Thread: Schaublin 102 lathe restoration

Latest video on progress.

Schaublin 102 lathe - restoration part 4 - YouTube

Cheers

Rob

More action on the restoration.

Schaublin 102 lathe - restoration part 5 - YouTube

Rob

too fast Rob! I havn't even watched 4 yet.......too busy playing with my now running new toy

as per the title, im watching this restore very happily, i was given the awsome privilege at a very early age (around 9 or so) to use a lathe very similar that was issued to my great grandmother during the first war to wind searchlight bulb filaments on at home. it is still in regular use to this day by my grandfather who very kindly allowed me to use it up untill the time i emigrated here, to WA. i undertook an apprenticeship in wood turning and also take great joy in odd jobs in metal. im currently in the process of building a large shed in which to set up a similar workshop as i enjoyed back in the uk alongside my grandad. im recently suffering a touch of insomnia and so i find myself reading these forums in depth. i look forward to seeing the little lathe doing its thing in the future. you older guys are an inspiration to a youngster like myself. keep up the good work! i shall try to draw my grandads eye to your videos and if you are interested, endevour to gather some more info on the tiny lathe i learnt the bit i know of these machines on.

The end result of the restoration is that the lathe is accurate.

I find it quite humorous that the Schaublin is being restored with a Chinese lathe, widely condemned by purists as supposedly being inferior

They obviously don't know the accuracy levels attainable from Asian offerings.

This is a job where smaller lathes really shine.

The Schaublin came with some small wood chisels (original) and a rest and will be handy for wood turning - it will be much easier to clean up than the larger unit - not that I expect to do much.

But the main thing I want to use it for is indexing and cutting gears and splines.

The top slide and cross slide are both quite massive for the size of the lathe.

Swing is 8" which is quite useful - so it's not a lightweight.

Rob

Hi Rob,
Keep it up and you'll be fisnished in no time.
Do you have a plate big enough for the bed?

Originally Posted by bushy79

im recently suffering a touch of insomnia and so i find myself reading these forums in depth.

So we're the cure are we? or is it just my posts?

Stuart

Originally Posted by Stustoys

Hi Rob,

Do you have a plate big enough for the bed?

Stuart

Not with you on that one ?

I will be mounting the bed on a length of heavy RHS, same as my other lathe.

I have a straight edge to check the bed ways.

My hands are sore from scraping and working the topslide fit. Been at it for about a full day, and still a bit more to do. Have tolerances at the limit of my Moore and Wright micrometer,

Just a bit of lapping to do.

Rob

Hi Rob,
I meant a plate big enough to spot with.

The first day of scraping is always the worst.

Stuart

Originally Posted by Stustoys

Hi Rob,
I meant a plate big enough to spot with.

The first day of scraping is always the worst.

Stuart

No plate Stuart.

I've run into another problem in that the topslide flats etc were so worn etc that after getting it all in spec, I had binding progressively getting worse as I approached full forward travel.

The bronze thread block is now too high, so I will have to machine some of that away to get it parallel to the acme thread again. Can do, but it's just another trap.

Been one of those days. Spent nearly the whole arvo waiting at CentreLink to do a five minute transaction - what a disaster that place is. I feel sorry for the people working there. Just about as bad as hospital emergency wards.

You could die waiting.

Rob

Latest state of play.

Schaublin 102 lathe - restoration part 6 - YouTube

Cheers

Rob

Hi Rob,
I would say good progress but since everytime I try to view a utube clip in the last week my computer overheats and crashes.....
Re the nut height, at least you know it would have been spot on when new....my h&f mill was at least a mm out before I fixed it.

Hi Ewan,

Sounds like the PC heatsinks need a good blow out with some compressed air.

Or maybe my videos are so exciting your PC just can't handle it

Actually, I'm quite happy with where it's all at, but I can see some serious issues comming up with the cross slide - warpage, wear, and not set up correctly when faced on the base after repair. Hmm, I think that's enough to deal with.

But, tomorrow is another day as they say.

Cheers

Rob

Hi all,

Here's some more therapy for lathe addicts.

Schaublin 102 lathe - restoration part 7 - YouTube

Cheers

Rob

Latest video of progress.

Schaublin 102 lathe - restoration part 9 - YouTube

Part 8 was only about paint so I didn't advise of it.

Rob