Hardinge Lathe

[TomG]

In addition, way lube has additives that make it stay in place better than straight 20W. Otherwise you'll have the best lubricated chip pan in town.

Tom

[f350ca]

(03-13-2014, 05:13 AM)EdK Wrote:

(03-12-2014, 10:36 PM)f350ca Wrote: The little oil pump on the carriage has sae 20 oil marked on it. Think yours might have the teflon wear pad on the bottom of the saddle, mine is scraped metal, would that make a difference? With a little heavier oil it wouldn't move.

Greg,

Vactra #2 is SAE 20.

Ed

AW

Thought way oil was thicker. Will track some down.
The big lathe pumps oil from the apron which uses Telus 32 hydraulic oil. Not sure if thats sae 32 or not, was what the manufacturer called for.

Thanks Guys

[EdK]

(03-13-2014, 12:45 PM)f350ca Wrote: AW

Thought way oil was thicker. Will track some down.
The big lathe pumps oil from the apron which uses Telus 32 hydraulic oil. Not sure if thats sae 32 or not, was what the manufacturer called for.

Thanks Guys

That would be ISO 32 which is about 10-20 SAE.

Ed

[f350ca]

The new belts arrived and I got the spindle back in. Should be able to get power to it tomorrow and spin it up.

[Mayhem]

Any reason you didn't paint the saddle/carriage Greg?

[f350ca]

Was ground finish on the original, may as well keep it the same, thats where you'll get the most hot cuttings as well, those and paint don't mix. The front of the apron is off in the photo, still need to repair the gear that meshes with the rack before it goes on.

[Mayhem]

Ahh - I didn't notice the apron wasn't complete yet. My lathe has no such luxuries

[EdK]

It looks as good as new. Nice job.

Ed

[DaveH]

Does look good

DaveH

[f350ca]

The new belts helped a lot but needed to align the motor and variable speed drive to really smooth it out. You'd wonder how they would ever have gotten shifted. The new belts aren't Good Year like the originals, these are made in Mexico and don't run perfectly true.
Anyway, she turned its first part. An arbour to hold the gear cutter to make the gear to repair itself. Sure leaves a nice finish and no runout on the collet.