Re-upload? Merry Christmas! Make sure you're drilling on center and be careful because those jacob chucks slip bits daily. Make sure not to accidently eject your arbor into the workpiece aswell lol.
pull that tailstock apart again , clean everything and then lubricate the entire moving assembly . most of the time there are oil holes in the tailstock body so that you can routinely put oil through the holes to keep everything lubricated . use a good turbine oil which is low viscosity . clean your ways very well and apply the same oil to the ways . Squirt some oil at one end of the bed and then , just spread it by running your fingers down the ways adding oil as you need it . Wipe off the excess with a lint free cloth or a paper towel. That sure looks like a nice machine . If you take care of it , it will take care of you !! Best wishes !! there are some good older books on the care and operation of an engine lathe still available , so pick one up and enjoy !
Yeah, it was almost impossible to get it to break free when I try to hammer it loose when I first got it. Taking it apart must’ve loosened it enough to be able to come apart.
This was pretty painful to watch. Pull everything apart on the tailstock and clean and re-assemble and re-oil. Slide the tailstock carefully towards the end of the bed so you can get a look underneath. A lot of the Japanese lathes had spring loaded wheels under the tailstock. These are usually gummed up and jambed on a machine of that vintage. Note that not all of them had these, however the tailstock is almost identical to an Okuma LS and they did have them.
Take that thread shaft out and clean and re lube it. But probably just got jammed up. Be careful hitting things with a hammer like that though. Those hand wheels are easy to break.
Re-upload? Merry Christmas! Make sure you're drilling on center and be careful because those jacob chucks slip bits daily. Make sure not to accidently eject your arbor into the workpiece aswell lol.
I had a copyright for music in the background so I had to re-upload.
I will keep that in mind. Thanks!
pull that tailstock apart again , clean everything and then lubricate the entire moving assembly . most of the time there are oil holes in the tailstock body so that you can routinely put oil through the holes to keep everything lubricated . use a good turbine oil which is low viscosity . clean your ways very well and apply the same oil to the ways . Squirt some oil at one end of the bed and then , just spread it by running your fingers down the ways adding oil as you need it . Wipe off the excess with a lint free cloth or a paper towel. That sure looks like a nice machine . If you take care of it , it will take care of you !! Best wishes !! there are some good older books on the care and operation of an engine lathe still available , so pick one up and enjoy !
Thanks for the info 🙏
i looks as though somone just spun it back to far. it is amazing how hard it jams when they spin it into the back stop
Yeah, it was almost impossible to get it to break free when I try to hammer it loose when I first got it. Taking it apart must’ve loosened it enough to be able to come apart.
This was pretty painful to watch. Pull everything apart on the tailstock and clean and re-assemble and re-oil. Slide the tailstock carefully towards the end of the bed so you can get a look underneath. A lot of the Japanese lathes had spring loaded wheels under the tailstock. These are usually gummed up and jambed on a machine of that vintage. Note that not all of them had these, however the tailstock is almost identical to an Okuma LS and they did have them.
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Take that thread shaft out and clean and re lube it. But probably just got jammed up. Be careful hitting things with a hammer like that though. Those hand wheels are easy to break.
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