always sad to see a new old stock tool go to waste . what a wonderful little lathe . thanks for giving it a new life and a chance to do what it was made to do .
Nice work. I'm in the process of fixing my South Bend Heavy 10...a freebie I got from my cousin's husband. She's rough right now, but I got faith that she'll be turning parts pretty soon. You were fortunate to find that lathe...this proves that there is a God.
I was a safe and vault technician for over 50 years. I restored a lot of rusty safe and vault doors over the years. Very dirty work but also satisfying to see a job well done.
Love work like that were you are restoring equipment rather then scrapping it like most people do. I saved a lot of equipment doing what you did with this lathe.
I spent $300 on a Logan 10x24 that was abandoned in a barn for years from a guy that was in similar shape. Spent about a month everyday after work restoring that thing. It's incredibly pristine now and actually cuts very accurately.
That is a heck of a thing. I spent a good year restoring a 1922 Dalton Lathe that needed a lot of loving. But nowhere NEAR as badly treated as that poor Atlas.. I can see the ways look straight and true and that is the foundation of any good lathe. btw: your welding on Stephen's Channel; man you are better then I can do! Keep up the GREAT work. Old tech needs guys who can recover it from the dust.
Very nice, job well done. I like that you just cleaned up the rust and didn't compromise the ways and gibs. The rust was the perfect example why foreign lathes come coated in cosmoline.
I don't know why, but there's something about restoring old rusted stuff to new that I find oddly satisfying. I have an old bumper jack that's rusted up, someday I might get it working again
@@tyg3rpro I literally have been looking on OfferUp and Facebook for “rusty tools and equipment” I found a rusty 80+ year old vise I’m gonna pick up and redo
It's impressive that you can completely disassemble and reassemble a lathe in such a short amount of time! I've been meaning to do this with mine, but I know it will take me MUCH longer!
I just bought a Montgomery Ward 10" lathe for $300 that is in similar condition. Seeing this video really makes me feel good about the purchase. I was figuring on spending quite a few hundred more to get it going.
Your an awesome tradesman with many talents. People don't get the full idea of how talented that people are from watching a video but I think your definitely gifted. Be blessed in all you do. Thanks for the video and also have a Merry Christmas.
Oh my goodness. Holy bovine... You sent chills up my spine... I have done similar restorations but none as good as yours... Thank you, you made my week...
Wow one day! That is a lot of work for one day. I restored an old Atlas like this one only older. I did scrape the ways and it turned out nice. I have a lot of use for my small lathe doing my restoration and repair work. I am always learning something new about it. My next project is restoring an old rusty heavy duty Rockwell table saw. Lot of scraping to do!
Enjoyed the video, once performed the task on an old South Bend 13" toolroom lathe which was extremely worn, had to press out the quill hone the bore and make a new quill, remove saddle and apron, rebore and sleeve with bronze bushings all of the shafts in the apron make new shafts and obtain new gears for it. Obtained a new lead screw and split nut, resurfaced all of the bearing surfaces on the saddle and it required grinding the ways and surface hardening them. Was it worth it. To me it was, I paid $700.00 for the lathe, I spent a few hundred dollars on parts and work that I could not do (grinding and hardening the ways), I obtained one of the best lathes for a small shop ever built. I would have had to spend more than $10,000 to obtain a new one of equal quality. It is good to encourage others to make do as you have and show them a method to do so. Thank you.
For what it is it is actually a pretty nice little lathe. You could scrape such an item but I think just some more scotch brite action would get it freed up and as functional and accurate as it ever was.
@@michaelvitetta7231, yup, just stone it slightly to the original surface, he'd be fine. think I'd have derusted the lead-screw with naval jelly and a brass brush though. he laid into the little acme thread with a hardened steel wire wheel! dressed it down purdy bad recon.
One of my 618 6 inch lathes has never been used,, great find,,,200 bucks,,,and just picked up a 12 x 36 an another 618 but the big surprises was in the rusted bucket with them a milling attachment, steady rest and follower rest and faceplate with 3 dogs all for the 12,,and it's the exact same model number as my 12 I have already, unbelievable I got everything for 500 dollars.
