Harrison L5 lathe rebuild

[doubleboost]

Very nice clean looking rebuild
Be a great tool once it is finished
As long as you don't paint it green
John

[TomG]

Looking good Mick!

Why the complete tear down of the headstock, did it have issues? Did you fit new spindle bearings while it was apart? I haven't seen that many gears on a bench since I rebuilt my son's six speed transmission.

Tom

[krv3000]

i can see sum nice work bin made on that

[Micktoon]

Thanks lads
Tom , I just decided that the lathe would see me out if I did the whole thing really but it had droning rythmic type noise, that I think was some chipped teeth on two gears which have been replaced and it was a T*** to change speeds because of burred edges to teeth from school kids trying to change speed while it was running i think, I have replaced all the spindle bearings , these were in no way knackered but were slightly marked so did them, the gear shaft bearings were all spot on so just changed the oil seals. The motor bearings were also noisy but I am fitting 3 phase motor with inverter so hopefully it will be much more quiet now

Cheers Mick

[stevec]

Excellent job Mick, I admire your confidence in sticking to your disassembly notes as opposed to the manual's indications. I am always suspect when disassembling something used that the previous re-assembler had buggered something. That's me, but I have every confidence in your work, that is gonna be some BEAUTIFUL machine when you're done. I wish I'd have kept my Hendey and done a job on it like you're doing.
Thanks for sharing your well deserved pride with us.

[sasquatch]

Agreed, Fine piece of work!!

[Mayhem]

Nice job Mick. Really well done.

[f350ca]

Looking good Mick.

[DaveH]

Great rebuild -

DaveH

[Micktoon]

Well I have FINALLY got back to doing the Harrison, the painting was putting me off and after spending two full days sanding , scraping and bodging I was right to be put off lol .
This is the stage the lathe was at from last time, I had to jog my memory what was and was not done.



I then had to strip some bits off to make the prep for paint easier , which seemed like the wrong thing to do after its took so long to get back to ! Its the only way to get into things really though. This is after some parts removed and the bits that are still on have been masked up. You can not tell on the photos really but the castings are all back to bare metal so all the factory filler is off so quite a bit of filler needed, all horrible places to sand down too edges to stub fingers on etc. All inside the webs on the bed casting needed sanding and inside the cabinet.



Not to mention this little lot and a few more brackets etc that are not in the photo, every bit needs filler and sanding , all the stuff with gray paint on, had been painted by some naughty school boy as a punishment at some point so all has to be removed as its old caoch paint and scratched and battered and will probably react with the new paint, this is inside most of the covers too so lots of elbow grease involved in getting it al off or to a stage where its sound and smooth.



This is the pile of bits after the process, all dents and scratches etc filled and all the old paint gone or sanded to a decent lower layer, The cabinet door with Harrison cast into it still needs more work as it has horrible old paint around the raised letters , this will be pain to get off but the base layer of grey is not bad so I dont want to strip the paint right off as the casting will no doubt be rough and full of filler. I am going to etch prime the lot , check if any more filler is needed then high build primer the lot and the lathe too and do the apron, saddle , gearbox and tailstock as seperate job after...oh and the light the suds tank and frame....... oh and the motor and mounts ....oh and the steadies



This is the lathe after a few sessions of filler and sanding , I have brush painted etch primer inside the cabinet and on the lower section I will give this a light sand and spray another coat over it when I spray the lathe, I have also sealed around the usual edges that trap oil and crap and done the same around seams on the splash guard. I am hoping to get it etch primed and primed tomorrow, Then a final rub down and grey paint which will be next week now. The plan is to get all this lot painted and then I can assemble the belt guards , motor , electrics box , cabinet doors etc then prep and paint all the other parts the other parts.



Cheers Mick.