Harrison L5 lathe rebuild

[Micktoon]

I have got the addition to the splash guard finished today, I was going to go out and get some steel tube to edge the are with but after I put the local radio on and heard the total gridlock on the roads due to flooding around the Newcastle area I decided it would have to be made out of some stainless tube I had lying around, it was only long enough with 1 inch to spare :bow:

I cut the part down in height as it was taller than needed, I did this with an angle grinder and a 1mm thick cutting disc , they work really well.



I bent the stainless tube with a plumbers pipe bender as it was only thin walled.



I tack welded the bent tube to the top as a starting point then cut to suit with the angle grinder.



I pieced in the other bits of tube and welded up the joins , the front will match the original frame , they had actually used split tube so no welds on the back of the original as its only welded at the ends and joints. The back will not be seen as the lathe will be up against a wall , the rear tacks look worse in the photo than they are too but hold the trim tight and look original from the front side. :thumbup:



Starting to take shape, I have ground down the welds between the original and the new part too.



The finished job with the chuck guard and lamp in place to triple check nothing is going to hit anything it should not hit, all looking ok





Next job is to make a fixture to attach the electrics box to , that will be located above the headstock and will bolt on via the four bolts tapped into the rear of the casting. So it looks like more cutting and welding tomorrow

Cheers Mick.