I managed to pick up a Minimax T120 duplicator lathe. After cleaning it up I noticed it needs a bit of TLC to bring it back to life.
It has a live center, which I managed to knock out. The bearing is noisy so I will likely replace it. Anyone know the taper?
the support for the live center is very hard working, I’ve released all locks, but the thing has not been oiled...ever, so my question is how easily should this function? The support is a simple acme screw that pushes the taper support out but does not draw it back. I’m assuming it should be able to be pushed back by hand.
The motor starts and runs but someone repaired it at some point, poorly, so I’ll either have a local repair shop fix it or replace with a dc variable speed lesson motor I’ve got. Any thoughts?