John Cooper2
01-06-2008, 1:58 AM
Well,
Had some time today and got my parts yesterday for my just purchased Delta 1460. The bearings where a bit noisy and very dry. Found a replacement set for $50.00 from a local Bearing dealer.
I really thought about a complete tear down and rebuild/repaint, however the more I looked at it the more I wanted to keep it in its current state. Really wanted to clean it up allot and make it work better. When I got it the banjo was a pain to move and the tailstock was hard to move too.
First a pic as I purchased it.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff300/jcoop0001/Delta%20Lathe/DL1.jpg
And one of the ways
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff300/jcoop0001/Delta%20Lathe/lathers3.jpg
I took it all apart, including the headstock. Replaced the bearings, Boeshielded the bed and any exposed cast iron. Cleaned the wood and polished it somewhat. Put it all back together and very happy with it. I need to replace the belt with a segmented belt so I just put the old one on for now. It will be easy just to cut the old one off and put a segmented one on when I get it.
This came with a Craftsman Variable speed motor 3/4 hp I think. It is a little noisy, but gives me variable speed:).
Here is a couple more pics of the finished product.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff300/jcoop0001/Delta%20Lathe/lathers14.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff300/jcoop0001/Delta%20Lathe/lathers16.jpg
Well time to call it a day, sorry for the fuzzy pics. I guess I need more light in the garage.
More tomorrow,
Very Happy the way this it turning out.
Cannot wait to make some chips.
J
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Had some time today and got my parts yesterday for my just purchased Delta 1460. The bearings where a bit noisy and very dry. Found a replacement set for $50.00 from a local Bearing dealer.
I really thought about a complete tear down and rebuild/repaint, however the more I looked at it the more I wanted to keep it in its current state. Really wanted to clean it up allot and make it work better. When I got it the banjo was a pain to move and the tailstock was hard to move too.
First a pic as I purchased it.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff300/jcoop0001/Delta%20Lathe/DL1.jpg
And one of the ways
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff300/jcoop0001/Delta%20Lathe/lathers3.jpg
I took it all apart, including the headstock. Replaced the bearings, Boeshielded the bed and any exposed cast iron. Cleaned the wood and polished it somewhat. Put it all back together and very happy with it. I need to replace the belt with a segmented belt so I just put the old one on for now. It will be easy just to cut the old one off and put a segmented one on when I get it.
This came with a Craftsman Variable speed motor 3/4 hp I think. It is a little noisy, but gives me variable speed:).
Here is a couple more pics of the finished product.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff300/jcoop0001/Delta%20Lathe/lathers14.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff300/jcoop0001/Delta%20Lathe/lathers16.jpg
Well time to call it a day, sorry for the fuzzy pics. I guess I need more light in the garage.
More tomorrow,
Very Happy the way this it turning out.
Cannot wait to make some chips.
J
o
h
n