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YA lathe - EricU - 11-23-2015
I bought a batch of woodworking tools a while back, included in them was a York American lathe. It had been converted to single phase. It has the more square base than the one in this thread: http://www.forums.woodnet.net/ubbthreads...=&fpart=all
manual
The manual doesn't list the threads for the headstock, what are the likely candidates?
Re: YA lathe - pinky - 11-23-2015
Why don't you measure it?
Re: YA lathe - Brian Myers - 11-23-2015
It's 1-1/8 x 8 tpi and the spindle is recessed in the headstock a bit. I just bought new bearings and belts for mine and they are not cheap.
Re: YA lathe - EricU - 11-24-2015
thanks, does the recess cause problems with faceplates/chucks?
Hopefully mine doesn't need any belts or bearings. I need to get power over to it, so I haven't been following the advise on the nameplate to run it through the speeds every day.
Re: YA lathe - Herebrooks - 11-24-2015
That would be a YATES American lathe.
Re: YA lathe - Brian Myers - 11-24-2015
I have Yates/Broadhead Garret face plates and at least one oliver face plate. I had to relieve the back corners of one face plate so the edges of the flats didn't rub in the recess. Original face plates have a short round section before the flats so there is no rubbing inside the recess. I didn't bother exploring chuck options and just went with Oneway's Stronghold chuck since they make an insert specifically for that lathe for it. I also have their Versa-Mount universal system for face plates since it uses the Stronghold's inserts.
FYI Bearings for this lathe just cost me $86.42 + shipping . I found the belts on Ebay (new gates made in the us) for $47.50 a pair shipped otherwise the belts are around $35 or so each. The original belt is supposedly no longer made and the replacement is 1626v304 variable speed belt. The bearings are 63307's and the front must have a snap ring on it. (63307's are 35mm bore x 80mm outer x 34.9mm wide) Some places want $100 for the front bearing.
The tool posts are 1-1/4" in diameter.
Re: YA lathe - Brian Myers - 11-24-2015
Herebrooks said:
That would be a YATES American lathe.
Yates American J170 which eventually became a Broadhead Garret lathe when Yates dropped the home and school machines.
Re: YA lathe - Brian Myers - 11-24-2015
Stronghold chuck insert for Yates ( extends back into the recess)
Original faceplate
Versa Mount system
This face plate is identical to original face plates except no round section that extends into the recess.
RE: YA lathe - EricU - 11-24-2016
Thanks Brian, very helpful
I have the original faceplate. Need to get a spur center and a chuck.
On a lathe like this, how would you eject a Morse Taper spur center?
RE: YA lathe - EricU - 12-07-2016
youtube to the rescue, knock the thing out from the backside. I thought I had lost the spur center, but it turns out that the faceplate and the spur center are both mounted right now.
Still looking for a tool rest to get started with, I didn't realize that's an uncommon banjo size. I guess I can just make a spacer without too much issue