Thread: 17 Leblond restoration?

Wow! I can't get over the size of the TS and the section area in the bed!

I had to re-acquaint myself to your earlier posts in this thread to refresh my memory. The link to the ebay sale obviously has been and gone but you got it for a grand?

It's looking really nice Ueee.

I need to find myself another re-build project myself. Shaper or surface grinder would not go astray although another lathe or mill at the right price could also tempt me!

Simon

Originally Posted by simonl

Wow! I can't get over the size of the TS and the section area in the bed!

I had to re-acquaint myself to your earlier posts in this thread to refresh my memory. The link to the ebay sale obviously has been and gone but you got it for a grand?

It's looking really nice Ueee.

I need to find myself another re-build project myself. Shaper or surface grinder would not go astray although another lathe or mill at the right price could also tempt me!

Simon

Shaper. Ya know ya wanna.
I'm on my phone so please insert several smilies.

Phil

Originally Posted by simonl

I need to find myself another re-build project myself. Shaper or surface grinder would not go astray although another lathe or mill at the right price could also tempt me!

(Heh heh heh. The bug has bitten...)

Michael

Yep. Like the look of those Douglas Shapers......

Even if I only use it once a year....... I know it will be sitting there waiting for me to use it...... happily waiting, and it won't get jealous if I see or use other machines either. It won't even mind if I use two machines at once!

Simon

Originally Posted by simonl

Even if I only use it once a year....... I know it will be sitting there waiting for me to use it...... happily waiting, and it won't get jealous if I see or use other machines either. It won't even mind if I use two machines at once! Simon

That's the great thing about old machines and tools; they only want us to love them. They don't care about the other stuff...

K.

Originally Posted by Steamwhisperer

Shaper. Ya know ya wanna.
I'm on my phone so please insert several smilies.

Phil

Little Dougies certainly ''take the cake'' in the cute factor and practicality.Visitors to the shed always enjoy the Douglas.Every boy should have one.

I have heard a few members here picking theirs up few a few hundred dollars (requiring some love) but bargains like that seem few and far between. Heaps more shapers in the U.S.

Simon

Originally Posted by markgray

PS Have not forgotten about the Le Blond

Mark

Hi Mark,
Funny you should mention.....

I pulled the bed out this arvo with the thoughts of getting it in the driveway and running a flap disk over it ready for bogging and a primer coat or 3. The kids decided i was mad and that it made a great train.....

Ew

Simon, i just checked my ebay history, she cost me $440. I've had at least that much fun with her so far and i haven't even turned anything on her yet

[QUOTE=Ueee;1749670 The kids decided i was mad and that it made a great train.....[/QUOTE]
Better than it being used as a flower pot I guess

Well the bed is now on stools and i have finally got the rack off. It was pinned on at each end with a meaty taper pin, i managed to lever either end free fairly easily in the end once i had the bed on its side anyway.
I spend some time with a flap disk today but i still have more to do, the filler that is left is horrible sticky black stuff, it comes off ok but sticks to everything.

I ran a dial over the front way comparing it to the rack mount, it shows about .014" wear. I wonder if the bed has been re machined before, it doesn't seem like much for a 100yr old lathe. There is also some wear from either the saddle lock or the front retainers, not sure which at this stage.

Cheers,
Ew

Originally Posted by Ueee

I spend some time with a flap disk today but i still have more to do, the filler that is left is horrible sticky black stuff, it comes off ok but sticks to everything.

Cheers,
Ew

If you want to get the old bog out, an air needle descaler will speed things up.

Rob

Thanks for the tip Rob. As much as i like any excuse to buy a new tool i passed and just used a flap disk and wire brush....

Anyway, it is all stripped now, cleaned and in the shed getting bogged. The casting is really nice in places and needs HEAPS of filling in others. I've used about half a tin of bondo already, need to get some more in the morning.

I also mixed up some of the Duramax to spray some of the parts, but contrary to what the data sheet says and what i was told in the shop it needs thinning, and of course i don't have any appropriate thinners. So brushed on what i had mixed up.....

Cheers,
Ew

Hi ewan

How are you fixing the 14 thou worn bed ? Mike

Originally Posted by morrisman

Ewan..is the bed of that lathe OK ? Does it need scraping ? You really are taking on a big job

Originally Posted by Ueee

Hi Mike,
The only test i have done on the bed is dialing the saddle ways off the T/S. They show a 10thou or so dip at the head end. With a little luck i will be able to employ Mark Grays planner to do the bulk of the work, then scrape to a master.

Originally Posted by morrisman

Hi ewan

How are you fixing the 14 thou worn bed ? Mike

Did i hear an echo.....

To be fair it has been a long time.....

Ew