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Offline Don1966

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Re: Refurishing an old wood turning lathe
« Reply #45 on: February 05, 2020, 02:17:13 AM »
Today the parts are back from the blaster and were primed ready for painting final color. I chuck the shaft in the lathe and dialed it in with and indicator to get it to run true then removed enough material for the new bearings to fit. leaving the shaft a couple of thousands larger then the race inside diameter of the bearing. Now the head stock is complete all but the back end bearing cap needing to be made.


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Re: Refurishing an old wood turning lathe
« Reply #46 on: February 05, 2020, 02:44:17 AM »
Looking great Don! Going to be turning chair legs soon.


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Re: Refurishing an old wood turning lathe
« Reply #47 on: February 05, 2020, 11:47:17 PM »
Thanks Chris, more progress today the lathe is assembled all but the motor and controls and the rear Bearing cap to make yet. I include a photo of a start on the bearing cap. A photo of the VFD and enclosure and a family shot of the lathe so far, more progress to come yet.

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Re: Refurishing an old wood turning lathe
« Reply #48 on: February 06, 2020, 12:31:07 AM »
Looking very nice Don!

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Re: Refurishing an old wood turning lathe
« Reply #49 on: February 06, 2020, 12:33:53 AM »
Looking good Don.

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Re: Refurishing an old wood turning lathe
« Reply #50 on: February 06, 2020, 01:10:12 AM »
It looks brand new. Nice work!
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Re: Refurishing an old wood turning lathe
« Reply #51 on: February 06, 2020, 01:12:01 AM »
Last week I was over at the local woodworking store, your lathe looks much nicer than the new ones they had.  :ThumbsUp:   :cheers:
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Re: Refurishing an old wood turning lathe
« Reply #52 on: February 06, 2020, 03:41:03 AM »
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Sharp looking lathe Don! great work!
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Re: Refurishing an old wood turning lathe
« Reply #53 on: February 06, 2020, 05:32:41 AM »
Thanks Guys for looking and commenting. Next is to wire he motor and control. There is a shelf ledge on the legs, originally I received it without shelf but I plan to install one plus a Chisel rack. More to come!


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Re: Refurishing an old wood turning lathe
« Reply #54 on: February 11, 2020, 11:27:30 PM »
More progress on the lathe today. I made the bottom shelf and polyurethaned it and installed to the lathe. I start mounting the controls and decided to install the VFD enclosure on the right underside foot of the lathe since it had more room and the control switch and speed adjust on the left front leg. The cap on that covered the lathe pulley had holes in it and looking at similar lathe showed this was a knob to lift the cap and a latch to secure it, this was installed. I have photos of the bottom shelf and wiring install which is not finished because I still have the tie in to do on both. Also a photo of the whole lathe as is.


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Re: Refurishing an old wood turning lathe
« Reply #55 on: February 12, 2020, 12:05:15 AM »
Don, that is looking fantastic! Is that the original wood for the shelf? Looks like figured grain, the color is just right.
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Re: Refurishing an old wood turning lathe
« Reply #56 on: February 12, 2020, 12:58:51 AM »
Hi Chris and thanks, no that’s not the original shelf only the platform is original. There wasn’t a shelf when I got the lathe. The color is early american wood stain. I made the shelf from grade A 3/4 plywood.


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Re: Refurishing an old wood turning lathe
« Reply #57 on: February 12, 2020, 02:37:07 AM »
Looking great Don!  :ThumbsUp:

The edging on the shelf really dresses it up.

What kind of chuck is that? Looks like a wood lathe that really wants to be a metal lathe.  :thinking:

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Re: Refurishing an old wood turning lathe
« Reply #58 on: February 12, 2020, 04:00:56 AM »
Hi Jim,  thanks for looking. The chuck you see is a 3.75 inch wood chuck I was test fitting on an adapter.



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Re: Refurishing an old wood turning lathe
« Reply #59 on: February 12, 2020, 05:57:45 AM »
Looking good Don

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