G'day Cliff ... good job on the lathe. Quick tip: The best way to set your tail stock ... after roughing the center in with your point-to-point method, chuck a piece of stock 7" or 8" long between your centers using a dog to drive it and take a cut for the entire length. Measure each end and you'll find that it's tapered. Adjust the lateral slide on the tail stock until the workpiece is properly parallel.
Cliff, you must feel so satisfied after all that hard work to see the EMCO making chips again👍👍👍For anyone who uses a lathe on a regular basis and suddenly no longer has one, it's like losing an arm! Single most useful tool in any workshop. Congratulations on a superb piece of work 👏👏👏 Cheers, Alan.
Thanks Cliff for showing the operation of the clutch, I expected it to make some sort of clacking noise. Very nice job, I recon an EMCO is worth the effort
Not sure if I missed it or not…but did you show the electrical upgrades. I’m doing mine at the moment but going one step further and changing all the on lathe controls to 24v dc.. I’m particularly interested in how your tachometer is set up.
Hi Cliff, That is a first class restoration job you did on your Emco, well done, I wish mine was half as good as yours, something I noticed, when you switch off the machine it comes to a sudden stop, I assume that is your VFD causing the brake action, on one of the forums there were some guys complaining that this damaged the splines in the composite gears where they press onto the shafts, due to this sudden stop, the splines are not made to handle this kind of inertia from the heavy spinning chuck, maybe worth looking at your VFD programming to a "soft stop"
Great videos Cliff. It’s really looking good, just like new. I love the clutch to stop the saddle crashing, very jealous as I’ve had many a close call.
By Ek Cliff. Your lathe looks like the dogs doodars. Brand new nearly. Hope it's given you a lift to get back to normality, so to speak. I like your DRO set up on the rear or the lathe, looking at doing mine that way. Great work. I've enjoyed watching. Cheers Tony
I don’t like some of the sounds coming out of it. You’ve got a repetitive noise at at least some of the settings, though I think it’s from all of them but at the higher speeds it’s also faster. I can’t describe it so I’ll call it a dum, dum, dum. I don’t remember if you always had that, but I’d like to know what it’s being caused by. Rotating machines shouldn’t have a sound that’s like a reciprocating mechanism.
@@melgross you have a good ear Sir! It's always done it, it comes from the motor, I thought changing the bearings would do it but no! I think maybe the drive "sprocket" is not white concentric, it's off of the original motor? ATB, Cliff
Hi Cliff, this has been a good series on the Emco, I've enjoyed watching it, lets see what happens next, catch you soon, Take care
Good to see it up and running again, I've got the slightly smaller Compact 5 lathe (CNC version so no gearbox). Nice job well done.
Congratulations Cliff, the finishing of the Armco is a big milestone in the rebuilding of the shed after the disastrous fire. Well done mate!
G'day Cliff ... good job on the lathe. Quick tip: The best way to set your tail stock ... after roughing the center in with your point-to-point method, chuck a piece of stock 7" or 8" long between your centers using a dog to drive it and take a cut for the entire length. Measure each end and you'll find that it's tapered. Adjust the lateral slide on the tail stock until the workpiece is properly parallel.
Cliff, you must feel so satisfied after all that hard work to see the EMCO making chips again👍👍👍For anyone who uses a lathe on a regular basis and suddenly no longer has one, it's like losing an arm! Single most useful tool in any workshop. Congratulations on a superb piece of work 👏👏👏 Cheers, Alan.
Well done, Cliff!
Thanks Cliff for showing the operation of the clutch, I expected it to make some sort of clacking noise. Very nice job, I recon an EMCO is worth the effort
That should be gearbox oil Cliff. Nice finished job well done, You deserve 100.000 subscribers.
Not sure if I missed it or not…but did you show the electrical upgrades. I’m doing mine at the moment but going one step further and changing all the on lathe controls to 24v dc.. I’m particularly interested in how your tachometer is set up.
Hi Cliff, That is a first class restoration job you did on your Emco, well done, I wish mine was half as good as yours, something I noticed, when you switch off the machine it comes to a sudden stop, I assume that is your VFD causing the brake action, on one of the forums there were some guys complaining that this damaged the splines in the composite gears where they press onto the shafts, due to this sudden stop, the splines are not made to handle this kind of inertia from the heavy spinning chuck, maybe worth looking at your VFD programming to a "soft stop"
Great videos Cliff. It’s really looking good, just like new. I love the clutch to stop the saddle crashing, very jealous as I’ve had many a close call.
By Ek Cliff. Your lathe looks like the dogs doodars. Brand new nearly. Hope it's given you a lift to get back to normality, so to speak.
I like your DRO set up on the rear or the lathe, looking at doing mine that way. Great work. I've enjoyed watching. Cheers Tony
Lathe looks amazing Cliff! You can be very pleased with that work, you are a machine shop again!!
Phil
That was a labour of love now you get to make chips all the best from Saskatchewan Canada
Hi Cliff, my harrison uses ep90 gear oil in the headstock! It's good to see your lathe is opporational again ❤
Beautiful job Cliff. It's great to see. Good choice on the oil, you shouldn't have any issues.
Best wishes, Dean.
Excellent job Cliff 🙌 Nice to see all your hard graft paying off.
Good to see. I’m very pleased for you. You’ve done a great job.
Enjoy watching your videos, May be i missed something but before you lined up your tailstock, did you use a spirit level on the ways first?
Been watching if not commenting, ya getting there Cliff, extraordinary work you have put in.
Nice to see chips! Well done, Cliff 👍
Very good Cliff, well done mate.
I like your little pug dog.
Looks great Cliff
Always look forward to your videos mate. Not watched it yet but I’m sure it’ll be great👍
Even fig came over to see its first start up! Think he was impressed 👍
It's been a journey, nice job
Hip,hip,hurrah.We have a winner.Thank you Cliff.
Very impressed..
I actually use diff oil in my lathe,never had an issue and it runs nice and quiet.
That's what you call a real Lathe
great wor keep up the great vlogs
Good job
I've had iso32 in my v10p headstock for many years without issue😊
Was I your 10,000th?
@@americasfavoritehoarder I do believe you are!!!!!
Bit of a milestone, thanks a lot!!!
All the best,
Cliff
@@CliffsShed OMG! You have Ian to thank.
I don’t like some of the sounds coming out of it. You’ve got a repetitive noise at at least some of the settings, though I think it’s from all of them but at the higher speeds it’s also faster. I can’t describe it so I’ll call it a dum, dum, dum. I don’t remember if you always had that, but I’d like to know what it’s being caused by. Rotating machines shouldn’t have a sound that’s like a reciprocating mechanism.
@@melgross you have a good ear Sir! It's always done it, it comes from the motor, I thought changing the bearings would do it but no! I think maybe the drive "sprocket" is not white concentric, it's off of the original motor?
ATB,
Cliff