Post by tigermoth on Oct 16, 2021 14:18:43 GMT
Hi All.
Thought I would put this on.
There was a Lathe/Mill advertised on the Scunthorpe M.E. Site so I thought I would have a look.
Turns out that the gentleman who owned it died in Spain unexpectedly and the family went out to bring back his car and possessions, the stripped the lathe down to be able to get it in a 4x4 with the engine he was building and all the stuff in the workshop.
When I went to look at it, it was under 2 plastic sheets in the garden of the son who wanted to keep it but could not get a garage built untill next year, anyway, the water had got in and it was starting to go rusty, I felt so sorry for the poor thing, I bought it and started to load it into the back of the Astra, got the stand it and all the boxes of bits, the poor Astra was looking a bit loaded (never knew it was so heavy), could not lift the bed or the mill head, oh there was also a bench drill that looked new (except for the rust), there were boxes of cutting tools, reamers, two 3 jaw and 1 4 jaw chuck, a set of machine clamps and other odds and ends, so got a friend to go back with me and collect the rest, finally got it all home so now the fun starts.
The lathe was covered in brass splinters, he must have been fly cutting a lot of brass and I got one in me thumb, had a hell of a job finding it to dig out, anyway now had to find space in the garage to put it, well eventually we had somewhere, so here goes with the rebuild.
Started off by leaving the main bits in a friends garage until I had the space to put it, Right scraped all the rust off the stand and put a coat of paint on it, then cleaned and oiled the base, got a lift to put base on stand and then the fun started, ok the big bits are easy to put together but the gears and screws and things are not so easy (if you take it from together you can put it from apart, as my mate used to say), must have put the gear train on at least 6 times before I got it right (glad I had an exploded view), finally cleaned the rust off the rest and re assembled most of the bits in the right order (I hope), found there was a keyway without a key (get new key) also a couple of grub screws missing, oh and a little bit of iron (I think) that is the lock for the carriage, one bent bolt to renew, belts to replace and the electrics to sort out as the motors and other things had been disconnected, (all good fun), I like the wiring diagram that is in the manual, which ever way it is up it is upside down. Will mark the colour of the wires on the chart as I sort them out.
Well that is as far as I have got at this moment except that one of the chucks is a brand new screw fit and will not fit this lathe so will put it up for sale soon along with some other bits that came with it.
Norman.
Thought I would put this on.
There was a Lathe/Mill advertised on the Scunthorpe M.E. Site so I thought I would have a look.
Turns out that the gentleman who owned it died in Spain unexpectedly and the family went out to bring back his car and possessions, the stripped the lathe down to be able to get it in a 4x4 with the engine he was building and all the stuff in the workshop.
When I went to look at it, it was under 2 plastic sheets in the garden of the son who wanted to keep it but could not get a garage built untill next year, anyway, the water had got in and it was starting to go rusty, I felt so sorry for the poor thing, I bought it and started to load it into the back of the Astra, got the stand it and all the boxes of bits, the poor Astra was looking a bit loaded (never knew it was so heavy), could not lift the bed or the mill head, oh there was also a bench drill that looked new (except for the rust), there were boxes of cutting tools, reamers, two 3 jaw and 1 4 jaw chuck, a set of machine clamps and other odds and ends, so got a friend to go back with me and collect the rest, finally got it all home so now the fun starts.
The lathe was covered in brass splinters, he must have been fly cutting a lot of brass and I got one in me thumb, had a hell of a job finding it to dig out, anyway now had to find space in the garage to put it, well eventually we had somewhere, so here goes with the rebuild.
Started off by leaving the main bits in a friends garage until I had the space to put it, Right scraped all the rust off the stand and put a coat of paint on it, then cleaned and oiled the base, got a lift to put base on stand and then the fun started, ok the big bits are easy to put together but the gears and screws and things are not so easy (if you take it from together you can put it from apart, as my mate used to say), must have put the gear train on at least 6 times before I got it right (glad I had an exploded view), finally cleaned the rust off the rest and re assembled most of the bits in the right order (I hope), found there was a keyway without a key (get new key) also a couple of grub screws missing, oh and a little bit of iron (I think) that is the lock for the carriage, one bent bolt to renew, belts to replace and the electrics to sort out as the motors and other things had been disconnected, (all good fun), I like the wiring diagram that is in the manual, which ever way it is up it is upside down. Will mark the colour of the wires on the chart as I sort them out.
Well that is as far as I have got at this moment except that one of the chucks is a brand new screw fit and will not fit this lathe so will put it up for sale soon along with some other bits that came with it.
Norman.
