Vintage lathe restoration

Just try something STUPID

[@jeffreyplum5259]

You have the skills of three men. Making a gear mostly by hand is crazy, in the best way possible. You turned a boat anchor into a pretty nice machine. Anyone could do it with lots of money and help. You did it with minimal money, tools, and great skills. Thanks.

[@markharris5771]

I know nothing about engineering, but there are people in the comments that seem to and are very impressed. There are also comments offering some sensible advice, and then there are some that come across as jealous little boys. You showed great ingenuity in rebuilding this lathe and somehow I’m sure it’s still a work in progress. As you learn more and your arsenal of tools grows you will tinker with it. Whatever happens you can look yourself in the face knowing you did your best and it worked. Very well done indeed.

[@AlphaMachina]

The background noise during highspeed sounds like crying babies wielding weedeaters in a war against bumble bees and angry ducks. Awesome work on the lathe. Love your videos.

[@crixtus]

black and gold paint scheme pays homage to the vintage singer sewing machines that my beloved grandma used.

[@markharrisllb]

You really could do with improving your work ethic and put more effort in! I hope the sarcasm in my comment translates ok, as you have to be one of the hardest working individuals on KZbin. Match that with your skill and knowledge and wonderful humility (despite the fact you say you are an amateur hobbyist) you have an amazing future ahead of you. What you achieve on your own is nothing short of miraculous. You sir are a true inspiration to the young.

[@jakesworkshop2629]

Making the gear by hand, you really are from Mars bro 🙌🏻

[@machiningbasics1729]

Hand held gear cutter !! Have often seen hand refinished gears on low torque stuff where it’s worn out . Nice job !

[@Critical_Path]

Just starting to watch your content now from start to finish. This lathe rebuild was incredible. To be able to take that machine from the state it was in with not much experience or tooling is quite a feat. The gear forming by hand was fantastic. Good job taking a risk to try to do this project, it might not have turned out as good as you wanted but it's a pretty great build nonetheless.

[@gwharton68]

Your ingenuity is amassing. Fantastic job.

[@davep8462]

I just found this, outstanding and with the most minimal of tools. One heck of a job !

[@markv9185]

With limited tooling, you can do amazing fabrication and are becoming a master at improvising your way through problems most people would not even attempt. Bravo CLem Bravo!!! With some real tools you will go far. Keep the passion and enjoy the feeling of proving to the people that tell you "it can not be done" That they are wrong and smile after you show them how wrong they are. Good work!!! Keep it up and be safe. From the desert of Arizona USA

thank you so much, sir!

[@kensmedberg1130]

22 minutes to restore a vintage lathe ! WOW! ....... on a budget, too ! All you needed was the good tools to make you a true Pro ! ....... again, Excellent !

[@WIN73RMU73]

I'd be happy if I ever become capable of HALF the ingenuity on display in your videos. You're a natural. So subscribed.

[@joshschneider9766]

he went to college. I presume his degree was something or other in engineering :)

[@daviddaddy]

Man i Swear you can Do and Make Anything!!! Youve got Amazing Building and making Skills! Youre Amazing at everything you Do! I cant wait to see you build or restore more things! Youre my Favorite KZbin Channel to watch! Take care Bro!

thank you so much, bro!

[@RachaelSA]

@ he's right though. You have an amazing skill, but you also never give up, which is rare these days.

[@jamesbaumann1180]

A gear by hand. Never saw that before. Outstanding!

[@joebainter]

I agree, the hand made gear made in an unsecured vice was just pure artistry. Very impressed. I am concerned over the pulley cover not being found. Watch out for that guy. You don't want to drop anything in there, chips or worse much less get a piece of clothing caught up in anything there. Loving your work. I spent much of my life as a machinist, I know talent when I see it, congrats!

thank you, sir!

[@tobyw9573]

Nice quality lathe for its day, spiral bevel gears are quieter, stronger, and more expensive than straight cut ones. I think leather belts cut down on chatter too.

[@dinotom1]

Yes, good job for first time. When I do a restoration, once I take the time to fully take it apart, every single part gets fully cleaned and all painted parts are fully stripped down, double primed and sprayed with three coats of paint with hardener. I usually fully restore or have new plates made as well.

