Nice work there Max pulling the headstock apart. Experience shows through, when you put the fixings and bits and bobs back in the holes they come off. I have had so many "tradesmen/technicians" who have worked for me just throwing everything in a bucket and we then found the wrong fixings in the wrong holes and they go off to stores for more bolts, nuts and washers. I only ever used to buy Sykes Pickavant pullers and kits every place I worked at, they do get abused and damaged. Then I got an offer on a couple of SKF bearing puller and installation kits, I was very impressed by the quality and design and indeed by the robust cases they came in. If you ever come across any going for a reasonable price, grab them, you won't be disappointed.
Thanks . The Sykes , i think were the ones that a lot of other makes copied . My one is an old set from the early 70's , was Dads set . Have not tried the SKF ones . 👍
Gday Max, luck was on your side so far, it’s good to no what I up against in the further with my lathe, hopefully many years done the track, great video as always mate, bloody hot there to, stubby time, Cheers
THANK YOU so much Max!! I have the same lathe ( Precision- Matthews 1340GT) and this series of videos will be a life saver if I ever need to do any headstock work.
Whoa, nice and cosy in the shed then! G'day Max, great stuff mate, been looking forward to seeing you do this bugger, stay cool, hang loose and lots of love to you
Cheers Mate . I think our air con in the house has not been turned off for a week ! I cant even work on the new shop due to total fire bans , so no welding or grinding . Cheers .
Looks a fairly well engineered lathe, sound engineering practices, like the O- ring closing cap. Nice strip down, thanks for the great photography 😀 Max. Too blooming warm for me in the UK.
Fantastic work as usual, seeing I have the same lathe it's like a "how to" video if I ever need to do the same thing. From one Max to another thankyou!
Hello Max, Our temperatures are about to be very close to yours this week but with a minus sign in front of them. In a few hours, when it is light out, I will be driving my John Deere lawn tractor ( I saw yours in the other video) but I will be blowing snow about as deep as your grass was long. I just took apart a feed transmission on my HBM and when it comes to this type of work I am a complete amateur. I was pleasantly surprised to see you using a bent rod to drive the bearing out as I made pretty much the exact same tool for a bearing in my transmission. I am looking forward to seeing you put it all back together as I have about twenty new bearings to install and I am hoping to learn a bit from you. Thanks, Ken
Thanks Ken . The headstock on my HBM will be a nightmare to do i imagine . I will have to make sure i have a large bench to lay everything out on ! There is a lot going one inside those things .
This was a really interesting video Max. I was bummed when it ended. You are one busy bloke. When I got my lathe it was new and before I added the hydraulic fluid to the headstock I wanted to open it up an see if there was any manufacturing debris inside. Unfortunately, it was pinned in place in addition to the bolts, so I left it alone. I was concerned that popping off the lid might let the structure relax and mess up the alignment. Have you ever heard of that sort of issue? Happy soon to be New Year.
Looking good Max, I was thinking “hope he checks the input shaft bearings while he’s in there” now I can sleep better. That’s some warm weather, we’re getting hammered with rain, about 10 days now. I guess our drought is over. Looking forward to part 2. Happy New Year !!
Hi Max, great job, you have had good luck all the way through so far on this one! Love the cranked drift (sounds like a film lol), well thought out. What make of bearings are you replacing with out of interest? Cheers, Jon
Most likely Nachi for the ball races . The spindle has spindle grade Timkens & i will check the availability . Everything is closed untill the 4th Jan .
Down the rabbit hole we goooooooooo.... Started simple like that for me with my pre-loved Hafco AL330. Ended up All bearings, tickle up on oil passages, deburr of all gears and shafts, quick change as well... And, I lifted the headstock off the lathe bed. Push me over with a feather if a beaver or some helpful....sob, had used a less than appropriate tool to prepare the top of the bed! Definitely not a mill, planer or surface grinder. Ended up epoxying a surface parallel to the ways using glass as the mold surface. Worked muddy blarvelously. She ran damn true after all that! Dare you check under the headstock.. It's only 4 bolts......
Ya know now is the only time... I often have to tell myself, 'Stop procrastinating, you know you won't be happy until you've checked/corrected/fixed the f###er. Just start...' Rabbit hole...... When I undid the head bolts the head actually could rock on the uneven bed surface. Chinese do stuff like all visible surfaces ground or painted, 'Their never going to see there', axe or 9in grinder. 4 bolts....
