09-07-2016, 08:31 AM
What a mess. At least you know the machine was (at one time) good enough to merit being used...a lot.
You're so much more ambitious than me. The task you took on will take up lots of your time but the payoff will be a fully operational machine and you'll know how to run it without trashing it. If I didn't have so many other distractions I'd pull the apron off my lathe and get the automatic way lube system working right. I've got a problem now where the 70T factory original spur gear that drives the feed box has worn rapidly and I need a new one.
We'll talk things over when you're here but let's just say you're going to be posting back to your home a couple of big heavy boxes.
You're so much more ambitious than me. The task you took on will take up lots of your time but the payoff will be a fully operational machine and you'll know how to run it without trashing it. If I didn't have so many other distractions I'd pull the apron off my lathe and get the automatic way lube system working right. I've got a problem now where the 70T factory original spur gear that drives the feed box has worn rapidly and I need a new one.
We'll talk things over when you're here but let's just say you're going to be posting back to your home a couple of big heavy boxes.