I have decided that I am going to refurbish both of my EM lathes.
I will start by saying that they are both in really good mechanical condition, they cut nice, run smooth and are quiet. The beds are literally perfect, you cannot feel any grooves or wear with your fingernail or see any gouges. Everything moves nice without play. One of the machines was missing the carriage motor when I bought it, so I got another from Babin Machine.
There are a few small things that need to be addressed, such as the tailstock on one of them sticks occasionally when dialing it in or out and the paint is worn on both machines. One of them had an "ok" paint job in the past which is not peeling or chipping, just not up to the quality that I want.
The goal is not to replace every component, it is to go through the machine and anything that is worn, broken, or missing get it replaced. Break it down to the major components so that I can do a proper paint job. New labels, belts etc to bring it close to "factory fresh" without spending a year and more money than they are worth.
I am doing this out of an already crowded 3-car garage, and my wife wants her parking space back, so I will be investing a lot of time over the next month!
I thought I would post this so hopefully it helps someone in the future who is working on their machine. I am simply following the Hardinge Maintenance manual so there are no secrets here, so for the most part I will just show pics, but I will try to explain any areas that were not clear to me in the manual.
With that said, here I go!
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I will start by saying that they are both in really good mechanical condition, they cut nice, run smooth and are quiet. The beds are literally perfect, you cannot feel any grooves or wear with your fingernail or see any gouges. Everything moves nice without play. One of the machines was missing the carriage motor when I bought it, so I got another from Babin Machine.
There are a few small things that need to be addressed, such as the tailstock on one of them sticks occasionally when dialing it in or out and the paint is worn on both machines. One of them had an "ok" paint job in the past which is not peeling or chipping, just not up to the quality that I want.
The goal is not to replace every component, it is to go through the machine and anything that is worn, broken, or missing get it replaced. Break it down to the major components so that I can do a proper paint job. New labels, belts etc to bring it close to "factory fresh" without spending a year and more money than they are worth.
I am doing this out of an already crowded 3-car garage, and my wife wants her parking space back, so I will be investing a lot of time over the next month!
I thought I would post this so hopefully it helps someone in the future who is working on their machine. I am simply following the Hardinge Maintenance manual so there are no secrets here, so for the most part I will just show pics, but I will try to explain any areas that were not clear to me in the manual.
With that said, here I go!