Nice bit of work Max, and pretty interesting as it is quite similar to my Asian 12"x36" . Cheers and happy new year, enjoy the heat, -30C here this morning!
Over in the Canadian Prairies, we are heading into a 7-10 day stretch of below -30ºC (-22ºF). Night time temps touching -40ºC (-40ºF). Without windchill. That's 150ºF difference from you Max!
@@swanvalleymachineshop We had a month of 30-35°C this past summer. Usually only a few days over 30°C. But too much humidity for me when it gets over 28°C!!!
Good viewing Max, I like the way you know what's under the end caps before you pop them off. What make of bearings are you replacing the old ones with? Tony
G'day Max, just started to watch this 3 part series. Did you, (as I recently did) discover that what I thought was a copper earth stake is in fact a steel stake with a copper coating? Love yr work, Ian Mac.
Hi Max, the same bearing failed on mine, non chuck side counter shaft bearing. I used the Sykes Pickavant blind bearing puller and changed both bearings leaving the shaft in situ. Must be more load on that bearing and maybe too small for the application, touch wood mine are still ok after many hours of running time.
Really interesting video, its rare to see the guts of a modern lathe. Felt like I was in your shed looking over your shoulder while you were working. Your improvised drift you reduced in size looks like an electrical earth stake, the outside is copper what is the centre core made of?
Hi Max, Compliments of the season to you and your family. I had my hand up by the screen to catch that bearing so no problems. I was wondering about the circlip. You do a good job with making film clips on the fly without editing, well done. Cheers Ian New Zealand
Hi Max, Left field question. I run a similar lathe here in AUS. What type of quick change tool post are you using? Is this a HAFCO brand? Great lathe restoration vids BTW. Really helped me rebuild my old Pacific model.
Hi I’ve been looking for a decent machine instead of working on the one I have that still won’t give me what I’m after. I can buy the Al 960B new, Same as you have Max you seem really happy with yours, would you purchase again if you needed?
Yes . Great machines for small work . My one is just over 10 yrs old . The electrics have all been replaced on my one , that's really the only dramas i have had .
Hi Max, when I took the cover off my al960 I was dismayed by the amount of metal in the oil ways and grit in the bottom of the headstock. How did you determine which bearing was noisy? Do you know if there is any way to align the headstock? Thanks Stan
My one had alot of sand in it when i first checked it a couple of years ago . I knew the noisy bearing was in the countershaft as the noise changed between high & low range . The headstock has alignment screws at the rear . I did my one in the middle of a video a few months back , can't remember which video .
Hi Max .. Warm one you say. Lol 😆 Summer is just starting. Excellent video on stripping down. The front baring when you were tapping the shaft out, I thought there might have been a shoulder or circlip holding the baring in place. Now we all know the truth lol. Nows your chance to show everyone the correct way to Produce a Spider to fit over the Turret ( 38mm turret )? Have fun & have a Great New Year 2021 👍💥💥💥🍺🍺🍺🍸🍹
Tough on bearing lubrication and motor cooling when shop is that warm. My shop in Albuquerque, NM gets that dang hot in the summer. We both must spend too much on machinery and tooling instead of air conditioning.🤣
@@swanvalleymachineshop That's Welsh weather for you. Mixed in with 90nph winds. Got a scissor lift for Christmas fixing leaks in the warehouse roof and installing new LED lights.
Come up to Darwin mate. Thanks to "Global Warming" we just had our coldest christmas day since official records began 80 years ago. 24 degrees to a max of 27.3 degrees. 385 mm of rain in my gauge since last Monday. Bloody beautiful!!
Hey Max thank for the video, I will watch with interest, I have a 960b its about a year old, I have done some of the mods you have shown in previous video's, bloody marvellous. You may be in interested to know that i am in the process of fitting a 1.5hp Inverter & Motor package with Remote. Metric D90S Frame motor, 24mm shaft. which will give a bigger range of speeds and better control, its currently on its way from the UK, I'll keep you posted if you wish. Happy New Year to you... DG
Never underestimate a man with two tire irons handy. Nice little puller setup. Looks a lot like my Harrison with the lid off.
All the best.
Thanks Dan . Have a great NY !
