Max your channel is a real find. I enjoy your thoughtful, but no nonsense, approach to your projects. Thanks for sharing your thoughts as you go; the narrative is so helpful. Best wishes for the holiday season. Cheers
Very nice job Max. The whole thing looks like a casting and polished up really well. My Broadbent-Schofield lathe had a similar guard that also contained the threading dial. Alas, someone took it off and lost it long before I bought the lathe. I may have to shamelessly copy your design. Thanks, Ken
Hello from Tennessee! Great idea Max. I have the same (Birmingham) 14". Been following your projects with much interest. Look forward to your next job. Hope all continues smoothly with the building. Cheers, -Tom
Great Idea! a lot of us might be copying that. The mid project modification came out nice, looking like part of the original master plan. All the best from the USA
Hi Max, looks like another hot day for you, enjoying cool Siberian winds up here in the Philippines, my Tig welding is a lot worse than yours, unless you do it everyday you quickly lose the feel. I buy WD 40 in bulk 4 Liter cans and use a spray bottle, certainly a lot cheaper than pressure packs. I used to work on a large Korean lathe that had a similar cast iron cover to protect the lead screw and other mechanisms, yours looks good with the double curves.
Your right , it's friggin hot here & TIG , you have to be doing it on a regular basis or have done lots of it in the past or know what you are doing ! Stick , Mig & Gas are no worries but Tig is still a learning curve ! Cheers . Have a great Christmas .
G’day Max. The new guard should work a treat especially with the modification with the upturned piece. I agree with you, those first two welds were a bit daggy but your performance did improve at the end. Cheers Peter
I honestly thought I must be the only one to use WD40 for cutting. I use it everyday especially for hand tapping threads and using the bandsaw. Nice neat finish 👏🏻
As usual nicely thought out and executed Max. I don't think you've ever mentioned what your day job really is and only that it's in mining. With that Komatsu tool box sticker I'd guess your a heavy duty mechanic in one of the local mines truck / equipment repair shops or a pit mechanic? I used to work for Northgate Minerals as an equipment operator and Northgate for various and I think mostly valid reasons folded up there tent here in British Columbia and opened a couple of mines over there in Oz.
Hi Mate . Yes heavy duty fitter for a civil engineering company . I worked in mining years ago but i just stick to metro work now apart from the odd couple of recent projects up at Port Hedland . The wages is not the best as a machinist that's why i changed along time ago . Cheers .
@@swanvalleymachineshop Ok makes sense Max, you don't get arms that lean and muscled without doing a hell of a lot of steady and hard heavy work. Unfortunately machinist's don't seem to get the respect or the top wages they usually deserve since the one's setting the wage rates seldom understand what's required or involved. Between mining jobs I've worked in logging on the North west coast of B.C. and one summer in Calgary for a civil engineering company as well. I know just enough about it to say yours is a real tough job. Your Aussie summer heat doesn't help with what your doing either.
Looks good on you. You have done a good job for the first time, you have to clean every part and the rods they oxide really fast use a SS brush for the best results. Cheers
Just a basic full chamfer on the edges . I have a buffing wheel for polished aluminium . Tig welding is still a bit of a learning curve as i hardly ever do it . 👍
I already lost a little bit of travel ages ago when i fitted the new motor & had to modify the splash guard , so the length of my new guard was governed by that . The tool can still run right up to the chuck . Thanks .
Just curious... Why was the guard so short? Did you make it that length because it would hit the gear head and not allow the carriage to go far enough to the left? I have a couple LeBlondes and I need to go see if I can make something similar for them. I was also thinking I might use PVC pipe for mine. Heat and bend it in the shape I want and also make it where it will retract and expand to cover more of the lead screw.... Just thinking... Merry Christmas to all!!!!!
An alternative shield is the one that James at Clough42 has on his lathe (e.g. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9o0F6Jailec.html). This is attached to the carriage and covers the ways as well as the lead screw.