Sometimes when I get an old abused tool I think to myself " i wish someone would have taken better care of this" but if that was true and it was in great shape it never would have ended up in my possession
@@OuroborosArmory, I agree. Two of my favorite are tools my father gave me just before he passed a month ago. I wish he would have gave me a little history about the big antique vise he gave me but he passed suddenly and unexpectedly, now I will never know the story
What a find! have been through this with a lathe that sat outside for 10 years. Its much larger but problem is the same. Before you scart scrapping on the ways go with reverse electrolysis. I say this because generally cast iron does not loose dimension from rusting. You essentially have a new machine. The rust pits on ways will help it oil better.
I’m a retired Master Machinist and Machine builder. I’d love to come across a project like this. I salivated all during your video. Great job on restoration. Only thing, I would have done different before reassembly. Scraped and chemically hardened the ways.
I did a similar clean up on an early 1960s Atlas-Cratsman lathe this Summer. The lathes are remarkably similar. Tubal Cain has a series of very helpful videos on this. He also sells a thumb drive with 40 videos on the Atlas that are very helpful for the Atlas and lathe operation in general. Great video Merry Christmas Frank
I found that the best way to remove extreme rust on a cast iron lathe was to physically plough/ scrape / displace with a scraper which is softer than cast iron. A straight edge aluminium or Brass “chisel” will plough through thick rust which has been oiled as you did. Great fun either way. Alan in London
Outstanding. Be sure and do another video when you scrape the bed and get it bolted down and running. I recently bought the same model with the Craftsman branding. Mine was used but in really good condition with no damage. Mainly needed a good cleaning (some rust removal) and painting. I am about 3/4 of the way to fully restoring it. I also built a custom bench for it with a steel plate top that will contain any cutting oil. I really should stop by and see the real shop down there sometime. I live close.
Awsome machine. I use to run the lathe machine back in the late 80s. Loved it. We use to make electronic components screw. And lots more. Miss running them. Good clean up u gave it.
Nice work. I've given the once-over on two different craftsman/atlas lathes. With flat way lathes be sure to be as thorough cleaning the underside of the ways (where the shims go) as you are on the top. Any rust or grime on the underside will cause the carriage to bind just as much as it will on the top. This might help free up the travel. Keep up the good work!
Funcionalmente me parece una buena restauracion, en estetica, creo que se quedo corta, porque se pudo quitar un poco mas de oxido y se podria haber pintado mas en algunas partes como los piñones de la lira y otros componentes. Bonito torno, se ve que se abandono sin haber trabajado mucho, felicidades por tu nueva adquisicion. Saludos
Oh ok I liked what i saw, didn't want to miss out, so you convinced me......I hit the subscribe button and that little bell thingy. Now i guess I gotta start at the beginning, go past this one and onto the latest video.
Great project and video! If you get tired of paying $60 per jug for that magic rust remover, consider setting up a reverse electrolysis rig? With an old crate for a frame, a chunk of pond liner, a 12V battery charger, some plain water and a couple of boxes of washing soda you could fizzle a whole lathe clean for a day or two then just take it apart. You can use any old scrap(s) of stainless steel for an anode, and they last a long time. An hour to assemble the tank and fill it with water. maybe few minutes of gentle scrubbing with a li'l wire brush, and viola! No more sanding (well, very little). Washing soda is super cheap and lasts along time. You mostly just keep adding water as it evaporates. With two 10 amp chargers I've cleaned 16 ft long parts in just a few days, in a "tank" that was just some 2x12s and a rubber sheet. Also, if it was/is a new lathe it probably doesn't really need scraping, maybe just a bit more TLC on the edges and underside of the ways. Keep up the good work!
Very nice restore Justin. I remember at a younger age my Grandpa had a shed full of all kinds of this tooling, sadly it wound up getting scraped after he passed and the state took the farm for a street improvement/widening back in the 70's. Still get upset but life has moved on. Thanks for giving positive warm memories of these machines..Happy Holidays !!
Love the channel and your can do approach, as a retired optics engineer the only advice I could give you is when you are working on some of the finer items you could take a leaf out of the gunsmiths’ book and use a screwdriver that fits the screw head, not only in width but also is parallel and fills the slot, this approach minimises cam out and allows full torque to be applied. Now you have a small lathe, one of your next projects could be making a couple of gunsmith style screwdrivers. Keep up the good work repairing instead of chucking! No pun intended.
Ran into a similar issue (different machine): Guy died, before it could be used and sat for years in his 'attached shop' with leaky roof and door; then after his wife died; went up for auction; bought for $5. We find a lot of this type of auction equipment, including government property that has sat of years, even decades.