Nice work there Max pulling the headstock apart. Experience shows through, when you put the fixings and bits and bobs back in the holes they come off. I have had so many "tradesmen/technicians" who have worked for me just throwing everything in a bucket and we then found the wrong fixings in the wrong holes and they go off to stores for more bolts, nuts and washers.
I only ever used to buy Sykes Pickavant pullers and kits every place I worked at, they do get abused and damaged. Then I got an offer on a couple of SKF bearing puller and installation kits, I was very impressed by the quality and design and indeed by the robust cases they came in. If you ever come across any going for a reasonable price, grab them, you won't be disappointed.
Thanks . The Sykes , i think were the ones that a lot of other makes copied . My one is an old set from the early 70's , was Dads set . Have not tried the SKF ones . 👍
Thank you for all the tips. I'm working on a lathe project of my own to replace all the bearings in the headstock.
Cheers 👍
Gday Max, luck was on your side so far, it’s good to no what I up against in the further with my lathe, hopefully many years done the track, great video as always mate, bloody hot there to, stubby time, Cheers
My one is just over 10 years old & i do push it at times . Cheers .
THANK YOU so much Max!! I have the same lathe ( Precision- Matthews 1340GT) and this series of videos will be a life saver if I ever need to do any headstock work.
No worries . I did a few alterations to the lathe in an earlier series . Cheers !
Whoa, nice and cosy in the shed then!
G'day Max, great stuff mate, been looking forward to seeing you do this bugger, stay cool, hang loose and lots of love to you
Cheers Mate . I think our air con in the house has not been turned off for a week ! I cant even work on the new shop due to total fire bans , so no welding or grinding . Cheers .
Looks a fairly well engineered lathe, sound engineering practices, like the O- ring closing cap.
Nice strip down, thanks for the great photography 😀 Max.
Too blooming warm for me in the UK.
Thanks . Too blooming warm for me as well !
Enjoyable viewing Max... We are familiar seeing your turning skills but great to see your fitting... See you in part two...
Thanks Paul . It's the other side of the Fitting & Turning trade .
Fantastic work as usual, seeing I have the same lathe it's like a "how to" video if I ever need to do the same thing. From one Max to another thankyou!
No worries . Cheers .
That headstock is very similar to the TIda lathe I used to have. Very nice to see clean magnets on it
Yes , i put them in a while back . They make a great filter !
Hello Max, Our temperatures are about to be very close to yours this week but with a minus sign in front of them. In a few hours, when it is light out, I will be driving my John Deere lawn tractor ( I saw yours in the other video) but I will be blowing snow about as deep as your grass was long. I just took apart a feed transmission on my HBM and when it comes to this type of work I am a complete amateur. I was pleasantly surprised to see you using a bent rod to drive the bearing out as I made pretty much the exact same tool for a bearing in my transmission. I am looking forward to seeing you put it all back together as I have about twenty new bearings to install and I am hoping to learn a bit from you. Thanks, Ken
Thanks Ken . The headstock on my HBM will be a nightmare to do i imagine . I will have to make sure i have a large bench to lay everything out on ! There is a lot going one inside those things .
Nice work as always Max. I uses lots of 6204 bearings. Normally on water pumps not Lathe head stocks. Looking forward to part 2. Gary
Thanks 👍
108. Nothing like picking a cool day to work on this in a metal shed. So far no surprises so that is good.
Yes , a tad on the warm side ! Have a great New Year Tom .
very good job max..thanks for your time
Cheers Mate .
This was a really interesting video Max. I was bummed when it ended. You are one busy bloke. When I got my lathe it was new and before I added the hydraulic fluid to the headstock I wanted to open it up an see if there was any manufacturing debris inside. Unfortunately, it was pinned in place in addition to the bolts, so I left it alone. I was concerned that popping off the lid might let the structure relax and mess up the alignment. Have you ever heard of that sort of issue? Happy soon to be New Year.
Hi Rob . No , the lid is just a lid . Has no bearing on the alignment . Have a great New Year as well . Cheers .
Looking good Max, I was thinking “hope he checks the input shaft bearings while he’s in there” now I can sleep better. That’s some warm weather, we’re getting hammered with rain, about 10 days now. I guess our drought is over. Looking forward to part 2.
Happy New Year !!
Thanks Dean . Yes i pulled them ! .... And the spindle !
Jesus Christ Max, you can keep that hot weather all to yourself mate. I’m up on the Gold Coast, it’s bloody humid up here 😓. Cheers 🍻
I don't want it ! If you catch up with Emma , ask her to check her emails !
