sillywilly
1st Sep 2017, 08:43 AM
Found an old Hembrug lathe I might be able to get for free, is it worth it or is there no reviving this ole piece of nice machinery?
I have a pretty reasonable knowledge on how to work on a lathe, fixing one is another matter...
The carriage goes pretty smooth still and so do all the other parts on it. It has minimal rust on the chuck and bed and seems like it would be easily cleaned up.
I have no idea if the engine is still running (I will get more information on that later) and I am not sure how many internal mechanical parts are missing, it seems to be missing a gearbox for the quick change box and a spindle speed selector.
I am not sure if it is a reasonable project to take on... is it even possible to find such specific parts for this specific machine?
Album located here: http://imgur.com/a/L4DvF
I have a pretty reasonable knowledge on how to work on a lathe, fixing one is another matter...
The carriage goes pretty smooth still and so do all the other parts on it. It has minimal rust on the chuck and bed and seems like it would be easily cleaned up.
I have no idea if the engine is still running (I will get more information on that later) and I am not sure how many internal mechanical parts are missing, it seems to be missing a gearbox for the quick change box and a spindle speed selector.
I am not sure if it is a reasonable project to take on... is it even possible to find such specific parts for this specific machine?
Album located here: http://imgur.com/a/L4DvF