@@brandonn2538 that's a shame, these old machines are supposed to be from the Golden age of American craftsmanship. Maybe a good base to bolt it down on would help. I guess Haas is the new great American machine tool company, not as heavy duty as some high end stuff but plenty good enough for most jobs.
I know scraping would be cool to do and a great learning opportunity, but could you possibly just stone the ways with a sharpening/grinding stone and a flattening stone to make the grinding stone flat? Pretty sure Norton makes both.
Not many can do it, those that think they can often scrap the machines. Wish i had a tenner for every punter that said ive only took a couple of thou off, to see well in excess of 30 thou to correct.
@@jhareng I wouldn't attempt scraping on anything more than maybe a 3x3 piece of mild steel as a first project. It could have some use, Or if I get tired of it, it could look like a cool paperweight until it rusted again. But not to many people would want to watch that. I'm sure we will find out what he decides to do to the lathe.
Bottom line whether your any good or not scraping is a waste of time as it leaves a menial footprint on two surfaces rubbing. A properly fine ground bed will last decades under serious usage, thats why you dont see DSG in for a regrind. Course ground what you would get from china and local pulling a fastun wont last, think of it like medium grit lots of porous crevices. Scraping best left for oil dispersion. Scraping to remedy worn or clapped out stuff if done right (only a handful capable world wide) leaves high points meaning will wear very quick. A good one will have 80% less surface contact leaving 1 in every 5 metal.
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In such a throw away society I'm glad to see a lot of people who reuse old and seemingly I repairable pieces. Rust is only the surface (sometimes).
always sad to see a new old stock tool go to waste . what a wonderful little lathe . thanks for giving it a new life and a chance to do what it was made to do .
Nice work. I'm in the process of fixing my South Bend Heavy 10...a freebie I got from my cousin's husband. She's rough right now, but I got faith that she'll be turning parts pretty soon.
You were fortunate to find that lathe...this proves that there is a God.
I was a safe and vault technician for over 50 years. I restored a lot of rusty safe and vault doors over the years. Very dirty work but also satisfying to see a job well done.
DIRTY! WOFK ! ALWAYS ! WINS !! HEY !!
Love work like that were you are restoring equipment rather then scrapping it like most people do.
I saved a lot of equipment doing what you did with this lathe.
Nice job! love to see an old machine like that getting the love and respect it deserves! 👍👍
Why are these lathe videos so satisfying for me? :)))
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Because there is something Godly, sublime about a man doing good honest work with an art.
Love your cleaning station setup. Helps to work with never-used items. Thanks for taking the time.
I spent $300 on a Logan 10x24 that was abandoned in a barn for years from a guy that was in similar shape. Spent about a month everyday after work restoring that thing. It's incredibly pristine now and actually cuts very accurately.
I love watching you work - IN SILENCE!
That is a heck of a thing. I spent a good year restoring a 1922 Dalton Lathe that needed a lot of loving. But nowhere NEAR as badly treated as that poor Atlas.. I can see the ways look straight and true and that is the foundation of any good lathe. btw: your welding on Stephen's Channel; man you are better then I can do! Keep up the GREAT work. Old tech needs guys who can recover it from the dust.
Very nice, job well done. I like that you just cleaned up the rust and didn't compromise the ways and gibs. The rust was the perfect example why foreign lathes come coated in cosmoline.
I don't know why, but there's something about restoring old rusted stuff to new that I find oddly satisfying. I have an old bumper jack that's rusted up, someday I might get it working again
"Some day" is the killer of all projects. Do it now, now or never.
@@rolandocrisostomo2003 well real life, work, and bills always comes first, thats the problem
@@tyg3rpro I literally have been looking on OfferUp and Facebook for “rusty tools and equipment” I found a rusty 80+ year old vise I’m gonna pick up and redo
It's impressive that you can completely disassemble and reassemble a lathe in such a short amount of time! I've been meaning to do this with mine, but I know it will take me MUCH longer!
I have the same lathe! It has always been loved and stored indoors. It was gifted to me from a family friend.
I just bought a Montgomery Ward 10" lathe for $300 that is in similar condition. Seeing this video really makes me feel good about the purchase. I was figuring on spending quite a few hundred more to get it going.
You Should put it ! Straight into the Metal Shreadder !
Ahhh the enviro-safe parts washer. Hate it in the summer, love it in the winter.
Your an awesome tradesman with many talents. People don't get the full idea of how talented that people are from watching a video but I think your definitely gifted. Be blessed in all you do. Thanks for the video and also have a Merry Christmas.
