, to replace it, I would need to find an original, or find someone who can make a new one. There is what appears to be a retaining ring keeping the lense in place. However, the lense is loose and can be depressed but seems to be spring loaded and pops back up. The retaining ring does not budge, nither in rotation (sliding around in the housing) or in being able to be pried out of the housing. I have not wanted to get very aggressive with it until I know more.
Vernier Gear Slop
There is quite a bit of slop in side to side movement of the taper bar. About a whole degree of slop. This cannot be right so there must be an adjustment or fix. There is a cover that looks to be removable, with two small flat socket head screws (FHSS). Looking at the parts diagram, it is difficult to tell if there is any adjustment within the vernier gears for removing this slop. The curve gear rack on the taper bar has a couple similar but larger FHSSs that appear to mount it in place. I can imagine that there could be adjustability in that rack mount that might be used to reduce the slop.
If anyone can give me some insights and/or advise me on how to handle these issues, I would appreciate hearing from you.
Thanks in advance,
Rick