{"id":692,"date":"2021-08-26T14:56:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T13:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roscow.net\/wp\/?page_id=692"},"modified":"2021-10-01T22:01:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T21:01:28","slug":"lathe-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.roscow.net\/wp\/lathe\/lathe-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Lathe – 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

August 2021<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First I disassembled what I could, which meant the pulleys and motor table stayed attached. I managed to get the foot off (which pivots on two large pin bolts), the motor table tensioner and the pulley tensioner. An impact driver was needed on a pivot bolt and on a hinge pin, which was nerve wracking as the bracket could have fractured. But it didn\u2019t. The small bits were cleaned up on the wire wheel, but instead of a wire wheel or multi tool I used coarse wire wool and a small wire brush to clean up the motor mount\/ and pulley bracket. This worked quite well. I used the small wire brush to clean up the pulleys – as I said before, I think that they\u2019re some sort of aluminium alloy and appeared soft and fragile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rubbed down and ready to paint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Two coats of paint and it was looking good. I didn\u2019t mask anything (except the pulley V grooves), but maybe I should have filled some of the holes in to keep the threads from blocking up with paint. We\u2019ll see\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking much better.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Not having the bolts to mount the mount I then moved on to the motor itself.
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Looking a bit rough<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I cleaned this up with wire wool and small brush also, then masked up the label, the shaft, the foot bottom surface and blocked the air vents with tissue to keep paint out of the innards. Oh, and took the pulley off (which wasn\u2019t keyed although the shaft was).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Masked up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I decided to use a satin black spray paint for the motor just to avoid the lathe looking too much like a grey-fest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turned out nice I think.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ok, now to get the motor mount and pulleys mounted on the cabinet to check the pulley to wall clearance and move the cabinet if necessary. Trouble is the new bolts to do the mounting haven\u2019t arrived, so time to think about something else, like the headstock. Or gearbox. Or tail stock. Or bed. Or maybe just the gear cover, \u2018cos that\u2019s nice and easy! Meanwhile, I\u2019m waiting for the mounting bolts and the foot levelling bolt to arrive from Mr Ebay\u2026. 12 days so far and counting, waiting for the latter to arrive. Not good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next step in the rebuild is here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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