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Hi Todd,

Really I would say thats not foolish at all. If you have it tore down, now
would be the time to replace bearings, seals etc. If you rebuild this monster
the right way now, you will never have to do it again in your life time.

Just my two cents
Ken.

I will keep everyone posted on my progress. It may be a little while as I am probably going to have to order the bearings. Another thing that I have in mind is maybe while I have it down maybe going ahead and replacing all of the bearings. This would probably be foolish as I would have to take apart...

While it's unlikely others will benefit much (precious few own one of these excellent machines), it will be interesting to hear what you discover, so please do a follow-up post and describe the problem, and the cure.

Harold

I really want to get this one going. For the most part it seems to me that it will be the most versatile lathe in the shop. It is heavy duty enough to take large cuts but yet the chuck on the machine will handle smaller pieces. I must admit that I am intimidated by this machine ...

I guess the good news is that if you fix it right, "Cadillac" will be a deadly insult......... Should be the best machine in your place, pretty much no matter what else you have. Never run one, not likely to Heh! I have (a 17" machine, to which I was assigned for five months)---and i...

Well, I talked to a good friend of mine today and he is going to ride out wednesday afternoon and help me out with this thing. He rebuilds lathes on the side so things are starting to look up.

Todd,

This place sells Parts, Operator Manuals, Repair/Maintenance Manuals, Parts Manuals, for
your lathe. They say that if they are out of any manuals they will make a copy for the
customer.

http://www.apexmc.com.au/machine-manual ... anuals.htm

Ken.

... except one clutch or face slips while dragging you down in the opposite direction. Keep at it, there may be some linkage problem. That's a huge lathe for me. I don't know anything about it. i don't think you are getting a positive connection on one side without a counter operating.If there is ...

I guess the good news is that if you fix it right, "Cadillac" will be a deadly insult......... Should be the best machine in your place, pretty much no matter what else you have. Never run one, not likely to... but those who have say they are goodies and no doubt. the one problem is if the...

Guys its been a while but everything is normal. I ran my axelson lathe for a little while after adjusting the clutches and thought boy what a cadillac. Well, it ...

... it does not have additional speeds. They may not understand how the lathe functions, which I suspect is the reason. Your comments "he admits ... to industrial machines such as Monarch, P&W, American, LeBlond, Axelson, and many more, but it should serve your needs quite well, assuming ...

... used it. I just keep taking a deeper cut or add more feed until the lathe slows down or stalls. Every lathe it seems is different. On a model 20 Axelson I could take an inch off the diameter in one cut as long as the OD of the work was ...