Crossfeed screws for logan lathes how to#

So, let me introduce you to my $100 machine shop. I'm seeing lots of ways to machine parts that are way better than the ways I was imagining.

Crossfeed screws for logan lathes how to#

Overseas tooling is arriving every day, and I'm getting a sense of how to operate. Oh yeah, Toyman, I'll try mineral spirits, my stuff could be shinier. Thanks Skinny, your videos are always informative and entertaining. I did get to the tail stock, but not the 4 jaw chuck. I'll be watching videos, learning the basics, and turning out some parts, but probably sparse updates on this thread for the time being. I am no longer racked by guilt when I turn it on. It formerly had a crappy yellow plug, and loose wires everywhere, so I tidied that up with a new cord, reattached the junction box, and slapped the only cover I could find on there.ДЄnd, that's about where I got today. I cleaned every gear I could get to with fork oil and a toothbrush. Lucky too, I'm a bit on the simple side myself. It's really simple and elegant the way lathesВ are made. I cleaned up the tool post, its slide, and the top part of the cross feed, and disassembled all the dials, cleaned and freed them up. Yeah, I can't even name some of this without my cheat sheet. I filed those boogers on the lead screw, and generally started scrubbing stuff with acetoneВ and some 15 weight Honda fork oil I found laying around. Today's goal was to simply give it some love, and learn a little better how a lathe works. I naively thought it wouldn't be in too bad shape since it was used in a school. Yep, I couldn't believe my luck finding a 110V running metal lathe. I bought this thing when McGavock High School in Nashville shut down their shop program circa 2008.

The beds don't have terrible wear from running, but there have been a few ahem, collisions. I hadВ been watching enough videos that I finally felt confidentВ to jump in. I can dig up a better before picture, if anyone's really interested, but this gets the point across. Here's a picture of me ridin' it dirty before putting it up wet. Well, I had a project for my $50 Logan lathe, but the guilt of NEVER HAVING CLEANED IT got to me.