Just finished and tested.

Over the Thanksgiving weekend my daughter Rachel and I started tearing down my Hardinge TL-10 lathe to repaint it. When I bought the lathe it had already had new spindle bearings, new lead screws and lead screw nuts in the cross slide and compound, had the bed reground and thurcite B installed on the carriage, a new Penta DC regenerative drive with a new 3HP DC motor, etc, etc. The lathe had been rebuilt to as like knew condition as you can get a 65 year old lathe. But when they were doing all this rebuilding they didn't paint it and it looked like crap.

Rachel and I just finished taking care of that. I even had to engrave a new thread chart for the gearbox. The original one was readable but looked really nappy. SO I guess I can officially say I have an engraved Lathe. http://www.engraverscafe.com/images/smilies/cool.png

I also made a dust cover for it out of some rubber coated canvas curtain liner material. Unfortunately, my situation doesn't allow me to have a dirty room for the grinders and grit making equipment and a clean room for the precision stuff. So I have to have a way to keep the grinding dust off the precision machines. Machine covers were the best solution I could come up with.

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Nice. I love the color. I think the green - grey color is ideal for machinery.

It's a good thing to see an old tool restored.

Looks like new.. great job

Ray, that's beautiful. I actually thought the original gray was fine too, but it had to be fun (and costly) to refurbish. I've not used a Hardinge, but they were always spoken of as being tight and precise - often for tool room work.

I suspect Geezer and Joed would have much better informed thoughts, but I love metal cutting.
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I'm jealous of your vertical mill to the right fo the lathe. My lathe is a 13x25 Taiwanese made Victor. Its lonely - needs a vertiacl mill to keep it company.

Very nice job Ray.

I so want one of these. I used one for years when I was a machinist in a job shop. They are great lathes.
Mill is first on my list though.

Fantastic lathe,looks great,I had to sell my HLV 6 years ago when we moved,no space.no conveniant 220 for the 3 phase,miss that sucker.What tool holder you using?
Just rebuilt my little S.B,nothing beats old american iron:)
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Bruno,
I chose that green for a couple of reasons. A lot of the old machines in the machine shop my dad worked for when I as a kid were alpine green. As a kid I was always impressed at the scale of their equipment. They had big stuff like a 24" shaper and a 6ft swing lathe with a 28' bed. So nostalgia came into play on the color choice.

It also matches the cedar cabinets that my friend Mark and I made for the shop. I know looks really isn't a big factor in functionality but I am more efficient (at least I feel more efficient) if my work area is clean and organized and looks nice.

When I started remodeling my garage full of machines into an actual shop I also wanted a place where me and the guys could hang out and do guy stuff. So this is both my shop and my den or man cave. Its where I reload my ammo, smoke an occasional pipe, and just get away from all the estrogen in my home. Ya I love my kids but a guy who has all daughters needs a boost of testosterone occasionally. I wanted a shop/man cave that I could be proud of how it looked and was a comfortable hang out when I need to decompress.


Hey Pinklather,

She is a really nice tight machine. This is also the easiest machine I have ever cut threads on. Its just almost idiot proof.

That is actually a large Burgmaster turret drill next to the lathe. I do have a Hardinge UM mill with both a vertical head and the horizontal arbors that I am gong to tackle pretty soon.

Pixelfixed,

That is a great looking old south bend. I like the guard around the drum switch. Clever idea.

It is hard to beat old US made machinery.

Ray

Very nice job! I love old Southbends . Mine is a 9a

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When I started remodeling my garage full of machines into an actual shop I also wanted a place where me and the guys could hang out and do guy stuff. So this is both my shop and my den or man cave. Its where I reload my ammo, smoke an occasional pipe, and just get away from all the estrogen in my home. Ya I love my kids but a guy who has all daughters needs a boost of testosterone occasionally. I wanted a shop/man cave that I could be proud of how it looked and was a comfortable hang out when I need to decompress.

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I have the same thing with my basement.
But my daughters (4 and 6) like it there too. :)
So now they have their own toolboxes with tools, their own mini workbench, scrap wood, and nails and crafts stuff.

On one hand, my cave is not entirely my own anymore, but otoh I get to spend time with them, doing things that I really like.Since I don't have a son, I am going to make sure that my girls know how to drive a nail or drill a hole.
Besides, my daughters already like knives, so they'll pick up knifemaking and an appreciation for good knives in the process.

And I still get to spend time there entirely alone. My basement is where I hide from the world and go to be left alone.

That's a great restoration project! The colour is great....It reminds me of the "General" colour, but a little more greeny.

Don't get me wrong Bruno. My girls aren't banned from the garage they just are not allowed to rule the roost in there. In the garage if dad wants to smoke his pipe or listen to George Thurogood and Stevie Ray Vauhn cranked way up nice and loud they just have to deal with it.

My youngest Rachel actually spends a good amount of time out there. She was a huge help on this repaint job and she has taken over my wood lathe. If I can just get here to turning brushes ........


Ray

pinklather is correct! Yes, Geezer does like it!! Very Much! I have spent many a rushed/paniced hour on one of the earlier models of Hardinge. I am stuck with very little room and a 12" Craftsman/Atlas I renewed. I am fortunate to not need much stronger for the little I do! I may sometimes visit friends that own bigger machinery. That does slow me down! Lazy at my age.
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Beautiful!!! Just Beautiful!
I have a TL that we are also bringing back online - my photo not as good as yours - but I do have a question: other than the very poor 'operator" manual and the brochure, have you seen any documentation (like an illustrated parts list) for the TL? Mine was made in '44, and there is a small "idler" (don't know what else to call it) on back side of carriage that I would sure like to find ....
Anyway, congratulations on a fabulous machine! Am hoping to hve mine up and running soon - enjoy it! You and your daughter did a great job!
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Try to ask at lathes.co.uk. The guy is very resourcefull and knowlegeable about lathes and their parts.

adrspach: I have gotten quite a bit from Tony (lathes.co.uk) but apparently not as much Hardinge stuff in Europe as US ... I also have a Aciera F2 and Hauser 2BA and he had everything I could ask for, but not much on Hardinge. If anyone needs the 'operators" manual and the brochure, email me and I will send the pdf's, but I am really looking for the a little more detail. Would be glad to share anything I have if it helps someone else. Thank you for the suggestion; hope there are more options out there. doug

Tony is a great Guy and a wealth of Knowledge,Have sold him many orig levin lathe catalogs.He also has a huge database of printed info.

Nice work on the lathes!