Mike D
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A friend of mine gave me this lathe. It's in relatively good shape considering it sat out in a metal shed un-oiled and un-covered in the Pacific NW for many years before it was given to my friend who isn't able to make use of it.
It came with all the standard OEM pieces and a few extras. I'm in the process of cleaning the rust from it, the worst being the ways but even that is turning out to be just surface rust with no pitting. The carriage I cleaned the rust off, greased and oiled yesterday. The ways I'll finish this week and then the gear train will get disassembled, cleaned and lubed. I did test run it in neutral to make sure the motor works and it does. The gear train runs smooth and has no run-out on the head-stock but I will clean and lube everything before attempting to use it. It doesn't appear as though this lathe has ever cut metal in it's life. Most of the parts that came with it still has cosmolene on them.
For the rust I'm scraping the heavy rust off with single edge razor blades in a blade holder and that is working great without scratching the metal and then WD-40 and brown scotch-brite pads. So far after cleaning just left with minor staining and moving parts run smooth.
A really great score! I have to do something really nice for my friend and his wife. I've already made them some pens so I think I'll make them a really nice end grain cutting board as a thank you.
It came with all the standard OEM pieces and a few extras. I'm in the process of cleaning the rust from it, the worst being the ways but even that is turning out to be just surface rust with no pitting. The carriage I cleaned the rust off, greased and oiled yesterday. The ways I'll finish this week and then the gear train will get disassembled, cleaned and lubed. I did test run it in neutral to make sure the motor works and it does. The gear train runs smooth and has no run-out on the head-stock but I will clean and lube everything before attempting to use it. It doesn't appear as though this lathe has ever cut metal in it's life. Most of the parts that came with it still has cosmolene on them.
For the rust I'm scraping the heavy rust off with single edge razor blades in a blade holder and that is working great without scratching the metal and then WD-40 and brown scotch-brite pads. So far after cleaning just left with minor staining and moving parts run smooth.
A really great score! I have to do something really nice for my friend and his wife. I've already made them some pens so I think I'll make them a really nice end grain cutting board as a thank you.
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