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Kermit
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Okay, I'm starting my cleanup and first up is the tailstock.
According to my owners manual I have one! That's a good start.
Next I removed it from its position on the bed and removed the offset adjustable base piece. This was stuck and required some gentle rubber mallet pursuasion.
The mating surfaces are pretty "rough" and lots of primer and paint was smeared between the pieces, but a few strokes with a file gave it a smooth(er) finish. I also dressed up the corners in order to feather out the paint which is rather too thick. I'm hoping this will cut down on the number of chips I get in the Lathes' finish coat of paint. Here it is after I dressed up the corners and removed the paint from around the edges.
And finally there was the problem of the "missing" set screw to lock the offset adjustment. A look at the exploded view in the manual and the removal of lots of paint revealed a hex set screw!
The mechanism looks pretty simple. Is there anything I should look out for as far as "tricky" or difficult reassembly problems I might encounter?
There are two places where the travel catches and drags a bit and two other spots where the travel is very loose and the handwheel can be turned by pushing back in on the spindle at these loose points. With the spindle lock engaged the free wheel backlash on the handwheel is only .002 (two divisions of the scale).
I assume depending on the reason for this that most if not all of this "play" can be adjusted out and the assembly tightened up to a little closer tolerance?
??
I'll share some tea with the wife and await a reply,
Kermit
According to my owners manual I have one! That's a good start.
Next I removed it from its position on the bed and removed the offset adjustable base piece. This was stuck and required some gentle rubber mallet pursuasion.
The mating surfaces are pretty "rough" and lots of primer and paint was smeared between the pieces, but a few strokes with a file gave it a smooth(er) finish. I also dressed up the corners in order to feather out the paint which is rather too thick. I'm hoping this will cut down on the number of chips I get in the Lathes' finish coat of paint. Here it is after I dressed up the corners and removed the paint from around the edges.
And finally there was the problem of the "missing" set screw to lock the offset adjustment. A look at the exploded view in the manual and the removal of lots of paint revealed a hex set screw!
The mechanism looks pretty simple. Is there anything I should look out for as far as "tricky" or difficult reassembly problems I might encounter?
There are two places where the travel catches and drags a bit and two other spots where the travel is very loose and the handwheel can be turned by pushing back in on the spindle at these loose points. With the spindle lock engaged the free wheel backlash on the handwheel is only .002 (two divisions of the scale).
I assume depending on the reason for this that most if not all of this "play" can be adjusted out and the assembly tightened up to a little closer tolerance?
??
I'll share some tea with the wife and await a reply,
Kermit