Lathe Restoration Pt 1 

It's great, no downtime. Always a head full of projects. Soon some shavings to remake copper king. 👍

I have the same lathe. That allen screw looking thing on the side of the compound is actually a cam lock pin. From the locked position ( full clockwise position) turn it back about 90 degrees and pull the pin out. Now you can lift the compound off of the cross slide.

Very nice old lathe

- Next time at the Dollar Store buy a handful of tooth brushes for cleaning nooks and crannies.

You always have great videos and are very interesting

There’s one of those coolant lines I was trying to tell you to get for the lathe if you figure out a coolant collection and recirculating system. It’s blue with orange end they snap together like legos idk what they are called. I love that song that played during the fast forward but idk what it’s called,it’s in a lot of your videos. We used a lot of air from the compressor to blow crap out of the holes and grooves and stuff getcha one of those needle sprayers you hook on the air hose and give it hell. Love your channel man.

im glad your starting to clen it of and getting it ready to go back to work for you thanks for shareing another great video

love it

Sometimes if there's a fixed range of motion on something that locks down a part there's a break in the movement. idk what that's called but it might look something like [_____ _____] if flattened out. Try torqueing it to one side and pulling on that allen screw while you slowly unscrew it. Might be some kind of keyway component. Some of this stuff really is layers of trade secret, you're doing the right thing starting out by dismantling the beast.

Any update on the forklift project that you were working on a while back.

Brother I saw bearings inside. So it's pulled from the top or use the press to push out from bottom. Looking awesome brother can't wait to see that bad boy up and running.

Power switch must be overheated, plastic crumbled to dust. You gonna need a new one.

Hopefully you videoed the dismantling so you can go back and see how it came apart . Haha.

I would of got the electricals sorted out and switched on to make its working before cleaning it up.

Hi Derek, on that screw that you are trying to remove with the allen wrench, is it possible that you have to rotate the metal plate to allow that screw to turn more. While you try to unscrew the allen screw, slowly rotate that metal piece that the allen is screwed into. It’s just a guess but that may the allen screw to be released. One other thought❤…. In that countersunk circle with the hole in it, could there be a small screw at the bottom of it that screws into the allen screw. These are just guesses since I don’t have the item in front of me to see. Can I mail something to your shop? I know I have letters and numbers for pressing around here and I’d like to send them to you so you don’t have to buy them. With my health I’ll never get the chance to ever use them again. Take care and May God Bless you buddy.

Idk how you deal with the wd-40 smell. If I get a drop on me I can’t stop smelling it for days😂. Cigarettes start tasting more toxic than they already do😅

At least parts should be easier to get 😊

Find someone that knows how to maintain and run the lathe before you mess everything up.