My Old Landy
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Cool, cheers for the link
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Yeah, I take it the oil can you gave me is for that task? I am really pleased with the beast, it is fantastic! You did a great job restoring her
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Want a pump style.Yeah, I take it the oil can you gave me is for that task? I am really pleased with the beast, it is fantastic! You did a great job restoring her
I used the can you have for the rest of it
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Wow, the only one of those I can find is £35! I will try and find a vintage one so it's suits the lathe
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Did you try the nipple shop?Wow, the only one of those I can find is £35! I will try and find a vintage one so it's suits the lathe
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My Old Landy
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I nearly googled it.....
Cheers! I had not heard of them
but they have a lot better pricing!
My Old Landy
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Used the rear toolpost to part off some mild steel (24mm OD) really like the VFD speed control
My Old Landy
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A quick update, I have been happily using the lathe for a couple of months now. Last weekend it stalled for the first time. The gear train bound up and it just slipped on the belt.
Turning it off and back on again and all was well. This weekend I have been making a gear blank for the threading dial. It bound up again and would not release without undoing the gear train bolt.
As I have another MK1 for spares, I decided to put an original quadrant onto the train and replace the MK2 one. Also fitted an original reverse selector.
All went well and I even managed to get the correct gears to create a 1.5mm pitch thread
After a around three hours more turning it bound up again
Tomorrow I will remove the plate covering the dog box and check that. I am wondering if the oil is not getting to it?
Anyway, I will take some pics tomorrow when I work out whats happening.
Turning it off and back on again
and all was well. This weekend I have been making a gear blank for the threading dial. It bound up again and would not release without undoing the gear train bolt.As I have another MK1 for spares, I decided to put an original quadrant onto the train and replace the MK2 one. Also fitted an original reverse selector.
All went well and I even managed to get the correct gears to create a 1.5mm pitch thread
After a around three hours more turning it bound up again
Tomorrow I will remove the plate covering the dog box and check that. I am wondering if the oil is not getting to it?Anyway, I will take some pics tomorrow when I work out whats happening.
eLuSiVeMiTe
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A quick update, I have been happily using the lathe for a couple of months now. Last weekend it stalled for the first time. The gear train bound up and it just slipped on the belt.
Turning it off and back on again
As I have another MK1 for spares, I decided to put an original quadrant onto the train and replace the MK2 one. Also fitted an original reverse selector.
All went well and I even managed to get the correct gears to create a 1.5mm pitch thread
After a around three hours more turning it bound up again
Anyway, I will take some pics tomorrow when I work out whats happening.
Where it binding?
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It seems to be in the dog box. If I put the lever in 'neutral' it all rotates lovely. When engaged in either screw cutting or power feed mode it binds up and the belt slips?
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Odd. There's no adjustment in there. Just the two shafts can't see how it could bind.
Easy enough to get to though.
Never experienced it locking up but didn't use power feed much tbh.
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Well you were absolutely correct
I took it all apart and the box worked fine. I put it back together and it was still bound up tight. I traced it down to the bronze bearing at the tail end. I undid the three bolts holding the bearing in and the whole thing rotated. Perhaps I should have been putting oil into it.....
Once I had freed it off and made a tool to set the end float with the two lock nuts, it all works like it should
I have put it on the list of oil points before every turning session
Thanks again for your assistance!
