Durring my trouble shooting of possible sources of chatting in my recently purchased 1941 13" S.B. lathe I checked the play in my spindle bearings and found 6 thousands of play. After removing the bearing journals I found the the front integral cast iron headstock bearings (the rear bearings are in good shape) were trashed and the spindle had worn about 2 thousands in the area where the bearings scuffs are
Any ideas on how to recondition these would be greatly appreciated!
Any ideas on how to recondition these would be greatly appreciated!