Use a whetstone to level the bed off the lathe. Easy and fast, more attention is wasted energy for the price of such a machine.
A real labour of love! Congrats!
Oh my goodness. Holy bovine... You sent chills up my spine... I have done similar restorations but none as good as yours... Thank you, you made my week...
I have had one of these for 40 years. Still works great. Put a quick change tool holder on it.
Wow one day! That is a lot of work for one day. I restored an old Atlas like this one only older. I did scrape the ways and it turned out nice. I have a lot of use for my small lathe doing my restoration and repair work. I am always learning something new about it. My next project is restoring an old rusty heavy duty Rockwell table saw. Lot of scraping to do!
Excellent, Justin! You are well on your way to become a GearHead!
As a youngster with many aspirations, I love watching videos like this because they show me how much I don't know.
Hi, thanks for sharing. You did not use a lot of lubricant during the assembly, much of it looked very dry.
awsum job, cant believe I'm just now running across this vid CRC should promote your vids.
Enjoyed the video, once performed the task on an old South Bend 13" toolroom lathe which was extremely worn, had to press out the quill hone the bore and make a new quill, remove saddle and apron, rebore and sleeve with bronze bushings all of the shafts in the apron make new shafts and obtain new gears for it. Obtained a new lead screw and split nut, resurfaced all of the bearing surfaces on the saddle and it required grinding the ways and surface hardening them. Was it worth it. To me it was, I paid $700.00 for the lathe, I spent a few hundred dollars on parts and work that I could not do (grinding and hardening the ways), I obtained one of the best lathes for a small shop ever built. I would have had to spend more than $10,000 to obtain a new one of equal quality. It is good to encourage others to make do as you have and show them a method to do so. Thank you.
if that rig held size, I'd be flabbergasted.
For what it is it is actually a pretty nice little lathe. You could scrape such an item but I think just some more scotch brite action would get it freed up and as functional and accurate as it ever was.
Maybe even rub a diamond plate over it. If it truly was never used then it should not need scraping.
with massaging a tad bit oil (T-lights flickering in the background with incense adding atmosphere.......)
@@michaelvitetta7231, yup, just stone it slightly to the original surface, he'd be fine. think I'd have derusted the lead-screw with naval jelly and a brass brush though. he laid into the little acme thread with a hardened steel wire wheel! dressed it down purdy bad recon.
One of my 618 6 inch lathes has never been used,, great find,,,200 bucks,,,and just picked up a 12 x 36 an another 618 but the big surprises was in the rusted bucket with them a milling attachment, steady rest and follower rest and faceplate with 3 dogs all for the 12,,and it's the exact same model number as my 12 I have already, unbelievable I got everything for 500 dollars.
I'm so jealous. I feel as if that sort of restoration job is what I was born to do.
Hi from England
Surprising what can be brought back isn't it Justin...
That'll be a useful addition there... 👍
I love sad stories with a happy ending!!!!
I watch all of your restoration projects, but I'm super impressed with this one. Keep it up!
+David Oberholzer Thanks David!
As a watchmaker I understand patience and persistence and enthusiasm keep up the good work
Vapor honing would have been spectacular for that. Glad you saved the old gal. Wanted an Atlas myself for years, great little lathes.
Sometimes when I get an old abused tool I think to myself " i wish someone would have taken better care of this" but if that was true and it was in great shape it never would have ended up in my possession
that's the story of my shop .
I love tools with history. It feels like they work better because they have been used, as if that history infused within them.
@@OuroborosArmory, I agree. Two of my favorite are tools my father gave me just before he passed a month ago. I wish he would have gave me a little history about the big antique vise he gave me but he passed suddenly and unexpectedly, now I will never know the story
7hrs I've been working on a monarch lathe going on 4 months but to be fair it's a 16×77 . Great job on the restoration.
Whenever I come across a rusted piece of equipment like this I only see how beautiful it will turn out when I'm done with it.
woow that was quick !!! top job man !
I restored an Atlas Clausing Commerical lathe! Good Job!!
These restoration videos are cool.
I have 5 atlas lathes now, 2 - 12 inch with quick change gear boxes,,2 - 618 ,6inch,,and a 109 6 inch, I love my atlas lathes.
What a find! have been through this with a lathe that sat outside for 10 years. Its much larger but problem is the same. Before you scart scrapping on the ways go with reverse electrolysis. I say this because generally cast iron does not loose dimension from rusting. You essentially have a new machine. The rust pits on ways will help it oil better.
awesome job justin!!
