Harrison L5 lathe rebuild

[Micktoon]

I finally got back to doing the lathe today , I had an alloy damaged box I found at the scrapyard ages ago that needed patching up and holes filled in. Its going to be used as the main electrics box housing the transformer for the lo volt light and the main operating switches. An alloy switch box for the emergency switch with a hole that was bigger than my switch that needed filled so I could then drill the right size hole. The alloy shelf that will sit above the electrics box and inverter needed some alloy angle to go around the rim so things will not fall off the shelf. I have just spent an age trying to work out how to get the photos done on the new photo bucket so fingers crossed I have got it right or there may be no photos on this post lol.

The switch box cover with a hole that is too big.



Welded the patch in, welding could be better but will do the job.



Looks ok once ground off then sanded, I will now drill it the right size for the switch I have.




The corner of the alloy angle ready to weld , this will go around the shelf so things can not rattle off the edge.



This is it once welded , ground off and sanded.



The main electrics box was smashed on one side and had various holes drilled in it like these four here.



The four holes welded up, the clamp is holding a block of steel up onto the undersdie of the holes to stop the weld drooping through.



The area once ground off and sanded.



The main damage was on one side of the box , I cut out the badly dented bit and let in some alloy plate the same thickness, I clamped it in place with the steel block under the area to be welded and tack welded it into position.






The joins were then welded up around the patch.






The area patched side once , ground off filed and sanded, by some miracle whatever had damaged the box had missed the lid otherwise it would not have been worth trying to repair.



Well all looks to have posted ok , but scary 15 minutes as Photo bucket as usual locked the computer up right at the end of the post so thought I had lost the lot :bugeye: but lucky the post was still there on restart :thumbup:

Cheers Mick.