Thread: Recondition a lathe bed

Hi Mike,
That would be a short version of how its done. It must have either been in a very bad way or he was doing something specail, as normally they just regrind the ways, of course you cant do that forever.

Stuart

Stuart . Just out of interest . What is the approx. cost of a lathe bed regrind for a small lathe and is there anywhere in Melbourne a company that does that kind of work ? Mike...........there is a nice MYFORD super 7 on EBAY right now Myford Super 7 Metal Lathe | eBay NSW
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Hi Mike,
Can't help there sorry, I have no idea, someone else should be able to point you in the right direction.
Of course a real man would scrape it by hand. flat ways, to easy.

Stuart

Originally Posted by morrisman

Stuart . Just out of interest . What is the approx. cost of a lathe bed regrind for a small lathe and is there anywhere in Melbourne a company that does that kind of work ? Mike...........there is a nice MYFORD super 7 on EBAY right now Myford Super 7 Metal Lathe | eBay NSW
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A few companies in Melbourne would do that work, but it is cost prohibitive to do it to anything but a special machine..

Maybe Hercus in Adelaide would do a regrind , speaking hypothetically as I have no need at the moment . But, it is a handy thing to know if the need does arise . As time goes on, these specialist companies are dying out , not enough work to keep heads above water . It is cheaper to buy a new import asian lathe than to rebuild an old one, sad to say. MIKE

I got a price to regrind my lathe bed. Half the problem was finding a grinder big enough as it is 1.8m long. The quote was around $3000 and that was just for grinding - I had to get it there, stripped and ready to go.

Michael

Hi all, I have an Atlas lathe and got a quote from John Tatam from Machine Tool Automation (MTA), Phone 0299794866 Mona Vale in Sydney , they also recommend a carrier they use to transport the machines, Simons Transport, this is what he told me,
mind you this was about 2 years ago, I haven't done anything about it yet, but I will some day,
for my flat bed lathe, saddle ,cross slide, compound slide, and tailstock, to grind all surfaces was $650.00 could be maybe another hundred or two if it is very bad, they have a web site , so check it out, I will ring again, early next year, I will get it done for sure, he even said to me that if the weather is not good on weekends he goes to the workshop to do some work, very dedicated,
cheers, Richard.

Originally Posted by morrisman

Maybe Hercus in Adelaide would do a regrind , speaking hypothetically as I have no need at the moment . MIKE

Mike Hercus charge $600 + GST for a Hercus lathe. I would think another make of a similar size would be around the same.

Pete

Sort of related to the original topic - there seems to be a bit of interest in the idea of using a granite fortified epoxy as a means of making/stiffening tool beds - Epoxy granite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia or http://www.cnccookbook.com/CCMillEpoxyFill.htm

Perhaps that was what you were thinking of???