3800 Pound South Bend 17" Turn-Nado Lathe Project

[TwinWillows]

Re: 3800 Pound South Bend 17\" Turn-Nado Lathe Project

How in the world did you keep track of where all the parts went when reassembling? Did you take photos when you took it apart?

 

[rswyan]

Re: 3800 Pound South Bend 17\" Turn-Nado Lathe Project

Glad to be of service. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I can't count the number of time I've been working on something that another set of hands would made it easy ..... rather than next to impossible without them.

 

[PineRidge]

Re: 3800 Pound South Bend 17\" Turn-Nado Lathe Project

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( How in the world did you keep track of where all the parts went when reassembling? Did you take photos when you took it apart? )</font>

In my younger years it was all done by memory. The picture shows a Harley Panhead engine stripped before reassembly. And yes it did run after it was put back together. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Now that I'm a little older I tend to rely more on digital pictures and notes scribbled on pieces of paper when I see something a bit more tricky.

 

[PineRidge]

Re: 3800 Pound South Bend 17\" Turn-Nado Lathe Project

While I'm waiting for a couple of bearings to come in for the headstock I decided to turn my attention toward the gearbox. Here's a before shot sitting on the workbench.

 

[PineRidge]

Re: 3800 Pound South Bend 17\" Turn-Nado Lathe Project

Here's that gearbox now minus all the gears sitting in the lathe chip-pan waiting to be hit with paint remover to loosen the 4 plus coats of accumulated paint.

 

[Farwell]

Re: 3800 Pound South Bend 17\" Turn-Nado Lathe Project

Back before the automatic cameras I repaired professional cameras, altimeters and clocks with out notes, now I have trouble remembering where I put my shoes the night before.
I am jealous, wish I had a 17 inch South Bend. I have a 10 inch flat belt driven South Bend that could probably use an overhaul but the things I do now don't require the tight tolerances. I also have a tool room mill made by Bridgeport that really comes in handy for some of my projects.
You are doing a beautiful job rebuilding your lathe. Please keep up the thread and photos, I love reading about metal working equipment.
Farwell

 

[PineRidge]

Re: 3800 Pound South Bend 17\" Turn-Nado Lathe Project

Farwell thanks so much for the compliment.

I'm the same way, if it's machinery then I'm interested.

 

[PineRidge]

Re: 3800 Pound South Bend 17\" Turn-Nado Lathe Project

Learned a long time ago to take the time to tape off areas where you don't want or need paint like bearing surfaces.

It may take an extra 15 or 20 minutes per piece to tape but it normally takes 3 times longer to clean the paint off if you don't tape.

 

[PineRidge]

Re: 3800 Pound South Bend 17\" Turn-Nado Lathe Project

Yesterday I was complaining to another TBN member and friend of mine about the poor results that I have experienced with a conventional paint gun while working with this project.

He recommended a HVLP (high volume, low pressure) gun to me and after doing a bit of research on the gun I picked one up. This was the first time that I ever used a HVLP gun but they are so much easier to use. They deliver a very nice adjustable fan pattern at less than 10 psi air pressure which relates to a real nice coat of paint and with very little over-spray.

If you ever need to put a nice coat of paint on an implement or the like do yourself a favor and try one of these HVLP guns, I don't think you'll be disappointed. The prices on these guns are very reasonable also.

 

[MadReferee]

Re: 3800 Pound South Bend 17\" Turn-Nado Lathe Project

I have 2 of those HVLP paint guns. One that is top fed and one that is bottom fed. Both work equally well and both came on the cheap from Harbor Freight. Just remember to keep the inlet pressure at 10psi or less. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif Both of my guns have adjustable regulators right at the gun's air inlet.