Making Adjusting Knobs for a South Bend Steady Rest (Part 2)
Continuing the restoration of the steady rest I bought for my 13″ South Bend lathe. It had many missing parts, including the adjustment knobs.
In this second part of making the knobs, I make a threaded arbor to facilitate the machining of the external features. I got to use one of my newly acquired thread pitch micrometers as well. One thing is for sure, I need to get better at nailing dimensions. I managed to overshoot just about every dimension on this part.
Making Adjusting Knobs for a South Bend Steady Rest (Part 1)
Continuing the restoration of the steady rest I bought for my 13″ South Bend lathe. It had many missing parts, including the adjustment knobs.
In this first part of making the knobs, I get the stock cut to length and the internal features bored, reamed and threaded.
Purrty!
I bought about half if a steady rest for my South Bend 13″ lathe.
I bought about half if a steady rest for my South Bend 13″ lathe. It’s missing quite a few parts. Instead of sourcing replacements online, I decided to make all of the pieces I could.
Making Jaw Adjustment Screws for a Steady Rest
I bought a steady rest for my South Bend lathe that needs some work. There are quite a few missing parts. Sure, I could buy every missing piece, but what’s the fun in that?
Tell me you had a great day in the shop without telling me you had a great day i
Tell me you had a great day in the shop without telling me you had a great day in the shop.
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Removing the Drive Train from the K&T 2HL Horizontal Milling Machine
In this video I remove the drive train from the K&T mill. I start with the drive clutch and pulley, the power feed/rapid traverse bracket and take off gears, and then pull the entire gearbox from the column.
I removed the drive train from my K&T 2HL horizontal mill. My only purpose was t…
I removed the drive train from my K&T 2HL horizontal mill. My only purpose was to clean the insides of the column real good of all the gunk that’s collected in there over the last 80 years. That, and to inspect the gears for excessive wear or broken teeth.
Removing the Coolant Pump from the K&T 2HL Horizontal Milling Machine
In this video I remove the coolant pump from the K&T so I can get it apart and cleaned.