MachineJunkie

Bill, Thanks so much for posting this. The tags came out phenomenally well. It's a great process that I would love to try sometime. I'm glad to have it saved here as a reference. What I have found for number stamping is to use a block of wood to get them all in line. That leaves you with just the sp...

Thanks Bill, That is somewhere on the order of $300 plus set-up. pretty fair if you ask me. The gang drill press is 7' long. My dream is to find a local shop s o I do not have to deal with the hassle of shipping, but perhaps a New jersey shop could be combined with other errands.....

Pete

Bill, Did you get any ballpark pricing? I dream of one day getting the table to my gang drill press ground.

Pete

Bill, I'm not sure I have the room! But it is here and I'm not particularly inclined to sell it. As to the look, It's not my favorite Oliver machine. I feel like the lines and detailing are a bit disjointed. But hey, I like the function. I am thinking about blocking it a bit higher. Perhaps turning ...

I got to cleaning the tailstock and carriage today. The rust wasn't too bad, but I ended up taking both units completely into pieces so I could clean more efficiently. I wanted to share one of the previous modifications I made to the lathe. I had a problem where the carriage was "bouncing"...

Thanks Bill, The paint is actually kind of mediocre by my standards. The last coat may have been mixed a bit thick and wasn't spraying that well. But at the end of the day I move on and put this thing together. I don't want to waste too much time on this project. Yesterday was all that I could wait ...

Wow, ancient history here, but I actually found some before pictures. The first two are from the dealer who sold it to me. There is a green Delta 17" drill press in the foreground of the first shot that I am pretty sure I bought as well. http://www.peterharrison.com/forumphotos/oliver_lathe-40....

Wasting no time, today was the day. A nice clear spring day with lesser weather predicted for later in the week. There was no turning back. I decided to spray outside as this would have been awkward in my spray room. First step was masking all the machined components. I put the bed up on sawhorses a...

This thread is beginning to get monotonous. What time is it? filler time. Fortunately, the end is near. Here I am spot filling with gray stuff. There are three spots that got a bit more bondo too, but that is it for bondo and filler on the front of the bed. http://www.peterharrison.com/forumphotos/o...

Bill, I used the napa product Cuz on some older projects and I seem to remember it sanding better, less gummy. I am not sure why I switched to bondo brand bondo. I was using a chisel today and it pares very nicely, saved me some sanding labor. I don't actually need a patternmakers lathe, but it is w...

Hey guys, Nice to hear from both of you. Glad that the forum is still checked, no matter how much I try to ignore it! DP, this is certainly an intensive rebuild, at least one that is requiring an absurd amount of bondo. Really it is a painting project as much as anything, as much of the rebuilding a...

This takes us up to today. I pulled out a special work holding fixture to help position the bed for easy stripping. http://www.peterharrison.com/forumphotos/oliver_lathe-18.jpg It was a dirty job, but the bed got stripped. This thing is super rough. Gong to need major amounts of bondo. I am debating...

The headstock is quickly stripped and is looking better already. I also removed the brake lever to gain better access to painting that area. I pulled out my manual for a second with grand visions of pulling the spindle in the name of better paint, but got talked out of it and it is definitely for th...

Time to pull that crate off the rack and check out its contents http://www.peterharrison.com/forumphotos/oliver_lathe-10.jpg I was lucky that when I bought the lathe, it came fully tooled. This is especially lucky as the faceplates and rests for these machines are hard to come by and when they do ap...

Meanwhile, I kept staring at this crate on my pallet rack. My very own time capsule. I had put all the accessories to the lathe in there in 2006 and sealed it up. I know I opened it once after it was in my storage unit and was disappointed by the rust. I re-sealed it and let it sit ever since. http:...

Well, I've had this lathe kicking about for at least a dozen years, perhaps even more. When I first got it, I was in need of its services, so I cleaned the working surfaces and put it right to work. Somewhere along the way I took the time to paint the carriage and tailstock. Then, my work changed, I...

Have you called rich at eagle? http://www.eaglemachinery-repair.com

Pete

I would certainly cover the hole with a piece of metal. Not sure how common the buckets are- my only extra just went down the road. You'll need 20 balls to make the table rollers. I checked with mcmaster and they are actually astonishing cheap. Like 50 for $8. SO that is less of a concern than origi...

The only literature I know of is the pdf's at vintage machinery. BUt I have never really looked for something more detailed. they are not complicated machines and are pretty easy to take apart. I think the table bearings are pretty standard .500 IIRC. The arbor bearings are 6205's. The batter is nic...

Hey Craig, Congrats on the saw. Sounds like it needs some love. The Batter gage was optional on the G-100's. They are actually kinda rare. The arbor bearings are completely easy if you have done any type of machinery repair or bearing replacement, you'll be fine there. The only thing of note are the...