The inside of that gear box is indeed so beautiful. I would be tempted to leave it off just to be able to view it from time to time. 😂 Lovely to see the latest episode of your thorough refurbishment. Well done. 👏👏👍😀
The rebuild is coming along wonderfully, never mind the comments on your jumper it's good to see the Asian / Australian safety footwear ! Looking forward to the next installment.
Well, another stage further, looking good Samuel, I like how you keep all your exasperations in! and It's nice to know I'm not the only one where things can disappear after only a couple of seconds! cheers Dave
Hi Samuel, that Lathes’s going to be to nice to use when finished, great Job love all your hard work keep the videos coming and I love your jumper that must be your favourite for working in All the best stay safe
Like you, I was a bit alarmed at the Vees not both being engaged. But when you think about it, that is the sensible way to do it, getting both Vees to align accurately, would be one hell of a job. Alignment should only require engagement of one Vee. I know this is taking some time, but I really believe you will enjoy using this little beauty once it is up and running.
This is the best chanel on UA-cam! Specially when I can rekognize the frustration one can experience sometimes .😂 p.s I think You have got a smal hole in Your sweater d.s .😁
You can get the forward/reverse clevis out of the way by loosening/removing the 6mm grub screw on the arm in the electrical box that actuates the forward and reverse micro switches (part 301 024 on page 25 of the manual)
Wonderful! She's going to be a real beauty. 👍 I agree with your diagnosis that the headstock is aligned on one V way, and one flat surface. It might be wise to siphon some of that oil out and do some first test runs with the recommended 500ml volume. I would go with the recommended volume and ignore the sightglass for now, but that's just me. Anyway, thank you for videoing this great project! And the colour is nice too, is that a satin paint?
Thanks. Yes, it's a satin paint. Gloss wouldn't have been better but that's what I chose. I might syphon out to at least get back to the sight level. But from internals of the gearbox I'd say overfilling isn't going to harm anything. Might cause some splash leakage along the external shafts, two of which don't have any seal.
@@samuelfielder ... thanks for the reply, yeah the overfilling will probably leak from unsealed shafts. The other risk with over oiling is (same with too thick an oil) that at higher rpm there is not enough time to squeeze all the oil from between the gears as they rotate, causing high radial loads on the gears and actually increases gear/shaft wear. At lathe speeds it might not matter, but I know it can kill auto gearboxes.
@@wizrom3046 Ok thanks for making that point. I'll take the level down some. But I have to assume that the sight glasses are correct and hence the capacities in the manual are just wrong by aboiut 60%. I had the same problem with the apron. I have yet to fill the headstock where there is a rthird sight glass, so we'll see.
Samuel, Great job so far! I have my M300 disassemble. I left my bed and table together. I love the color scheme! What type of paint did you use and color? I want mine the same. Also, how did you clean all the gears so bright shiny? Thanks Robert
Good decision to keep bed and table together. Google Harrison lathe beige from Paragon Paints. Mine is the semi-gloss finish. The actual appearance of this colour in my videos varies quite a lot due to the automatic white balance in the camcorder. Gear refurb is shown in the first few minutes of my Gearbox Refurb Part 1 video: ua-cam.com/video/hY_hQ7cgstU/v-deo.html Regards
Sorry, no. Looking at mine they are not engraved and the black lettering is not raised at all, as far as I can see. Presumably this was screen printed?
The inside of that gear box is indeed so beautiful. I would be tempted to leave it off just to be able to view it from time to time. 😂
Lovely to see the latest episode of your thorough refurbishment. Well done. 👏👏👍😀
The rebuild is coming along wonderfully, never mind the comments on your jumper it's good to see the Asian / Australian safety footwear ! Looking forward to the next installment.
The losing of gaskets and the cussing is so definitely me working with my machine.😂😂😂
Well, another stage further, looking good Samuel, I like how you keep all your exasperations in! and It's nice to know I'm not the only one where things can disappear after only a couple of seconds! cheers Dave
Hi Samuel, that Lathes’s going to be to nice to use when finished, great Job love all your hard work keep the videos coming
and I love your jumper that must be your favourite for working in
All the best stay safe
Yep, my theory is that the jumper can't get any worse.
Like you, I was a bit alarmed at the Vees not both being engaged. But when you think about it, that is the sensible way to do it, getting both Vees to align accurately, would be one hell of a job. Alignment should only require engagement of one Vee. I know this is taking some time, but I really believe you will enjoy using this little beauty once it is up and running.
This is the best chanel on UA-cam! Specially when I can rekognize the frustration one can experience sometimes .😂
p.s I think You have got a smal hole in Your sweater d.s .😁
You can get the forward/reverse clevis out of the way by loosening/removing the 6mm grub screw on the arm in the electrical box that actuates the forward and reverse micro switches (part 301 024 on page 25 of the manual)
Thanks. Good point.
Wonderful! She's going to be a real beauty. 👍
I agree with your diagnosis that the headstock is aligned on one V way, and one flat surface.
It might be wise to siphon some of that oil out and do some first test runs with the recommended 500ml volume. I would go with the recommended volume and ignore the sightglass for now, but that's just me.
Anyway, thank you for videoing this great project! And the colour is nice too, is that a satin paint?
Thanks. Yes, it's a satin paint. Gloss wouldn't have been better but that's what I chose. I might syphon out to at least get back to the sight level. But from internals of the gearbox I'd say overfilling isn't going to harm anything. Might cause some splash leakage along the external shafts, two of which don't have any seal.
@@samuelfielder ... thanks for the reply, yeah the overfilling will probably leak from unsealed shafts.
The other risk with over oiling is (same with too thick an oil) that at higher rpm there is not enough time to squeeze all the oil from between the gears as they rotate, causing high radial loads on the gears and actually increases gear/shaft wear. At lathe speeds it might not matter, but I know it can kill auto gearboxes.
@@wizrom3046 Ok thanks for making that point. I'll take the level down some. But I have to assume that the sight glasses are correct and hence the capacities in the manual are just wrong by aboiut 60%. I had the same problem with the apron. I have yet to fill the headstock where there is a rthird sight glass, so we'll see.
Samuel,
Great job so far! I have my M300 disassemble. I left my bed and table together. I love the color scheme! What type of paint did you use and color? I want mine the same.
Also, how did you clean all the gears so bright shiny?
Thanks
Robert
Good decision to keep bed and table together. Google Harrison lathe beige from Paragon Paints. Mine is the semi-gloss finish. The actual appearance of this colour in my videos varies quite a lot due to the automatic white balance in the camcorder. Gear refurb is shown in the first few minutes of my Gearbox Refurb Part 1 video: ua-cam.com/video/hY_hQ7cgstU/v-deo.html Regards
Thanks Samuel your the best!
One question do you know how to get restored data plates for the machine gearbox, speeds, and feeds? Yours look real good compared to mine,
Sorry, no. Looking at mine they are not engraved and the black lettering is not raised at all, as far as I can see. Presumably this was screen printed?
I may go one fusion 360 and recreate the data plate. Then CNC it at school.
👍
You'll be losing a few toes at some point if you don't spend a few quid on a pair of safety boots.
Lack of basic PPE aside, nice work.