In this video, I disassembly the remaining major components of the 1941 South Bend lathe, the saddle, the lathe bed, chip tray and the legs and bell housing. Of course, it wouldn’t be unusual if there wasn’t at least one stuck bolt or screw. I once again employed the borrowed engine hoist to move around the heaviest of the components.
Look! In the air! Is it a Bird? A Plane? No! It’s the lathe bed!
Look! In the air! Is it a Bird? A Plane? No! It’s the lathe bed! I finally got around to disassembling the major components of my 1941 South Bend lathe. Got the motor assembly out, the bed off the lefs, and the chip pan is clear. Getting closer by the day! Check the link in my bio for a video I made.
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You can still see some of the original scraping on the ways
You can still see some of the original scraping on the ways that were hidden by the headstock of my 80 year old lathe. The exposed, working area, of the ways have been worn down quite a bit. I thought about having them ground and then hand scraping them, but I’m not sure it would be worth it.
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Helped a buddy finish up his hydro assist steering setup from PSC Performance
Helped a buddy finish up his hydro assist steering setup from @psc_performance_steering. Good thing black paint hides just how bad my welds are. 😉
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Pretty epic view.
I have no idea how many layers of paint this is.
I have no idea how many layers of paint this is. But I am glad it’s no longer part of my lathe.
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With EJS being canceled for this year, and then uncancled, and then canceled…
With EJS being canceled for this year, and then uncancled, and then canceled, and uncanceled … I lost track, is it on or not? Doesn’t matter. Sitting this one out. Maybe next year.
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1941 South Bend 13″ Lathe Restoration – Part 10 – Disassembling the Headstock
In this video, I disassemble the headstock of the 1941 13″ South Bend Lathe. This was fairly straightforward and gave me an opportunity to inspect the bearing surfaces and to determine if any parts need to be replaced. All in all, the headstock is in good shape.
Continuing work on this 1941 South Bend Lathe.
Continuing work on this 1941 South Bend Lathe. Spent some time taking apart the headstock. The white thing in the photo is a 3D printed thread protector. Not completely necessary, but I wanted to try making it. The headstock houses the drive pulleys as well as a back gear that slows the rotational speed of the spindle, as well as the spindle itself.
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Splined Shaft Repair using Tig Brazing Wire
The splined shaft in the power feed clutch mechanism of my 1941 South Bend lathe has some wear and burrs on the ends of the splines. This is causing an issue with the effectiveness of the clutch. Since I have it apart, I’m going to go ahead and fix this now. I have no idea if this is the correct way to do this or not, never done anything like it before. But the risk is low. This shaft doesn’t spin at some crazy RPM, so I don’t see this causing any issues if I screw this up.