Thread: Techinspector Have you seen a 12ft Leblond lathe?

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Originally Posted by vara4

Some of it did but not all.
He could not reach the cut off switch.
Kurt

well mine will beat or take off what ever in the way .newer lathe s have a lever or a foot swicth would be better keep both hands free to catch what ever flys out of the chuck or hit the deck

you will have to get some photos of your new lathe on here Kurt .i still have my Carroll Jamieson flat belt lathe works good .i had a old Hendey that i liked has well but i needed just one so i sold it look like it had a old gear box out of a ford it hang down and you would shift it for your speeds

This is belt driven too Pat. he said it had a 3 phase motor
on it but changed it to a 230/250 motor.
said they used to make drive lines and all kinds of stuff on it.
I was also wrong about the length it's 13ft. not 12 like I thought.
What I am excited about is he said all the tooling comes with it.
Plus he's gonna give me the 3 phase motor he took off it, he said
that works as well, he just was not hooked up for 3 phase in his shop.
Kurt

Pat how big of a mill would I need to do splines on axles? Kurt

Originally Posted by vara4

Pat how big of a mill would I need to do splines on axles? Kurt

you would need a super spacer rotary table and a spline cutter .most splines are rolled you would needed a custom cutter made for the spline to get the right tooth and root to cut them .alot of axles shafts are under size just under the spline so can not be respline just under the spline.they do this as it is part of making the spline .when all said and done i never done any on my mill its $$ to send them out

So I would need two more Machines just to cut the splines?
They don't make a one machine that would do that?
Thanks Kurt

Originally Posted by vara4

So I would need two more Machines just to cut the splines?
They don't make a one machine that would do that?
Thanks Kurt

well it would be tooling for a mill .there is better jobs to use a mill for .you will spend more money buying tooling to cut the splines and less your going to do it all the time and have one mill just to spline axles .i done many jobs with my mill nice to have but i never cut my own axles on it . it takes some time to do set up then when done .you take your setup off the mill . then another job comes in and you have another setup moving the head angles .lets say cutting a intake or making header plates .you just have to ask your self how many axles do you want to cut

I'm thinking about narrowing rearends in my spare time.
Then setting them up for drag racing.
I've got to do some more research on it, and I have time to take some classes.
This is what I would like to do, to make a little cash on the side with my son.
I'd also like to invest in a good tig welder too.
Though I have three welders now, I don't have a tig.
I am planning on using the lathe to thread chromoly tubing for doing four link
set up's for the rear ends. I would also like to do my own a arms but still not
sure on how to go about that, but have some ideas.
Kurt

Originally Posted by vara4

I'm thinking about narrowing rearends in my spare time.
Then setting them up for drag racing.
I've got to do some more research on it, and I have time to take some classes.
This is what I would like to do, to make a little cash on the side with my son.
I'd also like to invest in a good tig welder too.
Though I have three welders now, I don't have a tig.
I am planning on using the lathe to thread chromoly tubing for doing four link
set up's for the rear ends. I would also like to do my own a arms but still not
sure on how to go about that, but have some ideas.
Kurt

well i done all what you want to do but spline the axles for racing you better to buy new .from the stand point if one should fail and hurt someone $$$ on the moly tube i do not think you want to thead it your better getting the ends and welding them in .on the TIG yes buy one you will never use a mig welder .abit slower but better welds and over head is nice i would not buy any thing under 250 amps on the tig .there is many thing s you can do on that lathe .when i not cutting a part down or making a tool on my lathe i polish cranks on mine all the time

I 've got a friend that was a certified Cushman motor bike mech.
He restores them for people all over the country and has already asked if he
can use it to turn the cranks.
I said no problem if you don't mind teaching me while your doing it.
So you can say I already have some classes lined up. HE! HE! HE!
He's also a retired Ford mech, and has a degree as a electrical engineer
I send all kind of people over to him to diagnose problems with electrical
stuff in cars. He has not let me down yet and I'm trying to learn as much
as I can from him. He's 75 going on 18 when it comes to cars if you know
what I mean. He's a great guy I hope he hangs around alot longer,
because he's got alot to teach me and he is a great guy. Kurt

Will your lathe run backwards?????

If you want a tig welder, trade your mig in or sell it to someone first---you'll never use it again---I had 3 tig machines, bought a mig for the boys while they were taking some welding classes---used 1 small roll of wire, and sold it without putting the second roll in.

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

Will your lathe run backwards?????

If you want a tig welder, trade your mig in or sell it to someone first---you'll never use it again---I had 3 tig machines, bought a mig for the boys while they were taking some welding classes---used 1 small roll of wire, and sold it without putting the second roll in.

yep you are right jerry things are very slow at the shop been thinking real hard about selling my just like new 250X miller mig it is a good welder i did use it some when i welded rad stands up for BE Cool but that is no more. i think i never used more then one big wire spool thru it if that i still have 1/2 a spool.i use the tig for all welding, i like no sparks the damn miller would throw sparks over 15 feet. i allway could use the arc tap s off the tig and drag a 718 rod if i want fast

My main welder is a 250 Lincoln Gas Mig, You would have to be a idiot not to be able to weld with it. I could be blind and still throw a good weld with it.
I welded a bar on top of a 4ft. X 4ft. safe that was about a inch thick and the door was at least 4inches thick.
Picked it up with my engine hoist and bent the hoist.
A tow truck come to haul off that old safe and it fell from the back of the truck.
He had a cable hooked on to the bar I had welded on with the mig and caught it,
It bent the bar but the weld stayed intacked, didn't even crack.
I know for the thin stuff it probably gets to hot but for the thicker stuff it lays one heck
of a good weld. I know Tigs are better and look cleaner but I gonna keep my beloved
Gas Mig. Kurt

oh you can weld thick stuff with a tig .i welded some motor mounts for a very big electrical motor s they need to look nice it was 3/4 cold roll steel tig welded it no big deal.yep i here you. i said the same thing about migs i have had over the years .but till you own a tig and use it you will not love your mig so much .with the tig you get a big ac/dc stick welder and i have welded wear steel with my tig in stick mode burning 1/4 arc welding wear steel rod on 4 inch thick die for them big patio paver bricks. i mig for some time and drag some rods to .for very thick steel dirty steel i feel alot better welding with arc rod over mig or it would have to be a very big mig with better then 035 wire and if clean steel tig over it all and less clean up after the job is done

Ya I know what your saying I like the clean welds with no hammering or wire brushing.
Kurt