Thread: Lathe Rest or WIP

Pretty! But isn't your head stock at the wrong end? Or put your banjos around the other way and stand on the other side!

Nice another WiP from Christos

Lots of elbow grease required, a bit of paint remover, a can or 3 of spray paint a motor and then we'll welcome you into the grand ole secret society of woodwakers President Pat Head Wacker.

Christos
You'll be making pens in no time

The gap between the heastock and the ways is interesting. I guess it allows larger platters to be turned, but it makes it more difficult to get closer to small things like finials.

Originally Posted by tea lady

Pretty! But isn't your head stock at the wrong end? Or put your banjos around the other way and stand on the other side!

i agree, but looks to me like the lower shelf used to have the motor on the other end (mounting holes), perhaps someone put the lathe to base on backwards? Is there a void in the top shelf to allow the belt to run through to below?

Neal.

Headstock - wrong end v back to front
can't really tell, I thought the belt showing out the back for safety reasons??

Christos

can you take another piccy of the headstock but from the other side? and a few more of the headstock details.

Thanks

Originally Posted by sjm

The gap between the heastock and the ways is interesting. I guess it allows larger platters to be turned, but it makes it more difficult to get closer to small things like finials.

My tough has a gap like that, and one of 's (the wadkin I think ) also has a gap.

Nice Score Christos, looks like you need an electrolysis setup.

see https://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/el...supply-134107/

That should come up well Christos!! Good score!

Headstock is right end ; just need to photograph it from the other side and turn the toolrest Banjo around!.

The photo is actually from the back of the lathe. Maybe I should have taken the photo from the front not to cause so much concern.

I did start by putting the tool rest and it's mating component into a bucket of citrix acid. I took this out of the bath this afternoon and clean it with running water in the back yard. Dried it off with a clean cloth, then gave it a rub down with some sand paper and WD40 as lubricant. After that I sprayed this with G-15 and another rub down then covered these parts with a cloth to keep the dust off.

I will take more photos of this lathe next time I am in the garage.

This is a Hyco Lathe that I am attempting to get working, picture from original post.



picture from original post.

Nice looking lathe, I like the old stuff as it has a bit of weight to it. Sounds like you are doing a great job so far.

As mention I have taken a photo of the tool rest and it mating support.

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Along with this I managed to clean up the little bits and pieces that have some signs of rust. I placed these in the citric acid solution that I originally used with the tool rest and gave them the same treatment that I did with the tool rest. As these are not needed until the final stages I have placed them in with the tool rest.

My attention now turned to the tailstock and its associated parts. As I am not sure what the internal threaded bar is called, so please bear with me in regards to this misunderstanding. I undid the screws and the handle came apart along with the internal bar. I could see quite a bit of rust inside along with what I am thinking is built up of grease.

The handle and main body of the tail stock was placed into the citric acid.

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The threaded bar was cleaned up with kero and an old tooth brush. The grease came off quite easy using this process.

I now moved to the headstock of the lathe. I am going to need a motor and with that I am going to need a v-belt and attaching this I came to the conclusion that I am have to take the headstock apart.

After thinking about this for a few minutes (hours?) and making WD40 my friend I managed to remove the middle bar. It did take a long time to come out but after a bath in the kero it looks a little better. Placed the bar in with the tool rest.

Now here comes the fun part. Going shopping for parts.

I need to get some grub screws for this
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As something tells me that I should not really depend on dried oil to keep things stable.

I also needed to get new enclosed bearings for the seized up ones on the bandsaw, so I ended up going to Hooper bearings today. They did not have grub screws and suggested another company that I might try. While I was there they called them and found out that today they were doing a stock take. Saved me a trip.

Christos

looking at the last piccy

I'm wondering whether there has been too much wear from the v belt the make the pulleys almost past their use by date?

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

Christos

lookig at the last piccy

I'm wondering whether there has been too much wear from the v belt the make the pulleys almost past their use by date?

As this is my first lathe that I have had real contact with since leaving high school I am not sure as to what I should be looking at. It is always good to have a backup plan when coming across something new. And yes I do have a backup plan.

That's because of my highly technical and advance brain.