Lathe woes!

[hedgesparrow]

find someone with a tig who can weld and will use a cast iron rod to weld it will be as good as new had a manifold on a mixer welded as lid was dropped. the lid dropped again manifold was ok chopped the exhaust off:biggrin:

[Rich2484]

Cast is difficult for any novice.

 

The trick is heating it up red hot before welding and welding when red hot.

 

There is no guarantee with it either.

 

See if you can find a local fab shop and see if they can mould you a new one.

[Chippy]

Cast is easy enough to weld provided it prepared right.

Arc welding is still the best way to do it.

Cut vee,s along the break then heat it till it starts to give off smoke, tack weld till there is enough on so that it wont move when all the casting is welded.

When its all been welded leave it on the bench out of any cold draught and it will be as good as new once cleaned up.

[Mike Dempsey]

Hi Bob

Found the spare rest in the shed. The length of it is about 250mm. The width of the hole for moving it in and out is 13mm, for a 12mm bolt. The hole dia for the tool rest itself is 19mm. Slightly different from your toolrest but should be interchangeable as they are made by same company.

If you want it can you pm me your contact details and I will post it out for the cost of postage.

 

Mike

[bobh]

Mike you are a star and a gent!

PM sent

Arbtalk comes through again.

[bobh]

Thanks to Mike Dempsey I'm back in action with the lathe.

I received the tool banjo from Mike on Wednesday, I knew before I got it that the leg of my tool rest was 3mm smaller than the hole in the new banjo but thought I could probably make a shim to fit, failing that I could always buy a toolrest with a 19mm leg.

 

 

Miserable day today so I went out to the workshop to see what I can do.

When I got the lathe 18 months ago I got a few bits and bobs with it and in amongst that was a double length rest which lucky for me had 19mm legs

 

 

Cut it in half and offered it up to see how it looked. A bit too high and the leg was too long.

 

 

10 minutes with the grinder had it looking much better.

 

 

Tried it out by finishing off the piece I was working on when the original banjo broke, a coloured spinning top

 

 

Thanks again to Mike and Arbtalk, my 32 year old lathe turns again.

[Mull]

Thanks to Mike Dempsey I'm back in action with the lathe.

I received the tool banjo from Mike on Wednesday, I knew before I got it that the leg of my tool rest was 3mm smaller than the hole in the new banjo but thought I could probably make a shim to fit, failing that I could always buy a toolrest with a 19mm leg.

 

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Miserable day today so I went out to the workshop to see what I can do.

When I got the lathe 18 months ago I got a few bits and bobs with it and in amongst that was a double length rest which lucky for me had 19mm legs

 

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Cut it in half and offered it up to see how it looked. A bit too high and the leg was too long.

 

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10 minutes with the grinder had it looking much better.

 

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Tried it out by finishing off the piece I was working on when the original banjo broke, a coloured spinning top

 

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Thanks again to Mike and Arbtalk, my 32 year old lathe turns again.

 

Happy days Bob!

[Mike Dempsey]

Good to see you back in action Bob. Just glad it went to a good home where it will be appreciated.