Awesome restore Brother!!!!
I’m a retired Master Machinist and Machine builder. I’d love to come across a project like this. I salivated all during your video. Great job on restoration. Only thing, I would have done different before reassembly. Scraped and chemically hardened the ways.
DREAM ! ON ! DREANER !!
I did a similar clean up on an early 1960s Atlas-Cratsman lathe this Summer. The lathes are remarkably similar. Tubal Cain has a series of very helpful videos on this. He also sells a thumb drive with 40 videos on the Atlas that are very helpful for the Atlas and lathe operation in general.
Great video
Merry Christmas
Frank
Just MORE ! JUNK ! TO ! METAL ! SHREAD !! UP !!!
Love seeing your passion for taking care of machines! Signed...Gov'na of the Island of Rusty old Tools
Cracking workmanship my friend you should be pleased and proud.
Great little Atlas MK II. Admit I was a little worried about dropping the Zymak parts in the rust cleaner, but looks like it came out awesome!!
I found that the best way to remove extreme rust on a cast iron lathe was to physically plough/ scrape / displace with a scraper which is softer than cast iron. A straight edge aluminium or Brass “chisel” will plough through thick rust which has been oiled as you did.
Great fun either way.
Alan in London
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Justin to you and your Family.
Now that was a real restore job. What I would give to find tools like that to restore... Awesome!
I have no idea how that machine works but this is so satsifing to watch and you just earned yourself a sub
This is a really cool video!
У нас бы давно в металл сдали этот станок,респект и уважуха тебе чувак,за золотые РУКИ!!!!
Outstanding. Be sure and do another video when you scrape the bed and get it bolted down and running. I recently bought the same model with the Craftsman branding. Mine was used but in really good condition with no damage. Mainly needed a good cleaning (some rust removal) and painting. I am about 3/4 of the way to fully restoring it. I also built a custom bench for it with a steel plate top that will contain any cutting oil. I really should stop by and see the real shop down there sometime. I live close.
what a great way to start the day , by watching this vid. whooohoo. Merry Christmas you guys
Great save Justin!
Awsome machine. I use to run the lathe machine back in the late 80s. Loved it. We use to make electronic components screw. And lots more. Miss running them. Good clean up u gave it.
Amazing. I would die for a piece of equipment like that,, and they never even used it.. Wow
Excellent! Made my day!
Great job!!! Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year to you, and your family.
This video made me cry, for two reasons. 1st cuz someone did that to that lathe. 2nd cuz I didn’t find it! 😂😂😂 nice job
🤣🤣🤣
That thing was rough. You're doing great work.
wow!!!!! Keep up the good work!!!!
Nice, fresh video, only 5 days old (judging from the publishing date). It was great to watch. Thanks.
Very good work!
Nice job Justin, you really do come into your own when it comes to renovation
Nice work. I've given the once-over on two different craftsman/atlas lathes. With flat way lathes be sure to be as thorough cleaning the underside of the ways (where the shims go) as you are on the top. Any rust or grime on the underside will cause the carriage to bind just as much as it will on the top. This might help free up the travel. Keep up the good work!
Funcionalmente me parece una buena restauracion, en estetica, creo que se quedo corta, porque se pudo quitar un poco mas de oxido y se podria haber pintado mas en algunas partes como los piñones de la lira y otros componentes.
Bonito torno, se ve que se abandono sin haber trabajado mucho, felicidades por tu nueva adquisicion. Saludos
It never ceases to amaze me when I see people spray a penetrant and expect it to work immediately. Give it at least a few minutes people.
+Don Zahnle Yup. I give it twenty minutes minimum. Of course we edit that out of the videos.
Awesome work
Oh ok I liked what i saw, didn't want to miss out, so you convinced me......I hit the subscribe button and that little bell thingy. Now i guess I gotta start at the beginning, go past this one and onto the latest video.
You did a good job on the lathe. I hope you have long and useful service out of it.
Better than a boat anchor now good job.
Very nice job man !
It's nothing short of criminal, to have a machine in that state.