Hi Max, great job, you have had good luck all the way through so far on this one! Love the cranked drift (sounds like a film lol), well thought out. What make of bearings are you replacing with out of interest? Cheers, Jon
Most likely Nachi for the ball races . The spindle has spindle grade Timkens & i will check the availability . Everything is closed untill the 4th Jan .
Looking good. If it ever gets too hot, let me know and I’ll ship you a crate full of snow to cool things off.
Start shipping !!!
Down the rabbit hole we goooooooooo....
Started simple like that for me with my pre-loved Hafco AL330.
Ended up All bearings, tickle up on oil passages, deburr of all gears and shafts, quick change as well...
And, I lifted the headstock off the lathe bed.
Push me over with a feather if a beaver or some helpful....sob, had used a less than appropriate tool to prepare the top of the bed!
Definitely not a mill, planer or surface grinder.
Ended up epoxying a surface parallel to the ways using glass as the mold surface.
Worked muddy blarvelously.
She ran damn true after all that!
Dare you check under the headstock..
It's only 4 bolts......
Not removing the headstock , only recently aligned it !!!
Ya know now is the only time...
I often have to tell myself,
'Stop procrastinating, you know you won't be happy until you've checked/corrected/fixed the f###er.
Just start...'
Rabbit hole......
When I undid the head bolts the head actually could rock on the uneven bed surface.
Chinese do stuff like all visible surfaces ground or painted,
'Their never going to see there', axe or 9in grinder.
4 bolts....
Nice bit of work Max, and pretty interesting as it is quite similar to my Asian 12"x36" . Cheers and happy new year, enjoy the heat, -30C here this morning!
Thanks . That lathe is sold under a few different name brands . Have a great New Year & keep your -30 !!! Cheers .
Fascinating…… there is nothing you can’t do 👍😎👍 cheers Mate 🍻
Yes , washing & ironing !!!
Over in the Canadian Prairies, we are heading into a 7-10 day stretch of below -30ºC (-22ºF). Night time temps touching -40ºC (-40ºF). Without windchill. That's 150ºF difference from you Max!
Wow . I don't know how you guys survive the temp range there . I believe it gets quite hot there as well . Cheers .
@@swanvalleymachineshop We had a month of 30-35°C this past summer. Usually only a few days over 30°C. But too much humidity for me when it gets over 28°C!!!
Good viewing Max, I like the way you know what's under the end caps before you pop them off. What make of bearings are you replacing the old ones with? Tony
Most likely Nachi for the ball races & Timken for the spindle .
@@swanvalleymachineshop Old skool Max, you must trust these manufacturers. Need I say more, I daren't, Max knows. Tony
G'day Max, just started to watch this 3 part series. Did you, (as I recently did) discover that what I thought was a copper earth stake is in fact a steel stake with a copper coating? Love yr work, Ian Mac.
Yes . If they were solid copper , every one would be going around knocking them off for the scrap value !!!
MAX !
Didn't you hear us all shouting ?
"DON'T FORGET THE CIRCLIP"
Lol , Shout louder !!!
Thanks for the shoutout!
No worries , Cheers .
Hi Max, the same bearing failed on mine, non chuck side counter shaft bearing.
I used the Sykes Pickavant blind bearing puller and changed both bearings leaving the shaft in situ.
Must be more load on that bearing and maybe too small for the application, touch wood mine are still ok after many hours of running time.
That's what i think as well , one has more load .
Really interesting video, its rare to see the guts of a modern lathe. Felt like I was in your shed looking over your shoulder while you were working.
Your improvised drift you reduced in size looks like an electrical earth stake, the outside is copper what is the centre core made of?
Yes, an old earth rod ! The centre is mild steel .
Hi Max, Compliments of the season to you and your family. I had my hand up by the screen to catch that bearing so no problems. I was wondering about the circlip. You do a good job with making film clips on the fly without editing, well done. Cheers Ian New Zealand
Thanks , Have a good one as well .
Hi Max, Left field question. I run a similar lathe here in AUS. What type of quick change tool post are you using? Is this a HAFCO brand? Great lathe restoration vids BTW. Really helped me rebuild my old Pacific model.
It's from H& F . A Dickson copy that they used to sell , not sure of the model .
I should take a measurement as i have been askes that a few times .
