SB 9 head stock rebuild issue with long wicks walking as installing spindle

Bssc · Mar 24, 2021

So i have been cleaning up my SB 9 1934 the headstock is ready to go back together but I am having an issue with the long wicks taking a walk as I reinstall the spindle this head takes the long flat wicks they just will not stay as I push in the spindle.

SLK001 · Mar 24, 2021

Get some thread and tie them down while you insert the spindle. Once it is in, cut the thread and pull the thread out.

Bssc · Mar 25, 2021

off to try this

lucky7 · Mar 25, 2021

Never worked on a 1934, but on a late 1950’s 9” the wicks can be held down with a thin gauge wire thru the oiler hole.

L7

mcload · Mar 25, 2021

I did an image search for a '34 SB lathe, and they didn't have the upper holes for holding down the felt.
(at least from what I could see)

PMc

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Bssc · Mar 25, 2021

top oiler with longitudinal felts parallel with the spindle ,

thread trick worked like a charm it needs to be in the rebuild manual and in a tip thread

SLK001 · Mar 25, 2021

Bssc said:
thread trick worked like a charm it needs to be in the rebuild manual and in a tip thread

Glad to hear that it worked for you! Is there a rebuild manual for a lathe that old?

Bssc · Mar 28, 2021

There is the Ilion book though I am only using it for assembly, as I had torn it down before getting it just need a few tidbits out of the book. The headstock is together, bed was cleaned long ago before August last year , I can get to assembly now as my shoulder has recovered enough from surgery that the headstock can be lifted. I am a bicycle mechanic by trade, also auto, welder, fabricator, mason, carpenter.

I did not think there would be room for such a trick , I had passed over an earler idea of using some brass edm wire.

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