first lathe, need some help.

[Mihlfeldl2005]

well this is the lathe i picked up. traded it for two sneaky pete cues i happened to come across. think i paid 50$ total for the cues so this wasnt a bad trade in my mind. it has a belt system for the different speeds. my only problem with it is the centers that are on it. apparently this lathe was designed for making wooden legs for tables and such. because as you can see the centers are not going to be cue friendly. can anyone think of ways to modify this lathe to be used as perhaps a finishing lathe?

 

[cueman]

Making that lathe into a sanding and finishing lathe would be easy and cheap. You just need to pop that spur driver out of the headstock and put a chuck in it.

 

[Mc2]

Making that lathe into a sanding and finishing lathe would be easy and cheap. You just need to pop that spur driver out of the headstock and put a chuck in it.

Look to see if there is a hole in the back of the spindle head. If so then use a steel rod that will fit the hole to pound out the spur. In the tail stock wind it quill back until the old live center pops out. This may not be easy as I see rust.

Jim.

 

[Mihlfeldl2005]

so just keep turning the hand crank on the tail stock in until the live center pops out?

and any idea how i would pop the spur out of the head stock and change it over to a 4 jaw chuck?

 

[tsp&b]

See the previous post above: "Look to see if there is a hole in the back of the spindle head. If so then use a steel rod that will fit the hole to pound out the spur"

 

[cueman]

See the previous post above: "Look to see if there is a hole in the back of the spindle head. If so then use a steel rod that will fit the hole to pound out the spur"

You might also be able to do the above on the tailstock also. Most wood lathes would not pop the live center out like many metal lathes do.

 

[Mihlfeldl2005]

well i'll have to see if it will pop out if not i'll have to figure something out in my own way. i know it should work fine if i cant get the head stock or the tail stock changed out. but right now its biting into the shafts and destroying the tips. so it's no good as of right now. but with some simple modifications it should turn out well.

 

[itsjustjay]

I owned one of these in the past. I forget the name. Monkey wards maybe??

Anyway what I do remember is that it has non standard bearings. Make sure there good before puting any time into it.

-J

 

[Mihlfeldl2005]

the bearings seemed fine by me, it works fine and everything i just need the new headstock and live center to get this thing up to par for actually finishing sticks on. as soon as i can do that i should be fine. but until them it's nothing but an extremely heavy paper weight that happened to have the motor fall on my hand. :-(

 

[Mc2]

the bearings seemed fine by me, it works fine and everything i just need the new headstock and live center to get this thing up to par for actually finishing sticks on. as soon as i can do that i should be fine. but until them it's nothing but an extremely heavy paper weight that happened to have the motor fall on my hand. :-(

Both the head stock and tail stock will have a morse taper. Most likely MT#2. I would get a drill chuck for the tail stock so that I could put either a 60 deg. live center or concave live center in it. Lee has them at Brianna product and he is not too far from you. He is in Quincy near Coldwater off US 12. As for the Headstock you could go a couple different ways. Looks like in your pictures that the spindle is threaded. I personally would get a collet chuck for the morse taper. Then I could use a maintenance pin or a dead center to turn my cue. These can be purchased easily if you know the taper. If you get the spur out, take it to a local wood and tool supply house. Thank God I have a Woodcraft in Fort Wayne as they are good at this kind of stuff. Too bad I don't have time as I will be up in Jackson.If I had time I would have been happy to stop in.

Jim.

 

[Mihlfeldl2005]

you guys are awesome, they both popped right out. the tail stock popped out as soon as i turned it past the stopping point. and with a few hits of a hammer the head stock popped right out too. i have both pieces and like your idea for the drilling chuck on the back although i'll probably never use it to drill as the spindle that runs through the headstock is much too small to use for cues. and i dont feel like replacing the bearings and resizing everything to use this for cues. also the accuracy would probably not be to standards. but with the way this lathe is setup it will be a great finishing lathe for me.

now the easiest way to find what i'll need for this lathe would be? links are greatly appreciated of course
also as far as tail stock options, what do you recommend for cues that already have tips on them? concave center or 60 degree? i'm worried about the cue slipping out of a concave center? does this happen often? i've got millions of question sorry.

 

[Mc2]

you guys are awesome, they both popped right out. the tail stock popped out as soon as i turned it past the stopping point. and with a few hits of a hammer the head stock popped right out too. i have both pieces and like your idea for the drilling chuck on the back although i'll probably never use it to drill as the spindle that runs through the headstock is much too small to use for cues. and i dont feel like replacing the bearings and resizing everything to use this for cues. also the accuracy would probably not be to standards. but with the way this lathe is setup it will be a great finishing lathe for me.

now the easiest way to find what i'll need for this lathe would be? links are greatly appreciated of course
also as far as tail stock options, what do you recommend for cues that already have tips on them? concave center or 60 degree? i'm worried about the cue slipping out of a concave center? does this happen often? i've got millions of question sorry.

Are you wanting to sand on shafts or handles? I would get a good set of maintenance pins like these: http://www.cuestik.com/store/?DEPARTMENT_ID=190

Jim.

 

[Cue Crazy]

I have a craftsman wood lathe that I use to use for a cleaner, although It doesn't see much use anymore. In the headstock I had a MT arbor adapter with a drill chuck screwed onto It. I used that to hold and easily change out to the different size drive pins that fit different shafts. As mentioned with those threads on Your headstock spindle you may also have the option to get something nicer like a collet closer, Depends on what's available for Your lathe, but the drill chuck is enough to hold drive pins to drive the shaft,and worked for me. On the tailstock end I just had a large concave center with a bearing in It, and I had a MT arbor that fit in the tailstock. If You use a drill chuck make sure the drive set You purchase will fit in It.


Greg