As for what it was like, when you first got it .... 😁
tools deserve respect
Great project and video! If you get tired of paying $60 per jug for that magic rust remover, consider setting up a reverse electrolysis rig? With an old crate for a frame, a chunk of pond liner, a 12V battery charger, some plain water and a couple of boxes of washing soda you could fizzle a whole lathe clean for a day or two then just take it apart. You can use any old scrap(s) of stainless steel for an anode, and they last a long time. An hour to assemble the tank and fill it with water. maybe few minutes of gentle scrubbing with a li'l wire brush, and viola! No more sanding (well, very little). Washing soda is super cheap and lasts along time. You mostly just keep adding water as it evaporates. With two 10 amp chargers I've cleaned 16 ft long parts in just a few days, in a "tank" that was just some 2x12s and a rubber sheet. Also, if it was/is a new lathe it probably doesn't really need scraping, maybe just a bit more TLC on the edges and underside of the ways. Keep up the good work!
Sounds like a Better idea ! You have ! There !
So beautiful !
Amazing tool you got there. Thank you for sharing your amazing video. God bless and merry Christmas to you and your family
That was quick!
Very nice restore Justin. I remember at a younger age my Grandpa had a shed full of all kinds of this tooling, sadly it wound up getting scraped after he passed and the state took the farm for a street improvement/widening back in the 70's. Still get upset but life has moved on. Thanks for giving positive warm memories of these machines..Happy Holidays !!
I'm sorry man 🙁
Nice work 😀😀😀😀😀👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
That was a piece of cake ;)
I couldn't hate rust more, though I would have less work & jobs if rust didn't exist. But to be honest, I wouldn't mind.
If I tried that ,it would remain in box. Even with a video reference. Great job.
Love the channel and your can do approach, as a retired optics engineer the only advice I could give you is when you are working on some of the finer items you could take a leaf out of the gunsmiths’ book and use a screwdriver that fits the screw head, not only in width but also is parallel and fills the slot, this approach minimises cam out and allows full torque to be applied. Now you have a small lathe, one of your next projects could be making a couple of gunsmith style screwdrivers. Keep up the good work repairing instead of chucking! No pun intended.
+Colin Shaw Thanks Colin. I will put a set on the list.
Now you have a brand new lathe.
I have that very same model lathe for a restoration, however mine is in very good condition. Thanks for sharing.
How awesome to see trash , and you put life back into it and now it's a precision tool,
Love your work man
Ran into a similar issue (different machine): Guy died, before it could be used and sat for years in his 'attached shop' with leaky roof and door; then after his wife died; went up for auction; bought for $5. We find a lot of this type of auction equipment, including government property that has sat of years, even decades.
Where do you find such things?
Looks a lot better after a 7 hours of tender loving care!
Steve
sure does . even better than my 12" atlas I spent a few weeks going threw
the rust was there to make sure nothing came loose during shipping
jim h
😂🤣😂🤣😂
See...... I Keep saying, rust DOES have a reason to exist!
Now that's FUNNY, I don't care who ya' are.
The ways on atlas lathes are fairly soft and prone to warping. I have one in my garage and the only reason it's there is because it was free.
@@brandonn2538 that's a shame, these old machines are supposed to be from the Golden age of American craftsmanship. Maybe a good base to bolt it down on would help. I guess Haas is the new great American machine tool company, not as heavy duty as some high end stuff but plenty good enough for most jobs.
I know scraping would be cool to do and a great learning opportunity, but could you possibly just stone the ways with a sharpening/grinding stone and a flattening stone to make the grinding stone flat? Pretty sure Norton makes both.
Not many can do it, those that think they can often scrap the machines.
Wish i had a tenner for every punter that said ive only took a couple of thou off, to see well in excess of 30 thou to correct.
@@jhareng I wouldn't attempt scraping on anything more than maybe a 3x3 piece of mild steel as a first project. It could have some use, Or if I get tired of it, it could look like a cool paperweight until it rusted again. But not to many people would want to watch that. I'm sure we will find out what he decides to do to the lathe.
Bottom line whether your any good or not scraping is a waste of time as it leaves a menial footprint on two surfaces rubbing.
A properly fine ground bed will last decades under serious usage, thats why you dont see DSG in for a regrind. Course ground what you would get from china and local pulling a fastun wont last, think of it like medium grit lots of porous crevices. Scraping best left for oil dispersion.
Scraping to remedy worn or clapped out stuff if done right (only a handful capable world wide) leaves high points meaning will wear very quick. A good one will have 80% less surface contact leaving 1 in every 5 metal.
I was cheering you on along the way.
Great restore justin and Merry Christmas
Wow ! I could see the Elbow Grease dripping off of this project …. Very nice Restore....
I really like what you did I am looking for one like that I love to see your scrapping