I had no clue this was an adjustment that could be made, very appreciative I found this video

@DustinRogersinMO

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help. I’d be curious if you have any play in your bearings and if so, if your shims are original thickness

@imtired8004

2 жыл бұрын

@@DustinRogersinMO I had about 5-6 thousandths of play up and down, the shims seemed to be original thickness (around 10 thou") and I only had to remove a single lamination to take the play out almost completely, I also used a torque wrench to try and ensure even tightness

Glad I watched. I've seen some of the older babit machines at the flea market for sale, and had actually wondered about the adjustment. Now I know. Don

Thank you for posting this.

Just found your channel and Subscribed. Very nice lathe

@DustinRogersinMO

4 ай бұрын

Thanks. Wish I got to use it more often

I hope you added oil to the caps, "before each use". I have nearly the same lathe H54...thanks for the video!

I'm currious if this also helped reduce endplay too?

Donde consi go o los shims?gracias.

Hello Dustin, good video for the babbit owners. Your countershaft assembly is a little different than mine but out of curiosity what is your distance from the center of the big pulley to the spindle center? I am not quite clear on what the distance should be, though I guess it could be any depending on belt length. Thanks!

@DustinRogersinMO

2 жыл бұрын

Mine is roughly 9”, but I’m running a link belt so I don’t know if that’s “original” spacing.

Need to mention that the bearings need to be lubricated via the oiling caps, my guess daily.

Do you hapoen to know where i could buy that bearing shim material? Mine is missing a couple and havent had any luck! Great vid by the way!

@pdiddy2522

6 ай бұрын

McMaster-Carr

What brand of toolpost did you install and was it an exact match

@DustinRogersinMO

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a Shars. I added a link to it in the video description. All the tool posts require you to buy or machine a T-Nut that fits your cross slide.

Seems odd that you would tighten up the front bearing & not the rear bearing, I would think they would both wear about the same.

@DustinRogersinMO

5 ай бұрын

Just following the manual, but the front bearing also has a lot of weight on it. The rear bearing not so much.

Hola ablas español.me gustaría poder hablar contigo

@DustinRogersinMO

10 ай бұрын

No hablo español, pero puedo usar el traductor de Google. Solo haz preguntas en los comentarios.

I think I added a comment but not sure it went through. I have the same lathe and have a bunch of info from research if you are interested in communicating about it.

@DustinRogersinMO

2 жыл бұрын

I checked out and saved your lathe playlist. There are some videos in there that I haven’t seen yet.

@americansewingmachineresto1545

2 жыл бұрын

@@DustinRogersinMO , I have a bunch of other documents I’ve found over the past two years. I also checked out your play list. I bought Mr. Pete’s Atlas Craftsman video series. It is well worth the money in my mind. Probably around 40 hours. Breaks down every major part of the lathe, with how to use and maintain and fix. Also talks about tooling. I got my lathe from the original owner’s son. The father was a navy machinist. The lathe is kind of grubby , as it’s been in storage for the past 10 years. It was put away well oiled. There are a few broken parts. The cross slide handle and that bracket on the back of the skirt. I’ve got replacement parts already as well as tool holders. It came with a complete gear set and a 4 jaw Chuck. I’ve picked up a 3 jaw Chuck. Original motor runs very smoothly with no vibration. I very much enjoyed your description. I’ve taken the caps off and the Babbitt are in great shape. I didn’t think to measure the shims. Great Idea. I haven’t measured it but I can’t feel any play. I have been working on setting my shop back up after our move to our new house. Going slow because I just had a hip replaced. Need the other one and both knees done so my set up will be slow going. I have an Instagram page sewing_machine_restoration. I’m not very good on how it all works yet. I’m thinking of documenting my lathe refurb. I also have a 1934 Delta DP220 14” that runs great but again needs a face lift. Thanks for responding.

@DustinRogersinMO

2 жыл бұрын

@@americansewingmachineresto1545 sounds like you have plenty of projects lined out. You definitely should document and post your lathe refurb.

@GR40RCapri

2 жыл бұрын

@@americansewingmachineresto1545 Thabk you for posting! & @dustin rogers- thank you very much for your video It Will help me on my TH 42

Good video. I have the same type of lathe but I don't have adjustable bearings (no bolts on either side of my oil cap). The machine is not making any noise and runs smooth right now but it would be nice to know I can adjust it if it starts to rattle. I posted a vid on it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nWubuMdpc9Ovqso.html I've since cut the bed down to 36" and now I can find a place for it and start learning to use the lathe. Looks like a nice lathe to start on.

@DustinRogersinMO

2 жыл бұрын

Yours has Timken spindle bearings. They are adjustable, but it’s a different procedure. I’ve seen some videos online showing the process.

@swordfish1120

2 жыл бұрын

@@DustinRogersinMO Thank you for the info.

@LewSassle

Жыл бұрын

There’s a collar on the left side of the spindle by the gear. Loosen the small screw and tighten it in small increments until you don’t have any more play in the spindle.