Mapping the South bend Lathe slideways (Part 3)
In this video, I show you what I went through to understand how much wear was on this lathe bed. Surprisingly, only the two main saddle slides are worn to a level that require my immediate attention.
This machine still functions to a reasonable level of accuracy despite the bed wear. All the slides have some wear, after 82 years, there’s bound to be some. However, the tailstock and headstock slides are all in reasonable condition, do they need correcting,…
yes, can I fix it,… I doubt it.
I must emphasis that I cannot remove the errors, that is only possible through a professional outfit, my plan is to try and reduce the error as much as I can, enabling me to extend the machines life on a tight budget.
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Thank You Paul, Paul from the USA......
I find it very remarkable how much effort you put into finding out the geometry of the "old" machine to know how accurate it is. Too bad that few "viewers" are of the same opinion.
Absolutely enjoyable watching a true craftsman go about his work. The dedication and data collection you are using to bring this old lathe back to life is fantastic. Thank you so much 👍👍
Very astute reasoning and application. Common sense supercedes genius by its simplicity.
Looking forward to seeing your "contraption" as I'm sure it'll be creative & ingenious as the rest of your series has been so far.
Hi Paul. Extremely interesting. Thanks
Such effort! Such understanding of what you’re about! This is magic to me, but so interesting. Thank you. Les
As an old guy myself, I enjoy watching other old guys using what they have available to get and understanding of what they are dealing with. Takes alot of time, but sure beats watching Soap opera's with the wife.....
Absolutely hooked! You're clearly a skilled bloke. You are giving me some confidence to tackle my old Erikson Emato 180-NE. Keep up the great work and keep British engineering alive!
Very interesting. Thanks.
Hello Paul,
Very interesting. Thank you 👏👏👍😀
You had me at "contraption". Haven't seen a good contraption in ages, so the bar's gonna be pretty high for yours....
Good work :) Best of luck, for sure it will be a big improvement.
Absolutely beautiful work, I'm keen on a bet that you will do better then some "professionals" for certain.
Hi Paul, I'm following this series of your videos with keen interest as I will soon be commencing work on my newly acquired Myford Super 7 (my first ever lathe, a 1961 model) which I hope will not be quite as complicated as your current project… the Myford S7 has flat ways so fewer faces than your challenging American piece of cast iron! Keep up the great work. Greetings from Southport.
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Honestly im surprised there wasn’t more wear on the machine outside of those carriage v ways. Looking forward to seeing how you decide to tackle it.
Paul, I copied your method to measure for twist on the bed of my Harrison 140 today. It confirmed the bed is true and not twisted but a separate test showed wear, so I'll be very interested to see if/how you regrind the v-ways. Regards.
Your task is so interesting, I am keen to follow it through.