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12-29-2013, 10:03 PM
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Uses for a lathe in cub restorations
I just bought a vintage Logan 400 metal lathe in excellent shape-owned and used by a machinist in his home shop. Will pick it up on Jan 2, bring it home and set it up. Supposed to get all the tooling as well.
I expect to use it for lots of stuff I work on, and was thinking about how it might help with the cubs. Surfacing clutch plates is one obvious use. What other cub-related uses have you found for a metal lathe?
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12-29-2013, 10:19 PM
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Off the top of my head. Truing steering pin. Straightening drive-shafts. Custom pulleys, or just making them run true. Carb mods. Polishing anything round (valves).
If you have any questions, feel free to PM me. Craig
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12-30-2013, 12:52 AM
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Pto buttoms as well comes to mind
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1872 - 60"haban 54" power angle haban blade '63 Original - restoration project 582 -tiller 147 - leaf duty with bagger. 1811 - Ditch mower 800 - have it just cuz its a 800     
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01-02-2014, 08:54 AM
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i got a lathe over the summer on a trade. didn't think i would use it much. i was wrong i use it all the time! used it the first day i had it to clean up the fan shaft on my 1772. also built this drive shaft fan plate with it. amazing what you can do with them.
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01-02-2014, 07:57 PM
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I made these wheel weights on a lathe at work since my lathe is kinda small.
 I made a set of bearing cups for the 100s steering box. The bottom cup that was in it broke and crumbled and chewed up the threaded plug on the bottom of the box. Put the plug in the lathe and recut plug to clean it up. Lathes are good for making handles and knobs too. Made a new knob for the lift handle on my 129. Good for repairing/ remaking mower deck spindles. I had to make two spindles for my 42" cast end deck. This is my Hardinge Second-Op lathe. It is kinda limited since it does not have a traditional carriage. The carriage slides along the ways and locks down so in order to turn a diameter the compound has to be indicated in and only has 4" of travel. But, for the price, I couldn't pass it up.  Let's see some pics of your lathes guys.
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Adam 1964 Model 100 w/ K301 12hp and custom hydraulics 1972 Model 149 turned 129 w/ K301 12hp, triple hydraulics, 66 series clone
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01-03-2014, 09:08 PM
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Picked up my first metal lathe yesterday, a Logan 400. Got it set up and running today. It came with a bunch of tooling--reamers, broaches, boring bars, center drills, chucks, tool holders, cutters, slitting saws, and a bunch of stuff I don't understand. Came with a custom steel stand isn't shown in these pictures--I mounted it to one of my shop assembly benches temporarily. A surprise was a dial indicator and a couple micrometers that were hidden in one of the drawer units. It's been well over 40 years since I last used a metal lathe--briefly in engineering school and in metal shop in high school in 1968. Have always wanted one, but up to this point, my tools have been for woodworking. Getting into the Cubs a year ago became the impetus to look for a metal lathe. Was thinking about buying a new one from Grizzly or similar. After working on American iron tractors, decided it only fitting to buy another piece of American iron. I think I did OK for $1000 for the lot.
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01-03-2014, 09:45 PM
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You did well for $1K
 If you have a VoTech school or community college that offers a course in machine shop, take it. It will be money well spent
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01-03-2014, 09:46 PM
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That looks like a pretty good deal!
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01-03-2014, 09:57 PM
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01-03-2014, 10:33 PM
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We have a lathe at work, I have not used it for anything personal yet but if I needed I could. It is a decent HAAS lathe. We are talking about getting a new one and I can't wait to see what size we will go with since our new HAAS CNC machine is a decent size.
IMG_20131115_082436_776.jpg IMG_20131115_083145_087.jpg IMG_20131115_103356_293.jpg We could make some sweet cadet parts on these....or anything else we wanted.
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Phil A nice 1710 and QA42A snowblower.....and more to come .
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