Vinay, What is the carriage doing, the same? In order to figure out what to do you will need to survey the bed and figure out where and how much you are off. ...
Hi, First what do you mean by "parts lathe" are you swapping items from one lathe to another. If so it is quite likely that the rocking is caused by the centre...
yes... most of the hand fit parts will NOT be interchangeable without re-fitting... I had grand hopes of this once, said hopes were dashed... so I am going...
Vinay, I am not sure what this means: "The headstock and the tail stock rock on the bed!!!!" "Rock" is most often used to describe movement in an arc. Yet I...
Jon, I have not had one scraped professionally, I currently have a bed stripped all the way down which will be my 1st. On Sunday I mostly scraped in my 36"...
Steve, My parts lathe is seperate from the lathe I am trying to restore. All major parts (headstock/tailstock/carrage/saddle) are from the same lathe (and have...
Vinay, Lots of things one cannot say based on the information given. But going on what you have said. I would say the bed was reground without the head and ...
Cecil, I have not checked if the rocking is present with the tailstock/headstock clampled, I will do that. But even without clamping I would expect no play. ...
Hey Guys, I added som pictures of the lathe bed to the "photos" section, in folder called "Vinay". Can you guys comment if the flaking is original? Regards,...
Hi Vinay, No I cant. There were a lot of people doing this kind of work and each and every one of them did it differently. You have an old style tailstock in ...
Steve, It the apron does not have the interlock. The lathe was disassembled when I got it. It had a lot of grime and rust, which I cleaned up. I still have to...
Vinay, Can you provide a better photo of the headstock? The pics are too small and too dark. Can you unscrew one of the oil cups and just do a quick...
That's good, because it then looks like it is all from the same machine. I would suggest you clean the bottom of the tailstock, blue it with laquer then sit it...
Will do the blue test tonight. But for sure, everything is from the same machine. I have the same serial number on the bed, headstock and tailstock....
Those numbers are a significant indication that parts belong together, but they are assembly numbers, not serial numbers. The test for fit of the tailstock...
No that's not the serial number but the batch number, so they still go together. _____ From: Rivett-608@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Rivett-608@yahoogroups.com] On ...
Looking for a cross slide/compound assembly for a 918. Can be far less than perfect. I may be able to get away with just a slide rest (If that is the correct...
Hello, I am looking to understand what are the differences between a precision 8 and an early 608? Can someone explain the distinguishing features? thanks Rayl...
Hi Ray The following paragraph from Tony's website might help to answer your question. "As time passed the 8" Precision underwent numerous small changes;...
... Other than the details pointed out by the quote from the lathes.uk.co web site my observations are the oiler holes in the head stock are 1/8" NTP on the...
After countless hours of hunting the thread size on the head stock bearing oilers on these two #8 machines. I finally have it. I knew about most of the...
Great detective work. Now, how about sharing the link to the oiler supplier? While I would hate to give up my original brass oilers, I'm often tempted to get...
Cecil and Mike, I have put an image in my photos folder (michaelantipode), here in the group photos section, of an oiler which a friend built/rebuilt for me...
If anyone has the tailstock knurling attachment (can be seen in the 608F catalog in the attachments on fig. 27 on disk #2 of the disk set) and who would be...
I was also going to suggest just making a threaded adapter that took a standard oil cup thread in the top and had odd size on the bottom to go into the...
Hello, I recently purchased all the parts associated with a 608, and was told the bed was available, however that turned out to be wrong, So I am on the Hunt...
Rivett's, I need to make space in my shop and I am preparing to sell my 918 with many accessories. To see the lathe and accessories go to David's 918,...
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