Square crossfeed screw and nut how to#
Square crossfeed screw and nut plus#

A set of 10 will allow you to replace all of the fasteners and have one spare left over to keep in the drawer for future use. These screws are typcially damaged or broken over time as they were usually made of unhardened plain steel and the slotted head is easily broken if it is overtightened. The cross slide uses 5 adjustment screws and the compound uses 4 screws to control the linear motion of those coponents and it keeps the action nice an snug so that that there is no vibration or play in the feeds during turning. We now offer a complete set of 10 replacement fasteners for your convenience. If the old slotted gib adjustment screws on your South Bend Lathe look like the bunged-up or broken screw in the photo above you are in luck.

Square crossfeed screw and nut how to#

Please take a moment to look through our other listings for a completely illustrated manual on how to rebuild your lathe and drive train. The lathe compoud and cross slide shown in the photos above are for demonstration purposes only and they are not included. The price listed above is for a complete set of 10(TEN) adjustment screws. more LLC Please note that these screws are all new original stock and they are sold as a set only.

Square crossfeed screw and nut plus#

Replacement Gib Adjustment Screws for South Bend Lathes 9' Models A B&C plus Model 10k and all 7' Shapers By ILION Industrial Services. Lathe this originates from had a swing of 8-3/8' Height from bottom land of cross s While that sounds like fun, to some of us) I already have a backlog of projects. What it really could use is a complete disassembly, clean, check, adjust and reassemble. This becomes one more thing I need not concern myself with. I was eyeballing this as potential drill/mill vice but have since acquired an actual one. Gibbs were slacked to work it loose and for cleaning, it will also ship that way. Compound rotation is smooth and locks well. When assembled it's smooth, steady and feels like it wants to go back to work. But it's obviously from the collar needing better adjustment/ shim rather than thread wear. I wasn't detecting any appreciable backlash in the compound. Tool rest has some tapped holes from adaptation and compound slide shows a lesser gouge from previous work. There are some dings around the bottom of the cross side, I suspect from having been loaded in a bucket with similar items as they look more recent, they will clean up too. I see evidence of the cross slide base having been hammered on the front end! can't fix stupid.

Please study the photo's closely, as I've tried to catch a view of everything described. Overall in pretty fair shape for it's age. Wire brush in wd-40, blow out, wipe down etcetera, till I could see better what was there. I disassembled the slide and rest to the extent seen in the photo's. Have since sold the rest and now changed my mind on keeping this one. Said pieces were neglected and rusting when I got them. Ames#3 precision bench top lathe, in production in the 1920's- 50's. more to me, I have since identified as belonging to a B. What was at first'random mystery pieces'. In need of help, last Summer and it came with a collection of other stuff.