[@donotcomply283]

Watched most of your videos, your crushing it man. Thanks for all the top notch machine content. Your English is very good dude so you should stop apologizing for it. That being said, I like your videos so much mostly because there is minimal talking and just quality "doing". Grats on the success, you've earned it for sure.

[@donotcomply283]

Very surprised you didn't need to fix your spindle bearings. I have almost same lathe and mine are toast. Was hoping to see how you fixed the problem but looks like you got lucky

[@JDLarge]

You say pretty good, I say excellent job! I love to refurbish old equipment and tools also. The feeling you get when it’s done is amazing, can’t beat it! Keep up the great work!

thanks, brother.

[@normantorok5919]

Very clever solution with the gear, never seen that done before. Brilliant. Love the tattoo work.

[@i.sirius6204]

I know Genius, when I see it. Kid, you are amazing!

thank you sir!

[@harshfreefire8761]

Gear forming was awesome

[@sleefox]

For no more than you had to work with and for a novice, a spot on brass balls effort. Too bloody right !!!!!

[@fasteddie4107]

A great first lathe job, Ca! Thank you for sharing this. I am considering a similar paint scheme for my South Bend shaper restoration. Instead of black and gold, I might go with black and copper to similar effect.

[@jamesdavis8021]

This is like buying a junk car,putting a half assed paint job on it and,calling it “restored”.

[@bergarteric5713]

Very good job !!! exellent ideas .... Nice and pretty machine !!!you are cleaver and cool ...

[@iainohalloran42]

You have a natural born talent for this kind of work but you just need to hone your tools in like fix the vices to bench’s and fix machines down as well so you can forget about off centre holes apart from that absolutely brilliant videos buddy

[@iainohalloran42]

TheJR1948 proper training as well as the right attitude and respect for the tools of his chosen career. Thank you for commenting on this sir.

[@davesmith2791]

Hand made gears..... You are a hero :-) .... Your work is amazing... It doesn't have to be perfect, it's old junk with babbitt bearings it wasn't good even when it was made, and will never be used for anything serious.... but it was dying ... You brought it back to life and fixed it up, it's usable again ... good enough.!...and it looks super cool now :-):-):-)

[@frankgallegos8048]

nice job keep up the great work and keep the old lathes alive and out of the scrap metal pile

[@keithspencersr.6806]

Look great all old machines when restored should be painted black and gold.

[@edmedlin2936]

Good job! Proud of you young fellow, natural born mechanic and machinist.

[@krloz3c857]

It's not as good as you expected??? what the hell man!!! It looks marvelous

yes, sir! its look funny :))) like a toy

[@Rolingmetal]

Inspired by the John Players Special race cars I also used black and gold when I fixed up my lathe. I loved how you made that gear :)

Rolingmetal thank you! U have a great channel. Keep it up.

[@MikeMiller-fc2cc]

Evidently it's been your life long dream to have a gold lathe. WOW

[@984francis]

This is quite an accomplishment but you have come so far and so quickly since then.

[@asokan0015]

Thumbs up Gentleman. Not a single minute wasted. The way you made the gear...Wow !! Great Job. congratulations. :-) keep on restoring things & keep on posting. Subscribed.

[@johnwayne2103]

OMG! you made the gear by hand! That is insane! I don't think I could make that if I tried! Excellent work!

[@percivalcheng2148]

Good job man. i found a lathe almost identical as this machine but bigger with 28inches bed . i am now using this video as reference. thanks for sharing and more power to you.

[@ivanov-lvan-ivanovich]

👍👏👏👏. Сердечный привет из России. Город Казань. Отлично выполненный проект.

[@Giblet535]

A REAL man gets the tiny paint brushes out and paints his lathe RealShop Camo: concrete grey with random photorealistic images of rod pieces, springs and bolts.

[@tomwyrick2824]

I cannot even believe my eyes!!! You hobbed a gear with a 4 1/2" grinder!!!!! AMAZING!!!!! And it looks and works like the real deal and hardened it! Awesome man!!! Very impressive!!! I had to hit the Sub button after that! Thanks for sharing!

thank you, man! wish u a happy new year!!!

