HomeMade Lathe Spindle [Vintage Mini Lathe]

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@kevinjamieson8676 Жыл бұрын

I think that the price listing is of the format pounds/shillings/pence which was before the UK decimalised their currency in 1971. According to the Bank of England inflation calculator 9 pounds in 1939 would be 484.88 today.

@EngineerSteve Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I learned something new!

@kevinjamieson8676 Жыл бұрын

Nice looking spindle! One of the questions I’ve had in replacing an existing headstock and spindle is how do you ensure it is parallel with the ways and matches up with the tailstock?

@EngineerSteve Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment! I am still working on the exact procedure so I will get to this topic in the next video.

@EnriqueVetere 2 ай бұрын

An alternative path would be to rebuild the bearings of the original headstock. I'd prefer to keep the cast iron headstock instead of a mild steel welded one.

@EngineerSteve 2 ай бұрын

Cast iron as a material is indeed far superior over welded mild steel, the problem is that the bearings are 80+ years old and bearing technology has improved significantly since. Also, hate to say it, but the design of the new spindle is better in my opinion as the chuck is now much closer to the bearings, thus improving rigidity, also lubrication is superior.

@domingosteixeira4041 Ай бұрын

What type of oil does one use in an old lathe? I'm restoring one

@EngineerSteve Ай бұрын

I am not sure what is most common but I would prefer a thick viscosity (gear) oil

@floodea Ай бұрын

Iso32 in headstock bearings, iso68 on ways

@RustyInventions-wz6ir 11 ай бұрын

Just found your channel and Subscribed. Very nice work

@EngineerSteve 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! much appreciated

@be007 8 ай бұрын

and after welding you think the bearrings are still in line ?

@EngineerSteve 8 ай бұрын

Most likely not, it might not be that noticable but (line) boring after welding would be the best solution. That's outside my capacities though.

@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391 5 ай бұрын

@@EngineerSteveI guess you could have used spherical self alinning roller bearings, but they might be expensive.

@MrHanky_YT 4 ай бұрын

That lathe is a relic. I would not use that to make parts regularly. It’s part of history, don’t ruin it. Get something more modern to use to make parts regularly and put that one on the shelf as a conversation piece/display art, don’t ruin that piece of history.

@EngineerSteve 4 ай бұрын

It is a bit of a historic piece indeed, however I decided to make it a usefull machine whilst maintaining al the original parts as they are. Whenever I want I can unbolt the spindle and replace it with the original one. Unfortunately the original pieces are not complete at the moment.