Here are some food for thoughts regarding renovation of old and worn lathes. This is what I learned yesterday from a Swedish guy who has been travelling all over the world renovating lathe and milling machines. He will now retire and I asked if he could scrape the ways on my old Bahco late to make them like new.
He told me that any renovation of an old lathe starts by grinding the ways to true them. Deep scars must be removed and any sag etc. near the headstock can only be corrected by...
Scraping Of Old Lathe Ways
He told me that any renovation of an old lathe starts by grinding the ways to true them. Deep scars must be removed and any sag etc. near the headstock can only be corrected by...
Scraping Of Old Lathe Ways