RECONDITIONING OR JUST BRINGING THAT MACHINE TOOL BACK INTO USE
BEFORE YOU CAN RESTORE A MACHINE IT HAS TO BE DISMANTLED TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT IS REQUIRED TO BRING IT BACK TO LIFE.
BELOW ARE A SERIES OF PHOTOS OF AN EW LATHE THAT I PURCHASED RECENTLY BEING DISMANTLED.
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BELOW ARE A SERIES OF PHOTOS OF AN EW LATHE THAT I PURCHASED RECENTLY BEING DISMANTLED.
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I BOUGHT THIS MACHINE ON EBAY SIGHT UNSEEN. AND WHEN I WENT TO COLLECT IT, DAYLIGHT HAD SAID IT`S GOODBYES AND THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY IN THE STORAGE UNIT WHERE THE LATHE WAS STORED!
THIS SITUATION IS USUALLY A SCENARIO FOR DISASTER BUT I HAD NO WORRIES ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE LATHE. THERE WERE ENOUGH GOOD PARTS THAT COULD BE USED AS SPARES.
WHEN I UNLOADED THE LATHE AT MY OWN STORAGE CONTAINER I WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN TREATED TOO BADLY, WOULD SCRUB UP WELL AND WAS WORTH BRINGING BACK INTO CIRCULATION AGAIN.
QUITE OFTEN THESE LATHES HAVE BEEN HANDED DOWN TO A LATER GENERATION OR BEEN SOLD TO PEOPLE WITH NO ENGINEERING SKILLS THAT WERE UNAWARE WHAT KIND OF A TREASURE THAT THEY WERE GETTING.
THE EW IS EASY TO DISMANTLE USING SIMPLE TOOLS AND HALF AN HOUR LATER WAS LYING ON THE CONTAINER FLOOR, IN PARTS, READY FOR DETAILED INSPECTION.
ON THE PHOTOS IMMEDIATELY ABOVE YOU CAN SEE BY THE SERIAL No 193 THAT IT IS AN EARLY MODEL. THE LATER MODELS WERE NOT SUPPLIED WITH A MAKER`S NAMEPLATE NOR STAMPED WITH A SERIAL No.
PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THE "EW" LOGO CAST IN THE LATHE BED WAS ONLY THERE FOR THE FIRST SMALL PRODUCTION RUN AND WHEN THE CASTINGS WERE CHANGED THE EW LOGO WAS DROPPED.
FOR SOME REASON THE LETTER "W" WAS NEVER REPAIRED ON THE FOUNDRY PATTERN SO THAT ALL THE EW LATHES THAT I`VE SEEN, THAT HAVE THIS LOGO ON THE BED, HAVE THIS FAULT!
PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THE "EW" LOGO CAST IN THE LATHE BED WAS ONLY THERE FOR THE FIRST SMALL PRODUCTION RUN AND WHEN THE CASTINGS WERE CHANGED THE EW LOGO WAS DROPPED.
FOR SOME REASON THE LETTER "W" WAS NEVER REPAIRED ON THE FOUNDRY PATTERN SO THAT ALL THE EW LATHES THAT I`VE SEEN, THAT HAVE THIS LOGO ON THE BED, HAVE THIS FAULT!
IN PROGRESS