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I have been busy building a new lathe and stand. I bought a new Harbor Freight 1018 Lathe and a Rockler Excelsior Extension. I cannot stand that horrible green that the central machinery is painted. The Rockler Excelsior Extension was painted black. I sand blasted the paint off both pieces and primed them with Ace Primer and painted two coats of Rustoleum Hammered gray paint.
Since I had the head stock disassembled for painting I ordered two premium bearings from Ebay. The original bearings were 6005RS and I replaced them with 60052RS bearings with Mobil Grease in them. THe 6005RS is a single seal bearing and the 600052RS is a two sided sealed bearing.
I used some diamond stones to lap the tool rest because it was rough as a cobb.
I made a new stand based on Alan Lacer's design. Mr Lacer uses plywood that is doubled up and glued to make his stand. I used a finger Joint to join smaller pieces of oak and them laminated two layers together to make the A frame and stretchers. I used a single layer to make the top and bottom shelfs. The oak was originally from am out of business church furniture factory. The boards were glued up church pew ends that I resawed up and make into boards.
I also put a nice power strip on the back of the stand with a 15 foot cord. I used a couple of coat hanger hooks to make a winding reel for the cord when the lathe is not in use.
I also got some Rockler Bench Wheels with brackets. The brackets are installed in what ever you want to move and you move the wheels around so you can have multiple pieces is equipment mobile using one set of wheels.
I have a Nova double MT #2 Alignment Tool I used to line up the tail stock and the head stock.
Please tell me what you think of the lathe and what you think it might be worth as a package.
I may sell it or may keep it. If I keep it I will order a Penn State variable speed motor. I already have a Nova 16-44 and a Jet 1014 so I really dont need it but it is like potato chips, you cant eat just one.
Since I had the head stock disassembled for painting I ordered two premium bearings from Ebay. The original bearings were 6005RS and I replaced them with 60052RS bearings with Mobil Grease in them. THe 6005RS is a single seal bearing and the 600052RS is a two sided sealed bearing.
I used some diamond stones to lap the tool rest because it was rough as a cobb.
I made a new stand based on Alan Lacer's design. Mr Lacer uses plywood that is doubled up and glued to make his stand. I used a finger Joint to join smaller pieces of oak and them laminated two layers together to make the A frame and stretchers. I used a single layer to make the top and bottom shelfs. The oak was originally from am out of business church furniture factory. The boards were glued up church pew ends that I resawed up and make into boards.
I also put a nice power strip on the back of the stand with a 15 foot cord. I used a couple of coat hanger hooks to make a winding reel for the cord when the lathe is not in use.
I also got some Rockler Bench Wheels with brackets. The brackets are installed in what ever you want to move and you move the wheels around so you can have multiple pieces is equipment mobile using one set of wheels.
I have a Nova double MT #2 Alignment Tool I used to line up the tail stock and the head stock.
Please tell me what you think of the lathe and what you think it might be worth as a package.
I may sell it or may keep it. If I keep it I will order a Penn State variable speed motor. I already have a Nova 16-44 and a Jet 1014 so I really dont need it but it is like potato chips, you cant eat just one.
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