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these are all the caps that cover the end of the bearings that go into the casting, 4 cleaned up well but the one on the far right looked like it had been beaten on with a hammer, (sorry no before pics)

problem is you cant really take much off the face of them as they are tapered , so the more you take off the face the looser they get .
so i took a fine file to it and got most of the rash out , and silver soldered the rest, some were very deep , you can just about see them
, then smoothed it off on a stone , came up well!
for some reason it had an allen key grub screw in it , where as the rest have screw driver flat grub screws, so i made one out of some 5/16 bsw threaded rod and cut a slot in the end for a screwdriver blade. now they all match!

here are some other parts ive taken off in the last day or so
the casting on the right is the holder for the driveshaft that moves the bed
the driveshaft is below it

the other caps on the end cover the other ends of the bearing mainshafts.

top left is the clutch, took this off last night .... slightly worried by the massive bearings that are underneth it !

After lots of t , lots of looking , and some head scratching i came up with a plan.

Slide hammer the disks out ...

Smack the end of the shaft with a big brass drift and it started to move !

Your never sure if your doing the right thing but as you can see its really filthy in there , think i will have to remove all the shafts and clean it out before i can repaint the inside and renew all the bearings etc .....

thanks Vic!

so this is the rest of the machine as it stands at the moment

not sure what to tackle next !

Im thinking of having this sandblasted ,it would be much easier, dont think i can face chiseling off all that paint !

was planning on leaving the internal workings well alone , but the state of them , its really filthy in there , plus i could change all the bearings on the end of the shafts.....

you can just about see all those end caps on the back of the machine , i assume you could draw the shafts through them , no idea how though as everything so far has been make it up as i go along!

i have no manual to speak of.

finished the vice off , seller said it opens to 4", that was only because of all the swarf in it , now it opens to 6.5"

and mounted the gearbox on the bed , everything is still upside down at this point obviously

so ive been stripping the main shaft that connects to the head .....

came apart in about 10 seconds

but oh my did it take a long time to put it back together correctly ....

you are looking at about 2 hours here. one of those jobs that you think will take 5 mins but takes ages!

skf bearings came out so skf went back in !

on another note i found a nice vice for it .....

thought i would strip it as its nowhere near clean enough for me , and needs a lick of paint.

good job i stripped it !

more pics when its been cleaned / painted!

so i originally thought this was an mt3 taper as that's what was suggested on the lathes.co.uk website .

but it has been suggested that its a 30Int fitting ?

here are some pics

thanks Murray , its this stuff from smith and allen , awesome paint the best ive used so far . really glossy and dries within about 6 hours , enough to put another coat on anyway.

**LINK**

oh one interesting fact (well i find it interesting anyway, depends on your perspective )

is everything , and i mean every thing , has a number 6 or 9 on it cant make my mind up which.

even down to washers and bolts

here is the table before hand ,

on it is a 12mm drill gives you an idea of the size , its about 30" long.

and here are the grub screws

some damage i found , but not sure if it will detrimental to the machine , or if it could even be repaired.

onto the table tomorrow as i have the day off,

doesn't look like much damage if any which is a bonus .

seems to have grub screws in the base of it that you undo to oil the gearbox underneth.

underneth it is red like the rest of the gearbox so lots more painting to do!

onto the gearbox that sits under the table.

only 1 picture before , but boy was its filthy in there , 50 year old grease is not nice , even petrol would hardly budge it .

not complete yet as im waiting on a few more bolts to turn up.

thanks Damian, a bit of an update ........

stripped the knee down , paint work wise it was in a right state , but the meahnicals of it seem fine .

i have replaced the bearing at the top of the shaft that raises and lowers the knee as it takes alot of weight . £28 for one bearing!

and after

still need to find a new nut for the wheel on the left , and sort out some kind of handle .

more pics after ive had me t

Thanks Neil , im not much of a writer i dont think i would be up to the task but i take that as a compliment so thankyou!

Many Thanks Richard for your vey kind offer., i have a nearly new Dewhurst switch and bracket to go on it but need to sort out a motor starter with overload protection for it , cheapest i have seen is £29 delivered .

Although i will need much help with the wiring!

Its on the "list" george but funds are tight at the moment

I like the one from rdg tools **LINK**

Oh if anyone has any small bore c spanners i can borrow to adjust up the headstock bearings i would very much appreciate it, obviously I would pay for posting costs etc. And still looking for a dol starter for it and an oil gun !

Cheers Mark.

Nearly finished this project , although it still needs another £100 spending on it , it never ends does it .

Very happy with it though, very little wear in it.

Finished the head today , all new bearings etc . Just got to sort out the draw bar for it , hope fully someone on here will be able to help me ?