Ron Stadler
08-27-2016, 10:38 PM
Hi guys and Gals, haven't posted on here in quite awhile, like about 5 years I'm guessing. Lol. Anyways, ran into bad times and had to sell all my equipment including my Vega lathe and haven't been in the vortex since :( .
But now I'm back but and have purchased a old Delta lathe but already having problems and probably spent to much on it but I'm not going to mention the price, I'm kinda sick about it right now. I'm trying to identify the model on this thing but it has been modified to a DC motor and controller and it is missing the model tag number. I'm guessing it may be back as far as early 1950's looking at other lathes in that time period, or this thing has been pieced together with other lathes. The tailstock handle is what makes me think 1950's.
Well, drove almost 200 miles to get this lathe and sounded real good at the mans house when I ran it, very quite and smooth. Got it home though and chucked up a spindle and started cutting, so far so good, well spindle started getting a little loose so I cranked down the tailstock quill a bit and started getting a rattling sound, so I stopped the lathe and loosened up the quill and restarted and it was locked up, ugh. I freed it with my hand on the headstock wheel and ran it again sounded ok but soon as I put horizontal pressure on it i'm out of commission. So best I can figure is the bearing are bad. But I don't have any idea on the model number on this lathe and what bearing to get for it, also I'm hoping the shaft or spindle isn't bent or something.
Thanks guys for listening, I hope someone can help.
I'm not the most mechanicaly inclined person in the world, but I'm not afraid to take something apart, lol, just getting it back together seems to be the hard part.
ps. Gotta check out what you guys been making over the years, gotta be great I'm sure. Oh, and heres the pics of the lathe.343044343045343046343047343048343049343050
But now I'm back but and have purchased a old Delta lathe but already having problems and probably spent to much on it but I'm not going to mention the price, I'm kinda sick about it right now. I'm trying to identify the model on this thing but it has been modified to a DC motor and controller and it is missing the model tag number. I'm guessing it may be back as far as early 1950's looking at other lathes in that time period, or this thing has been pieced together with other lathes. The tailstock handle is what makes me think 1950's.
Well, drove almost 200 miles to get this lathe and sounded real good at the mans house when I ran it, very quite and smooth. Got it home though and chucked up a spindle and started cutting, so far so good, well spindle started getting a little loose so I cranked down the tailstock quill a bit and started getting a rattling sound, so I stopped the lathe and loosened up the quill and restarted and it was locked up, ugh. I freed it with my hand on the headstock wheel and ran it again sounded ok but soon as I put horizontal pressure on it i'm out of commission. So best I can figure is the bearing are bad. But I don't have any idea on the model number on this lathe and what bearing to get for it, also I'm hoping the shaft or spindle isn't bent or something.
Thanks guys for listening, I hope someone can help.
I'm not the most mechanicaly inclined person in the world, but I'm not afraid to take something apart, lol, just getting it back together seems to be the hard part.
ps. Gotta check out what you guys been making over the years, gotta be great I'm sure. Oh, and heres the pics of the lathe.343044343045343046343047343048343049343050