Thread: Reconditioning a Relmac lathe
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03-06-2008 #1
Hi all (is anybody is here... do I hear an echo...)
Anyway, thought I'd use this location as a sometime record of reconditioning a Relmac lathe. Bought for a song a few weeks ago (oops, that should have been a clue) it seemed fine. It lacked a chuck but had a suitable faceplate for a 3.5" one and I had one for another lathe I am recondtioning (eventually, but thats another story) so just had to drill the mounting holes. Also lacked a toolholder but a economy QTC holder, a bit of 1/4 plate and a T-bolt from Chronos sorted that Got it all bolted down in its new home on a specially constructed welded angle iron bench but an inability to turn things in a round fashion and a nasty vibration suggested all was not right... see the next post for the story...
Here's how it looked when I got it:
And heres the install with nice new drip-feed oilers from Adams Lubetech
The list of things to do grows daily
- Remove the inside burr on the spindle rear end
- Replace main bearings
- Fit 3 speed v-pulleys insted of the 2 speed flat pulleys (maybe)
- Sort out backlash on cross feed (nasty 0.4mm 'jump')
- Sort out backlash on leadscrew (less critical)
- Figure out how leadscrew dog clutch should work and sort out
Last edited by irving2008; 04-06-2008 at 11:55 PM. Reason: updated work list
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