Thread: Assembling Golding Lathe

Peter looking good like the dremel set up

check your PM's & email's

Ray

Fitted two new bearings,completed and fitted the new shaft,captive on either side of the pulley cut the grooves,fitted two circlips,no lateral movement now.
Now have to align the motor to lay shaft at the motor end.
Lubricated the headstock bearings.
End view shows the headstock is swivelled with the motor.
Last pic indicates some of the remaining gear to locate where it fits and clean up.
Used the Dremel set up to cut the shaft to length,stainless steel rod from a photocopier rail,hard a hell but the cut off disk handled it on the dremel.
Peter
Sorry the last image is too big,do the extras another day.

Peter how much lateral movement was on the shaft
with the few Ornamental lathes I have seen the shaft moves lateral so the cutting head is pulled away from the work during the process.

Ray

The play was in the intermediate shaft ie the lay shaft where there should be no play.
I am convinced there are ornamental lathes and decorative and hope to end the confusion in definition one day.
Booked the Friday and Saturday 14 and 15 bus to Sydney in June for WWW Show got the 15 bucks each way fares.
Take care Peter

not bad Peter now all you need is tickets

Peter Check your dates Friday 13th is the first day

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