Churchill CUB Lathe

[RobWilson]

Afternoon Lads 


Well I decided to fix some of the bugs on the ye oldie CUB lathe today , this is an ongoing project I do a bit here and there ,mainly when something breaks  

A bit background on the machine  ,it was made local to me by a company called Churchill's ,made quite badly as well ,well it did for its time have some innovative features .
I payed £60 for the lathe and a 6 bottles of Brown ale to have it dropped at the door . 

 

The lathe has had a hard life ,been abused and not well maintained and coupled with the poor build quality it came to me rather shagged , but cant complain for 60 quid lol 


Jobs completed to date are made a complete set of apron gears and cross slide leadscrew . 

A few before shots  , note the clutch gear is not quite right , it is in the apron though lol  and the three washers where a thrust should be 




nice weld 




new parts made.




No welding on my clutch gear 




New leadscrew and nut 






So today due to the feeds packing in I decided to make a start fixing the head stock problems , and there be a few 






The cir clip and thrust should be on this shaft 




Clutch forks need replacing /made 



And the clutch shaft end is a bit buggered 




The selector arm pivots need a re think  as the peined over shaft ends are crap , lack friction ,this causes gear selection problems . top left of photo .



had to cut ends off to remove arms . 




And there is a wee problem with the front spindle bearing ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it is showing signs of wear 






Great stuff 




Rob