I picked up this lathe Friday and am in the process of cleaning and removing the rust. It appears to be mostly surface rust but for the most part in very good shape. It came with a bunch of extras. Spare parts, 2ea 3 jaw scrolling chuck, a 4 jaw independent chuck, several dead centers, a live center, knurling tool, extra belt, gear sets for cutting metric and standard threads and much more.

In reality it's more of a cleaning than a restoration, no where near what Larry and some of the OWWM projects have undertaken plus mine isn't an old machine.

I'll post progress pics as I progress through the process.

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Mike,

Are you going to Church twice today?

You should.

 

Larry

Old Woodworking Machinery Forum Host

Your correct I should...LOL.

Larry Buskirk said:

Mike,

Are you going to Church twice today?

You should.

 

Larry

Old Woodworking Machinery Forum Host

I made quite a bit of progress on cleaning the rust off of the lathe and the carriage. Using Larry's method I soaked the lathe in WD-40, then scrapped the rust with single edge razor blades and finished with WD-40 and scotch brite pads. I have no pitting on any of the machined surfaces. I disassembled the carriages and tail stock then did the same thing to them. Last night I cleaned and lubed the 3 & 4 jaw chucks. I then lubed re-assembled all the parts. Every thing now works smoothly. I'm in the process of cleaning the gear train and lubing all that up. I only have one part to replace and that's the main drive cog belt. I should have that in by next week end and hope to have it up and running. I plan to paint the inside of the drip pan white to make it easier to find things when I drop them.

What does this have to do with woodworking you may ask? Well I have been looking to get into making kit-less pens from wood, acrylics and metal, and this will make that easier and more accurate. I can also make my own mandrills & bushings for various wood turning projects.

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Mike,

Looks like it cleaned up real nice !

 

Larry

Old Woodworking Machinery Forum Host

Yes it did Larry and thank you very much for the advise on removing the rust. I've been doing a lot of research on 9X20 metal lathes and I found overhaul manuals in PDF format as well as several websites that are chocked full of information for using and modifying these bench top lathes. These lathes are quite popular and I'm very fortunate to have one in my shop and even more fortunate to have gotten it in the condition it was in because so far I only have a drive belt to replace. Thanks again Larry! 

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