Warco Lathe Refurbishment 2

This is a remake of an earlier video with an edit regarding main bearing tension.
The purpose is to help anyone else considering trying this job. Be prepared!
I have another video about the dark art of parting off.

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@steamsearcher
3 months ago
OUR EMCO came with loads of problems a Compact 8 E which is the variable speed version. The first thing I looked at was the parts which were the most popular to replace. Leadscrew half nuts? Upon a good look the leadscrew was very rough. I then took the whole lathe apart. I polished the leadscrew and all was fine. Although old it had probably been used just once. Everywhere was covered in protective grease, including the spindle and bearings. These were flushed out. The cross slide screw was bent straight and all the ways polished. I then made up a new spindle nose to fit Warco backplates and move it out to give me a chance to get my GRUBBYS behind and do the M 8 ts. Heated up and banged on to a frozen spindle.
Then machined in place and removed so several chucks and faceplates could be machined. Having other lathes comes in handy. 9 in total but some came free but in a bad way. Now it is a superb machine but underpowered for big cuts. the Raglan 5 is for this or the Super 7 from Myford. David and Lily.
@grendel1960a
3 months ago
i think the difference between machines is the quality control at the factory, dictated by the customer, so the more expensive brands will have rejected the worst of the dogs that were made, which will then be sold by the inferior brands
@Marcus1954s
2 months ago
Axminster have Sieg lathes. Amadeal, Chester and Warco have the Weiss lathes.
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@floydraser4603
2 months ago
That's interesting, thank you for sharing. I guess each of them have a given level of quality control on import.
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@Marcus1954s
2 months ago
@floydraser4603 Axminster informed me that they did not do anything to the Sieg lathes they import, just sell them. The Weiss lathes I've seen from Chester, Amadeal and Warco are technically so close that the parts for each particular Weiss model are interchangeable. Considering how they are crated/packaged and shipped I doubt they perform anything more than a superficial check that all listed parts are enclosed. Never seen a major issue with the Weiss lathes.

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in general i think the only difference is the quality control applied, but even then, not every machine will be tested, the more expensive machines may well have passed a higher standard of quality control, but that doesnt mean the cheap one is any worse than a bad one that has passed QC.