Hi all,
I bought this lathe and got it home over the weekend. Everything turns freely but hasn't been used in quite a few years. I had to clean up the bed to get the head stock, cross slide and tail stock to move freely but that is done and everything is good so far. I lubed up the tail stock and cross slide but haven't touched the head stock yet. It does turn smoothly though so it shouldn't be much of an issue. I see an oil port on the front bearing block at the bottom. Not too sure what that is for. How does one lube the bearings on these? Is this one that has the greased rear bearing?
I'm also curious what the line is engraved in the bed rails just in front of the head stock. You can see it in one ofthe pics
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I bought this lathe and got it home over the weekend. Everything turns freely but hasn't been used in quite a few years. I had to clean up the bed to get the head stock, cross slide and tail stock to move freely but that is done and everything is good so far. I lubed up the tail stock and cross slide but haven't touched the head stock yet. It does turn smoothly though so it shouldn't be much of an issue. I see an oil port on the front bearing block at the bottom. Not too sure what that is for. How does one lube the bearings on these? Is this one that has the greased rear bearing?
I'm also curious what the line is engraved in the bed rails just in front of the head stock. You can see it in one ofthe pics
Here's some pics....
