Finished Lathe Picture
$48.00 Scrap Aluminum Channel 10x3.5
Cutting off the Bed
Parts Stacked Up to See What is Next
Mill off Ends
Sand the Paint off
Again What is Next, Found a bench at Scrap Yard
With Two Big Drawers
Need to make tooling, 23" Straight Edge
Making 23" V Block
Set Up to Start V Shape Ways for Carriage and Head Stock
Cutting the Ways
Finished Way Shape
First Way Installed in Slot
V Way and Flat Way Installed
Cleaned Carriage and Apron I got on E bay
Set Up to Mill 5/16 Off Carriage Back Clamp Pads
Back to V Ways
More Work on V Ways
Drill Holes in V Ways
Drill and Tap Hole in Bed For V Ways
Milled Slot For Front V Way for the Carriage
Admiring my work so far
Made Apron Adapter Plate
Drilled and Tapped Holes in Carriage for Back Clamp
Milled Back Clamp Part
Back Clamp Part with Brass Friction Bar
Drilling Back Clamp Part
Checking Parts for Back Clamp
Back Clamp Finished
Admiring my work again
Made Cutter to make Rack for Carriage
Testing Cutter, Not Right
Machining Brass Scrap For Rack
Reground Cutter, Made Rack
Rack Installed on Bed
Cutting More Channel for Motor Mount and Pulley Transmission
Machining Channel For Motor Mount and Pulley Transmission
Set Up To See, Not Right Yet
Reworked the Top of Motor Mount
Started Hinges For Motor Mount
Hinges Done, Motor Mounted and Paint removed from Motor Mount
Had to take the Spindle out of the Head Stock to to put the V Belt on and
check the Bearing Height for the Transmission. So instead of putting it back
together, I decided to Clean and Paint it, Saving time to take it apart again.
Head Stock Painted and back together
Stet Up to Bore Holes for Bearings
Bored Holes
Bearings Pressed In, Bigger than Needed but I had them. Motor and Transmission Channel Done
Made Bushings for Bearings
Broached all the Pulleys, Threaded and put Key Ways in Transmission Shaft
Drilled and Tapped Holes in Motor Mount
Made Parts for Belt Tensioner and Installed
Cleaned and Painted Carriage and Installed
Cleaned, Painted and Installed Tail Turret
Mounted Motor
Motor Belt Tensioner Started
Finished Motor Belt Tensioner
Wired Motor. Made Chips!
Worked on Chip/Splash Guard for Motor Air Intake Fan
More Work on Chip Guard, Mounting Bars Installed and Hole for Cross Slide Removal
Back Side of Chip Guard
99% Done
Head Stock and Transmission
Carriage and Turret
View from Tail
View from Back Side
View from Head End
Head
Nose View
Made Dead Center for Tail Turret, Turned Brass Piece 5", +/- 0 1/7/2024
99% Finished Lathe Rebuild
46 Days Straight, 318 Hours and $474.00
Stared 1/26/2022 - Finished 3/12/2022