Jim Foster Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) A 1911 vintage 16” lathe. Tight as the day it was built, not a bearing in it. Edited February 24, 2021 by Mod30 Resize photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Perhaps you meant ball bearings? I'm sure it has a bunch of bearings! What does the head stock use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Foster Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 Lol, yup has lead Babbitt bearings. What do you mean by what does the head stock use? Do you mean tail stock? 3 Morse taper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I meant there had to be something spinning in the headstock and that means there has to be a bearing in it. Babbitt makes for some good bearings that can be replaced in the workshop without resorting to a dealer in obsolete parts and gold bullion---(you bring them gold bullion, they will give you obsolete parts...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Foster Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 The head stock has a Babbitt bearing. I should know, I poured it lol. Took 3 attempts to get the heat right and not have either a porous bearing or lead squirting all over the place. There are no ball bearings in this machine at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Exactly: thus my cognitive dissidence between: "Tight as the day it was built, not a bearing in it." and "The head stock has a Babbitt bearing." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Foster Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 Understood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Foster Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) Edited February 24, 2021 by Mod30 Resize photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon ForgeClay Works Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Just a note, you need to resize your pictures, they took a long time to load and I have high speed satellite internet. I pity the folks who still have dial up or pay for data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Foster Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 Forgot to say, it’s a LeBlond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedefiddle Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I used to have one. It is still alive in a friends basement workshop. You can mount a vise like thing on the carriage and turn it into a milling machine, etc...... Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Foster Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 5 hours ago, swedefiddle said: I used to have one. It is still alive in a friends basement workshop. You can mount a vise like thing on the carriage and turn it into a milling machine, etc...... Neil Yup, a milling attachment. Got one for it too. used it to cut keyways. I'll post it in a bit. First need to learn how to down size my photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon ForgeClay Works Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Downsizing pictures is easy, once you click to add the uploaded picture, double click on it and an image box pops up showing the size. I use 500 for the first size and check the box for keeping the original aspect ratio, hit tab and hit update. If within the 30 min edit time you can also edit and double click on the picture to change it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Foster Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 I’ll give it a try. How did this picture come out? Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Looks good to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Foster Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 9 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: Looks good to me. OK. Thanks for the heads up. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greebe Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Cool lathe, but not sure about the hanging chuck setup. My chucks have always been stored on a cart or a bench. I would either drop one of those on my foot or hit my head on one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) On 2/24/2021 at 6:42 AM, Jim Foster said: Yup, a milling attachment. Got one for it too. used it to cut keyways. I'll post it in a bit. *drumming fingers*.... Juuusst kidding.... Still, if you get time, it would be fun to look at! Edited February 26, 2021 by Nodebt Insert punctuation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Foster Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 12 hours ago, Greebe said: Cool lathe, but not sure about the hanging chuck setup. My chucks have always been stored on a cart or a bench. I would either drop one of those on my foot or hit my head on one. Got tired of stubbing my toes on them laying on the floor. I go barefooted most of the warmer part of the year. Just now, Nodebt said: *drumming fingers*.... Juuusst kidding.... Still if you get time, it would be fun to look at! Oh crap, forgot. Will get that pic in a few. Again. lol Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Take your time... I wouldn't want you get in a rush and stub you toe. You must have tough feet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Foster Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 25 minutes ago, Nodebt said: Take your time... I wouldn't want you get in a rush and stub you toe. You must have tough feet! Go all summer without shoes unless I have to go to work or some business. But home, hardly ever. Sometimes running a torch... hahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 We have goat heads everywhere out here; I've learned to slip on slippers just to go from the bed to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 41 minutes ago, Jim Foster said: Sometimes running a torch... Slag makes short work out of toe jambs! Thanks for the photos. Nice. I'll look at them for a while before asking a dumb question or two. It appears to me it clamps to the ways. I have one my grandpa made himself, but it clamps in the compound rest. Again thanks for posting the pix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Thomas, what are goats heads? In the middle of the night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greebe Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Jim Foster said: Got tired of stubbing my toes on them laying on the floor. I go barefooted most of the warmer part of the year. I used to turn a lot of 4140 in my shop and I would not want to be anywhere near that lathe with barefeet and blue chips coming off all over the place. Not only will they burn you, but they are sharp as a knife. I had to spend 5 minutes picking them out of my work boots at the end of the day, wouldn't want to do that with barefeet. LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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