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Mc 900 Wood Lathe Manuals Craftsman
23rd Aug 2011, 05:11 PM
Wood Lathe Instructions
I'm trying to get a neglected generic mc900 lathe running again (Sher brand). The previous owner had not used it in a long time and it has quite a bit of surface rust. I'm not sure if it has been sitting in the weather but it certainly appears it has never had a grease in its life.
The motor runs and I have managed to free most of the things in the head stock but I can't get the variable speed thing to work. I have freed up the righthand pulley on the motor arbor and it slides now, but what I think should be the moveable side of the pulley on the spindle is stubbornly frozen.
I guess my first question should be, am I correct in assuming the cast iron collar (the black piece) and the cone pulley side in the first picture should slide freely on spindle? ( I have removed the other (fixed?) side of the pulley and the grub screw locking the speed adjustment pusher to the black piece)
The Grizzly manual for a similar lathe says the spindle should be greased there as regular maintenance, but none was evident just a bit of surface rust that mostly came off with steel wool. I have tried flooding the shaft and pulley with WD40 but it has not help loosen the pulley as yet.
I have tried tapping around the pulley close to the shaft, but I'm scared of breaking the alloy as it looks pretty fragile.
I tried to get a look at the other side of the cast iron piece with a mirror (the second pic) but it's hard to fit anything in there to lever the pulley away and the black piece seems to be seated on another bearing anyway.
Has anybody got any suggestions on how to free the pulley mechanism, if in fact it is supposed to move?
Are spare parts pulleys available for these beasts?
The motor runs and I have managed to free most of the things in the head stock but I can't get the variable speed thing to work. I have freed up the righthand pulley on the motor arbor and it slides now, but what I think should be the moveable side of the pulley on the spindle is stubbornly frozen.
I guess my first question should be, am I correct in assuming the cast iron collar (the black piece) and the cone pulley side in the first picture should slide freely on spindle? ( I have removed the other (fixed?) side of the pulley and the grub screw locking the speed adjustment pusher to the black piece)
The Grizzly manual for a similar lathe says the spindle should be greased there as regular maintenance, but none was evident just a bit of surface rust that mostly came off with steel wool. I have tried flooding the shaft and pulley with WD40 but it has not help loosen the pulley as yet.
I have tried tapping around the pulley close to the shaft, but I'm scared of breaking the alloy as it looks pretty fragile.
I tried to get a look at the other side of the cast iron piece with a mirror (the second pic) but it's hard to fit anything in there to lever the pulley away and the black piece seems to be seated on another bearing anyway.
Has anybody got any suggestions on how to free the pulley mechanism, if in fact it is supposed to move?
Are spare parts pulleys available for these beasts?