[@sebastienlouchart2270]

That's a great project overall, never easy to make old machinery useful again. I wonder how precise it is. Anyway, you were able to cut tapers for tailstock inserts, so I guess it's pretty precise. I even love to paintjob you chose, it's cheesy but unusual but given the fact that you cut pignon teeth by hand without a dial and with an angle grinder, I'm prepared to forgive everything to such a badass machinist :)

im glad to hear that, man! thank you for enjoyed. a lot of great mechinist channels out there. im just tried to do my best, make it my own way.

[@Xynudu]

Good job. That gear cutting worked out better than it had a right to be ;) I noticed someone had previously knurled one shaft to tighten up the ball race centre fit. He He some good lateral thinking there. Cheers Rob

[@franklle]

So this mangled lathe at our job, one day we find out the brake pedal doesn't work at all. So buddy comes up to it, starts giving it a bad time and goes "brake pedal, we don't need that anyway. We're not brake pedal guys... we're gas pedal guys!"

[@TheGoodoftheLand]

Very nice! Love the gold and black

[@JDLarge]

Forget the keyboard cowboys brother, I don’t see them taking on projects like this! It looks awesome, as you planned. Haven’t seen too much of you lately, hope these negative clowns aren’t the reason. You keep doing what you like, that’s all that matters!

[@jaylewis1383]

Good job on mechanicals and on the video. Could we have come more of these? Only suggestion: Lose the rings around high-speed machinery. Keep up the good work.

[@edmay1166]

wow, this is great work, I thought you might paint them all green, I like the personal touch.

[@georgespangler1517]

Nice job cutting the new knob gear

[@lohikarhu734]

The original colour is a German standard from 40's to 60's for machinery, parts of it even look like a Lorch, or similar...colour choices are often culturally-based.

[@physicsguybrian]

Great job! Watching you makes me want to get out there in my shop and build something! If I can just break free from my 60+ hr/wk job! Man!!!

[@digimikek]

No need to be modest, you did a great job!

[@sergeyrs6431]

I was impressed with your way of making a gear!

[@forrestaddy9644]

That's the slickest one-knob spring idler adjustment mechanism I've ever seen. You can bet I'm gonna file your design away and infringe on it at every opportunity (giving credit, naturally.). Yeah, even the best maintained turret mill head can get pretty sludgey after 30 years and apparently yours is no exception. Cleaning it up is time consuming and a bit tedious but not a real challenge to anyone with basic mechanic's skills who pays attention to cleanliness and detail. If you decide to replace the spindle bearings, don't cheap out. Those ABEC Grade 7 (or P4) bearings are expensive but necessary. The utility grade version you buy over the counter may cost much less but you pay in the loss of spindle performance and a day of PITA set-up. Setting the pre-load correctly in a pair of angular contact mystery bearings requires two or three rounds of shimmiing, assembly, and trial - if you're lucky. A matched pair of precision grade DU or DB spindle bearings is pretty much set and forget. BTW, is that a #40 spindle? I'm green with envy.

[@declangohsman9913]

Looks great man, all I'd say is fabricate some guards for it. Hate for anything bad to happen.

[@cigemp]

Props to you man. I get inspired watching your vids. Keep the projects coming and Happy New year!

thank you, brother!

[@zombieprinting2670]

Is nothing bolted down in your shop bud? haha Great job. Big task to take on. I enjoyed it

[@harlech2]

Fantastic job for the tools you had at the time!

[@smo3241]

It is interesting how were made spindles and other rotary parts of the first machine tools in the world?

[@billtev9846]

Great Job! try and strip it all the way down to the metal before applying paint, paint jobs usually come out better

[@josephleister9198]

Great video, nice work. Very impressed with the hand made gear. Came out very well.

thanks you, sir!

[@zoesdada8923]

I really want to restore an old lathe like this.

