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ImJay
4th Jan 2016, 09:14 PM
Hello everyone.

Young fella here from Brisbane always looking to learn, share, and meet some new folks.
Currently making my way through cleaning a Hafco CL40 (CY1640) lathe and HM52G mill I picked up for a decent price (still too much $$).

Starting another project of plasma/router DIY cnc. :U



Just wondering if anyone has run Superdraulic 46 in the headstock, apron, feed gearbox, and on the ways. :erm_smile:



See you all 'round!

Oldneweng
4th Jan 2016, 10:38 PM
Welcome to the forum. I have a CY 1640. In very good condition. I paid $850 for it.

I use a 68 weight hydraulic oil in my gearboxes. I have heard of people using 46 weight. I recently bought some dedicated way oil tho. This stuff. Slideway Lubricants (http://www.trubluoil.com.au/index.php/industrial/slidewaylubricants)

It cost about $44.00 for 5 litres. It took a bit longer than expected. They had to mix it up. :rolleyes:


Dean

ImJay
5th Jan 2016, 06:14 PM
Welcome to the forum. I have a CY 1640. In very good condition. I paid $850 for it.

I use a 68 weight hydraulic oil in my gearboxes. I have heard of people using 46 weight. I recently bought some dedicated way oil tho. This stuff. Slideway Lubricants (http://www.trubluoil.com.au/index.php/industrial/slidewaylubricants)

It cost about $44.00 for 5 litres. It took a bit longer than expected. They had to mix it up. :rolleyes:


Dean
$850 is superb deal! Do you like the machine as a whole? I've only been on one Hafco chinese style, rest Ajax, Mazuk, Dalians etc.

68 weight all over the machine, including ways?
I'd assume any good hydraulic oil would have an easy life, away from high pressure environments.

Thanks for the welcome

Oldneweng
6th Jan 2016, 11:33 AM
$850 is superb deal! Do you like the machine as a whole? I've only been on one Hafco chinese style, rest Ajax, Mazuk, Dalians etc.

68 weight all over the machine, including ways?
I'd assume any good hydraulic oil would have an easy life, away from high pressure environments.

Thanks for the welcome

I have only used a few lathes in my life. A couple of Mori Seiki's were very nice to use. A combination lathe and mill about 500mm between centres and my previous very worn Nuttall. I do like the CY. It is a well built unit and way above anything I could have afforded under normal circumstances. It came with many options such as taper turning attachment, multiple position stops for both axis'. The face plate still had the remains of the protective paper on it. One problem is that due to its size, the purchase of a QCTP is out of the question. Way too expensive. I have marked all my cutting tools with the required spacers to put on centre height. It does not take long to change them. I recently made a tool height gauge which is shown here.
http://metalworkforums.com/f65/t198320-tool-height-gauge

SWMBO pointed the lathe out to me. It was at my then employers, but in a location I had not visited for a while. The maintenance department had bought a new and much bigger Hafco lathe as a result of a company policy that required all lathes etc to have lead screw covers fitted. I love lead screw covers. Just not on my lathe. :D

SWMBO happened to visit me at work and left the site via a different route to normal. The lathe was sitting under the verandah of a shed along the way. I was not even aware of the replacement at the time. I figured that it would have been snapped up by one of the maintenance guys. One of them was indeed thinking about it according to their manager. I asked him about it and as per usual he mumbled something about I could have it if the other guy did not want it. Next time I asked he just said yes. I was very surprised.

There are a couple of threads about it if you are bored and need some reading material.

http://metalworkforums.com/f65/t154840-lathe?highlight=lathe
http://metalworkforums.com/f65/t180343-lathe-2-a?highlight=lathe

I use the Trublue Waylube for the ways and the hydraulic oil for the gearboxes etc. Way lube has an anti stiction (static friction) additive that helps with small adjustments. You know when you are trying to move a couple of hundreths of a mm and it won't move, but then jumps past the mark and you have to do it again. I saw a noticable improvement on my mill as soon as I applied it.

Dean

old1955
6th Jan 2016, 01:00 PM
Welcome to the forum.

Grahame Collins
6th Jan 2016, 02:43 PM
Welcome to the Forum.
You are in the right place to do all these things.
I have had some limited experience with the HM52 as a Technology (Man arts) teacher at a high school)

Basically not a real bad machine but some external bits were not too good.One of the (good) kids was pumping the oil up before use and the ally pump casting broke right off the machine.

For removing collets had to make students aware just to back off the draw bar turn then wallop it with a dead blow hammer- Not half a dozen turns and beat the snot out of it with a 4lb hammer. I can help with info on draw bar construction.:D

Grahame

ImJay
6th Jan 2016, 10:19 PM
Welcome to the Forum.
You are in the right place to do all these things.
I have had some limited experience with the HM52 as a Technology (Man arts) teacher at a high school)

Basically not a real bad machine but some external bits were not too good.One of the (good) kids was pumping the oil up before use and the ally pump casting broke right off the machine.

For removing collets had to make students aware just to back off the draw bar turn then wallop it with a dead blow hammer- Not half a dozen turns and beat the snot out of it with a 4lb hammer. I can help with info on draw bar construction.:D

Grahame
Yet to use a collet system on a lathe, but I'm willing to make one up sooner or later.
Thank you!












There are a couple of threads about it if you are bored and need some reading material.

http://metalworkforums.com/f65/t154840-lathe?highlight=lathe
http://metalworkforums.com/f65/t180343-lathe-2-a?highlight=lathe

I use the Trublue Waylube for the ways and the hydraulic oil for the gearboxes etc. Way lube has an anti stiction (static friction) additive that helps with small adjustments. You know when you are trying to move a couple of hundreths of a mm and it won't move, but then jumps past the mark and you have to do it again. I saw a noticable improvement on my mill as soon as I applied it.

Dean
Good read and information there, thank you.

This is my rig here:
360416