This should be good Max. Things are a lot more relevant when you have the same machine
Thanks Bill . Cheers .
Not one of my favorite things to do. Lol,great video max,keep'um coming.
I know , i would rather use them than tinker with' em !
Hi I’ve been looking for a decent machine instead of working on the one I have that still won’t give me what I’m after. I can buy the Al 960B new, Same as you have Max you seem really happy with yours, would you purchase again if you needed?
Yes . Great machines for small work . My one is just over 10 yrs old . The electrics have all been replaced on my one , that's really the only dramas i have had .
Hi Max, when I took the cover off my al960 I was dismayed by the amount of metal in the oil ways and grit in the bottom of the headstock.
How did you determine which bearing was noisy?
Do you know if there is any way to align the headstock?
Thanks Stan
My one had alot of sand in it when i first checked it a couple of years ago . I knew the noisy bearing was in the countershaft as the noise changed between high & low range .
The headstock has alignment screws at the rear . I did my one in the middle of a video a few months back , can't remember which video .
Thanks Max, it was “lathe turning like a carrot “
@@stanstevens3783 That's right !
Hi Max .. Warm one you say. Lol 😆 Summer is just starting. Excellent video on stripping down.
The front baring when you were tapping the shaft out, I thought there might have been a shoulder or circlip holding the baring in place. Now we all know the truth lol. Nows your chance to show everyone the correct way to Produce a Spider to fit over the Turret ( 38mm turret )? Have fun & have a Great New Year 2021 👍💥💥💥🍺🍺🍺🍸🍹
No time to make a spider yet , it will happen though . 40mm bore .
@@swanvalleymachineshop my new one has a very compact spider if you want to check it out
some good oil to reuse there Max! haha
Just for you , i will keep it !
@@swanvalleymachineshop only if it's iso 46 or 68
Tough on bearing lubrication and motor cooling when shop is that warm. My shop in Albuquerque, NM gets that dang hot in the summer. We both must spend too much on machinery and tooling instead of air conditioning.🤣
You are probably right there , maybe an A/C one day ! 👍
Wish I could split the difference in temperature with you-we’re expecting -15F (-26C) tonight. North central Minnesota USA.
Yes , that's cold . About 40 F is the coldest we get , but that's only until the sun comes up !
🥵🥵Just a wee bit warm hope you got your stubby coolers ready for Ron,
L8ron 🤗
Yep !
Thanks max !!
Cheers Sam .
64 deg F here in Ohio today.. should be in the 20s this time of year.
I wish it was that temp here . Total fire bans , can not weld or grind so new shop progress has stopped .
👍
Cheers .
Gee Max, I'm sitting here telling you you haven't taken the outside circlip out yet, and you' re totally ignoring me! :)
You have to speak louder !!!
I could never work in that heat. My workshop is the opposite. In Winter it gets down to 2C. Usually about 8C with 90% humidity. Not good.
Wow , that's high humidity for low temps . Up north over here there is high humidity & i can not handle it with the high temps .
Cheers .
@@swanvalleymachineshop
That's Welsh weather for you. Mixed in with 90nph winds. Got a scissor lift for Christmas fixing leaks in the warehouse roof and installing new LED lights.
Come up to Darwin mate. Thanks to "Global Warming" we just had our coldest christmas day since official records began 80 years ago. 24 degrees to a max of 27.3 degrees. 385 mm of rain in my gauge since last Monday. Bloody beautiful!!
Too much rain there ! Too much humidity = too much beer = nothing done !!!
We are waiting to cop the heat in SA Max, hasn’t arrived yet
Stock the fridge & stand by to get heaps of ice in case the power drops out !
Got a cold wave going on heh.
Just a bit !!!
Hey Max thank for the video, I will watch with interest, I have a 960b its about a year old, I have done some of the mods you have shown in previous video's, bloody marvellous.
You may be in interested to know that i am in the process of fitting a 1.5hp Inverter & Motor package with Remote. Metric D90S Frame motor, 24mm shaft. which will give a bigger range of speeds and better control, its currently on its way from the UK, I'll keep you posted if you wish. Happy New Year to you...
DG
Thanks . I was thinking about swapping my one out with a 3 phase motor & vfd speed control in the new shop .
Does your wife know what your doing with her dishes?....... Lol..... I won't tell
LOl, shhh. 👍
Looks like a fun job. Thanks for the look.
Not fun in that heat !!! Cheers .