Disagree, if you had taken it apart and then put it back together wrong,,,,, maybe. But as you got it in a box that's a whole different story.
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DavidR8's shop shenanigans
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True enough mate. I don't think I'll have any parts left over, well no intact parts anyway :
Dabbler
ersatz engineer
I agree with Mike. You are doing great!
Yeah, I was going to make a smartass comment that @David_R8 should look at the photos of the disassembly process. But then I remembered it came in a box so I don't get to make that smartass comment.
Good to be getting it 'back' together.
No belts?
One thing at at time!
Link belts so I can add them now.
Dan Dubeau
Ultra Member
Looks good. Quite a puzzle you got there, but it's coming together.
Silly question, but I'm curious. Is there a belt tensioner in there? Doesn't look like there is any room for that.
Yes there is tension adjustment.
On the right hand side of the counter shaft there’s a round piece with a cap screw coming out of it. That’s a cam that can be rotated to adjust belt tension. The lever on the outside of the headstock moves a piece that the cam rides on. When the lever is pulled forward the belt tension is released, pushed back and it tightens the belt to spin the pulley.
Thanks John. Couldn’t have done it without your and the rest of the gang’s help!
It’s a bit noisy but I think it’s the belts. I noticed that the counter shaft pulley has a slight wobble so that may be the noise. Hard to isolate it.
The forward gears are noisy and when I rotate the spindle by hand in gear there’s a minor catch at one point in the rotation of the gears. Nothing at all in neutral.
I may have to pull them out and deburr them
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Thanks!
Overall a very productive day.
Aside from getting the lathe operational I picked up the compressor, basically a brand new Sanborn 60 gallon. Pulled the plug from the bottom and rinsed out any crud that was inside and then hooked up my 100 cfm exhaust blower to the outlet. I'll let it run overnight before I replace the plug. Also installed a drain extension so I don't have to crawl under the tank to drain it.
Aside from getting the lathe operational I picked up the compressor, basically a brand new Sanborn 60 gallon. Pulled the plug from the bottom and rinsed out any crud that was inside and then hooked up my 100 cfm exhaust blower to the outlet. I'll let it run overnight before I replace the plug. Also installed a drain extension so I don't have to crawl under the tank to drain it.