Harrison L5 lathe rebuild

[Micktoon]

I had a chance to do a bit more today, I started to make the addition to the splash guard , there was a gap between what the chuck guard and the splash guard managed to stop spraying out the back, which resulted in a stripe of suds up the wall. I decided to make a wrap around addition behind the chuck to cover the gap. I removed the tube that covers the edge of the guard from the area and will replace this with new stuff once the part is welded in place.

The sheet is about 16 guage or 1.6mm thick so ok to weld but stiff to bend when you have no bending gear :scratch: after a bit of tapping around a tube it is looking more like what I am after, looks a bit too much like a lump of plate added on though, so a bend is needed :dremel:





Another bend and a bit sliced off and its taking shape





I mig welded inside and out and bashed it on the anvil while still hot to get it as nice a bend as I could, I will weld it to the existing guard then put the cover tubing around so it looks neat and matches the rest of the guard. It fits ok but I might trim the top off a bit yet as it is taller than needed really.





That was as far as I got today so watch this space

Cheers Mick.

Hi Dave I think I will tone the control box down a bit and maybe only use one of the indicator lamps, I dont want to confuse myself lol