Dennis Leigh Henry
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On the gear fix, I've seen them commonly welded up (silver soldered or brass brazed or specialty filler material torch welded into place) and then re milling of the gear tooth. And they seem to do well / ok...
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Lathe obsession....
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Maui
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Nice looking lathe. I've got a 16" South Bend lathe that was built in 1917, so it's a year older than yours. My biggest concern was how to safely transport it since it weighed in at about 1,700 lbs. it turned out to be easy. You can read about it here:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=246413&highlight=south+bend+maui
Maui
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=246413&highlight=south+bend+maui
Maui
macgyver37
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I had a 1914 18" SB with 8ft between centers. I found my current big lathe and decided to sell it to a friend that will probably put it back on a lineshaft. Good machine, I mainly wanted it for doing driveshafts. I am down to 3 metal lathes now.
As for the lube, yes it is oil as Fretters said. I learned the hard way a long time ago that not all zerks are for grease. I didn't know for a long time that there are oil zerks, so I got the job of taking things apart and getting the grease out.
I didn't look that close, but I'd put some glass oilers on the headstock if you don't have them already, at the very least put some Gits oil cups on it.
As for the lube, yes it is oil as Fretters said. I learned the hard way a long time ago that not all zerks are for grease. I didn't know for a long time that there are oil zerks, so I got the job of taking things apart and getting the grease out.
I didn't look that close, but I'd put some glass oilers on the headstock if you don't have them already, at the very least put some Gits oil cups on it.
Dennis Leigh Henry
Well-known member
I had a 1914 18" SB with 8ft between centers. I found my current big lathe and decided to sell it to a friend that will probably put it back on a lineshaft. Good machine, I mainly wanted it for doing driveshafts. I am down to 3 metal lathes now.
As for the lube, yes it is oil as Fretters said. I learned the hard way a long time ago that not all zerks are for grease. I didn't know for a long time that there are oil zerks, so I got the job of taking things apart and getting the grease out.
I didn't look that close, but I'd put some glass oilers on the headstock if you don't have them already, at the very least put some Gits oil cups on it.
I have a SBL vertical mill, vintage, that has "oil zerks", which I have converted to regular oil cups..
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Cgantner5150
Well-known member
Took the clutch mechanism apart today to see why it wasn't working/gripping. Everything looked good. Took it apart and realized that I had a washer in the wrong place. Figured out where it went and all works well.
I am using 0w-20 oil at the moment. The bearings don't seem to even get warm - even at high speed.
Another video link.
I am using 0w-20 oil at the moment. The bearings don't seem to even get warm - even at high speed.
Another video link.
longlivepunk
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Thought you other lathe junkies might want to see the thread I have about fixing up mine. It's on another site, I might make one here at some point too, not sure.
http://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/rockwell-11-lathe.176/#post-1787
http://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/rockwell-11-lathe.176/#post-1787