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Thread: QUALOS lathe
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1st April 2014, 11:13 PM #46New Member
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Re Qualos Lathe
Hi Jacques
yes i'd be interested to see the sales brochures. I'd appreciate if you could post them - thanks
patrick
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11th April 2014, 03:22 PM #47Intermediate Member
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Qualos Original Sales Brochures
Hi Patrick,
Glad you got the manual finally here. Hotmail attachments was obviously the problem.
As mentioned, attached here are the period sales literature Mitutoyo Qualos send me in PDF format. Again I acknowledge their kind permission to reproduce it here.
I am a novice myself so will have to let someone else on the forum answer your questions on regarding headstock spindle runout correcting. Would imagine the bearings would very seldom need to be adjusted however. Sounds like a heavy hand was used in any event on any previous adjustment.
I have not looked at my lathe bearings but from my truck restoration experience old oil is almost as bad for bearings as no oil. The acids that form in 70 year old oil can severely pit balls, needles and races.
All the best enjoyment with your Qualos lathe.
As an aside: I finally got to see my neighbor a few doors away Qualos lathe. He though it was a Junior but it is in fact the same 5-1/4" x 33" model as mine. In excellent condition too from an old tech school and about 100 serial numbers lower than mine. What are the chances that two people only a few metres away have the same vintage lathes in their garages!
Cheers,
Jacques
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16th April 2014, 06:01 PM #48New Member
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Re : Qualos Lathe
Hi Jacques
Thanks for posting those sales brochures - very interesting. It is an amazing coincidence that your neighbour has the same model in good condition, but then I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few of them about still.
Once again, thanks to anyone who can throw some light on sorting out spindle alignment problems, I think I'll also try and find a friendly fitter who can come and have a look over it and give me a problem list to work my way through. I'd love to see the lathe restored to reasonable accuracy but it could be that it is not practical this time - we will see, and I'll keep you posted on the progress....
patrick
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11th May 2014, 09:30 PM #49
qualos
Found these pics and also one on ebay that looks rather sad , the bed is eaten away .
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/g...90324/1/a38022
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/g...90324/1/a38023
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Qualos-me...item2ed1ac607a
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9th February 2015, 09:24 PM #50Novice
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qualos 5 inch
Just aquired one of these. Any info would be appreciated.
what sort of oil do you use in gear boxes, my guess is sae 90 gear oil.
used to have a couple of fostermatics and they took sae 10 for the auto clutches.
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15th February 2015, 11:56 PM #51Novice
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HMT lathe on ebay
Hi every one.
Not about Qualos.
I clicked on the link to ebay in the #1 post in this thread and it links to the current ebay list.
Item #11 is a HMT LB20 strait bed lathe. i.e. no gap. It is the second time this machine has been listed as there were no bids first time. Probable due to its location.
This machine is not presented very well but in general they were very good. 10 HP 18 speed. Gamet bearing spindle and hardened steel insert slideways. A very strong machine.
I was told they were a French design made under license.
For the asking price it would be hard to beat.
My interest?
I bought one from Bruce Towns Engineering in '76 and used for 12 years before selling as I was down sizing.
The company I sold it to was taken over by Marand Eng. and they sold the machine on online auction about 3 years ago and I went to have a look to see how it had fared.
When I got the lathe in '76 it had .003 thou back lash in the cross slide screw and 35 years later it had .006 thou back lash which I think is amazing.
It sold for $1500.00
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25th February 2015, 04:46 PM #52New Member
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23rd July 2015, 02:12 PM #53Turning useful pieces of steel into scrap metal.
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8th August 2015, 04:29 PM #54Novice
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Here, finally, are some pics of my Qualos Junior. The lighting in the shed is not the best for photography...
The lathe bed and the major parts are stamped with matching numbers: 1027.
If anyone else with a junior could take a pic of how the change gears are fitted, I'd appreciate it!
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