[davo727]

Hey Vince, Man that thing is NICE ! I love how beefy it is. I have lathe envy. Keep up the good work. Dave

[N4NV]

Hey Vince, Man that thing is NICE ! I love how beefy it is. I have lathe envy. Keep up the good work. Dave

I have two of these lathes. The other one was stripped of just about everything. When I am done this other lathe is going to the recyclers, unless you want to come by and pick it up.

Vince

[Belding]

Found a couple chuck mounting plates for your machine. http://www.buckchuckusa.com/products...ng-plates.html and http://www.workholding.com/BISON-SET...AND-C-TYPE.htm and http://www.kalamazoochuck.com/Manual...gAdapters.html

You are doing a great job on this machine.

zac

[davo727]

Approximately where you at Vince? Im at Texas Dave

[N4NV]

Approximately where you at Vince? Im at Texas Dave

San Jose, CA.

Vince

[davo727]

I will have to refrain from trying to take it off your hands. Maybe someone closer will get it from you and be able to do something with it. Later, Dave

[N4NV]

This is starting to sound like a broken record, but more cleaning and painting today. I started to work on the turret. I found it had a broken stud, which if you read back to a previous post, you will see it in one of the pictures. Apparently someone tried to remove the turret without pulling the stud. The studs are threaded inside to enable them to be pulled out. I'm hoping the other lathe has an intact stud that I can pull. I will also have to drill out the broken one.

I posted a before and after picture of the casting that I welded. You can't even tell it was welded.

I need to track down some ferrules for all the tubing that I have to replace. I have all the fittings, but all the ferrules have to be replaced. I also need to get more tubing. I guess for physical protection, Hardinge ran a 1/8" tube inside a 1/4" tube so I need to get some of each. McMaster has the tubing, but I have not been able to locate just the ferrules.

I decided I did not like the condition of the Hardinge nameplate on the carriage so I made up some new ones. I am going to try several different color combinations and line widths. When they are done maybe I can post the pictures and people can vote on them.

I missed a 6” 6 jaw chuck on eBay this morning my 11 minutes. It was a buy it now posting. It was threaded for my Hardinge lathe. Oh well, I’ll just keep looking.

Vince

[ckm]

San Jose, CA.

Vince

I wish you hadn't said that. You are far too close to me (I'm in SF) and a free base lathe to CNC is awfully tempting.

As far as painting and cleaning, I'm right there with you, doing the same thing on my mill.... What a HUGE pain.

Chris.

[N4NV]

Found a couple chuck mounting plates for your machine. http://www.buckchuckusa.com/products...ng-plates.html and http://www.workholding.com/BISON-SET...AND-C-TYPE.htm and http://www.kalamazoochuck.com/Manual...gAdapters.html

You are doing a great job on this machine.

zac

Thanks. So if I get a 6" adapter plate, it will fit any 6" plain back chuck?

Vince