[@imonlyhalfnutsreally2113]

good paint, really. you should have left the finish the way it was. Why on earth do people paint machinery that has original paint. you couldn't have found a paint that matched the original color better. You had a nice looking machine and made a 10 year olds art project out of it. You were doing a good thing and completely fucked it up with the paint. If the manufacturer thought gold paint was appropriate, they would have used that color when they made the machine.

[@wyattselleck7236]

Damn fine job! 👏👍

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

So impressed with the hand made gear!

[@davewilson1591]

Your first time! Man you have skills. Keep doing what you're doing. Looking forward to more videos.

thanks, buddy!

[@Lc-wi3wk]

Amazing work.... Congrats! 👍

[@MotoMirius]

Inspirational. I clearly need to think outside the box more!

thanks, man!

[@Godzilla_Jesus]

Thumbs up just for the intro!

[@Sundlofmusicalengineering]

Thank v you you are helping me with my old lathe 🙏

[@kennethjanczak4900]

Nice jobs.... Thanks for taking the time to make the video and share it...

[@irfanashraf1238]

Imagine restoring a lathe without using a lathe “Bravo”

[@barrycass2820]

How’s the bearings and stead of the bronze ones. Is there any play do they fit good. At lest you don’t have to oil them. Good job but the paint sucks

[@vittor333]

Зачем зуборежущие станки,когда есть болгарка и сварка)))))

[@CrimFerret]

I feel like there wasn't as much real restoration here as could have been done. Sure it works, but it could potentially give a lot better results than it's capable of now.

[@D3adP00I]

the mopeds and bikes sound like a swarm of bugs when the video is speed up lol, great job keep at it!

[@WideAwakeHuman]

Live that gold and black

[@justinbelshe]

The Wasino video really shows your progress!

[@philliplopez8745]

Truly a master of his art . BRAVO !

thanks man!

[@horacerumpole6912]

Someone is smoking crack-

[@qlimaxbass5022]

1000 Like was MINE! Good job please do another restoration :)

[@WACRE44]

Lathe looks great thanks for the great vlog

[@ngoinhco2049]

good work, hope you go farther!!!!! And really welcome you back on Facebook!!!!!! Always by your side!!!

[@Mikhandmaker]

Excellent restoration buddy!

[@darrinlawton2748]

Great job man.

[@kentuckytrapper780]

Great job, it looks great.

[@ajdarseidzade688]

So crookedly drilled holes I have not yet seen on the Internet

[@theantichrist6524]

I have only one bad thing to say about your restoration and that is your gloved hand when you were at the drillpress you never ware gloves when working around drill presses when using them you cover operate lathes ,or mills with gloves on because you could get the gloves caught by the spindles or bits or work pieces and be pulled into the rotating process the point is a lot of people have been maimed and even killed using power equipment because of gloves and long sleave clothes getting caught up in the rotation of the equipment no one wants you to loose your hands arms or life the finished lathe looked good and the color changes are a good combination

[@p52893]

Good hands my friend

[@mauriciotort8303]

Hello friend, what kind of paint is the lathe factory? Greetings

[@sailingstpommedeterre4905]

AWESOME !!!!

[@AJwesleyify]

Very nice work you do.

[@Sentenza-r3g]

Plain bearings from bronze are more precision than common ball bearings?

[@DavidHerscher]

My dude does all this in CROCS.

[@TheEvertw]

0:58 Wow, that thread is worn! Your first job on the lathe was probably to make a replacement ;-)

[@raymondsymonds6103]

Once reassembly started you should have been putting lots of oil everywhere 2 surfaces touch and slide !

[@georgepretnick4460]

The Chief Wahoo hat caught my eye.

[@dand6144]

Respect. Tons of it.

[@timqueen4566]

If I could make one recommendation to it would be "put the camera down on a tripod and stop moving it around a And jumping from site to site , at the beginning of this video I near got sick from all the movement your were making".

[@jeanrieu5855]

Hello, Very good job. I'am going to do the same restoration on my metal lathe. Your metal lathe seems to be very looking like mine. Would you tell me the name and the model of the maker (factory) of your metal lathe ? I'm sorry for the language, but I'm French. Thank you. Best regards. Jean