Purchasing a Hendey lathe

Well the cold weather and holidays shut me down for awhile. But I'm back at it again. I found an old school machine shop with a hot tank, he dipped my entire bed and the two small legs for $80 bucks! It came out like new, and had a light coat of flash rust by the time I got home. I went ahead and slapped a nice coat of self etching primer on everything until I decide when to paint everything.

I'll be taking the leg castings and other body castings for hot dip next week sometime.

I'll post some pictures shortly.

Looks awesome! Thanks for taking the extra time to take and post pictures

RCPDesigns said:

Looks awesome! Thanks for taking the extra time to take and post pictures

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I'm doing my best to take lots of pictures, I have over 700 at the moment!

I got a coat of paint on the 2 small legs for the bed. I went ahead and brought the 5hp motor up to garage where it's comfortable to work and I have power and heat (this sucker is heavy, it probably weighs almost as much as me at 155lbs, remember to lift with your legs!). I got it completely disassembled minus bearing removal. The bearings have a touch of play, but the can free spin forever. I'm gonna disassemble, inspect, and then repack with grease. They're NORMA 3607 bearings, around $50 a piece I think. The rear bearing is numbered 3607-J and has a large groove, and a set screw for oiling or greasing I'm assuming, every though you can't access it without removing the rear bell housing.

I'm gonna hit the windings with some CRC lectra motive cleaner and a plastic brush, hopefully 2 cans will be enough. Once everything is cleaned I'll replace the insulation on the peckerhead wiring, apply some glyptal to the windings, and repaint everything.

I'll post some pictures shortly.

I've been making steady progress on the motor. The bearings are cleaning up great with an overnight soak in zep purple degreaser. I got one cleaned and repacked with grease. The other is currently soaking along with other small parts.

I got the bellhousings cleaned and primed, along with the cooling fan. I'm gonna finish them tomorrow when the weather is better, along with cleaning the windings and main motor housing to prep for paint.