Bill Pace
10-29-2010, 04:47 PM
This Emco Maier Compact 10 lathe is the last of 3 machines I got that were in hurricane Katrina. The other 2 were a South bend 13x36 lathe (a Taiwan version) and a little Barker mill. I have been putting off tackling the Emco because it was literally a "basket case", where the other 2 were at least still assembled when I got them, and, it was also in the worst condition , along with quite a few missing pieces.
This is the way it looks as I was closing in on finishing, with a shot of the drive system that I had just completed, still needing to get a switch mounted, etc. The little white squares are reflective tape to read rpm's, I used a treadmill motor and it really cranks out the revs.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b301/pace1980/Emco%20%20Compact%2010%20lathe/IMG_1730.jpghttp://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b301/pace1980/Emco%20%20Compact%2010%20lathe/Emcolathe.jpg
A couple shots of what I was faced with in getting it cleaned up ---
All of the drive system - the motor, its mount, the 2 pulleys, and all the sheet metal with any wiring, switches decals, charts etc, were missing - along with a few othere assorted parts. I went to Tony's site and he had 2 pics of the Compact 10, fortunately one of them was of the drive system, I copied it and put out feelers here and on the Yahoo Emco site requsting any info on the drive. Within a few days I had a response (the only one!) . A fella in New Mexico had one, and over the next couple of weeks, he had emailed me 15-18 pictures, hand drawings and CAD drawings. I have had a lot of help out of HSM'ers, but this just floored me! It was not something he had done in 15-20 mins! This is the pic I sent out requesting help, and a couple shots of what he sent me.
more on next page--- I hit the 'post' button by mistake...
This is the way it looks as I was closing in on finishing, with a shot of the drive system that I had just completed, still needing to get a switch mounted, etc. The little white squares are reflective tape to read rpm's, I used a treadmill motor and it really cranks out the revs.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b301/pace1980/Emco%20%20Compact%2010%20lathe/IMG_1730.jpghttp://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b301/pace1980/Emco%20%20Compact%2010%20lathe/Emcolathe.jpg
A couple shots of what I was faced with in getting it cleaned up ---
All of the drive system - the motor, its mount, the 2 pulleys, and all the sheet metal with any wiring, switches decals, charts etc, were missing - along with a few othere assorted parts. I went to Tony's site and he had 2 pics of the Compact 10, fortunately one of them was of the drive system, I copied it and put out feelers here and on the Yahoo Emco site requsting any info on the drive. Within a few days I had a response (the only one!) . A fella in New Mexico had one, and over the next couple of weeks, he had emailed me 15-18 pictures, hand drawings and CAD drawings. I have had a lot of help out of HSM'ers, but this just floored me! It was not something he had done in 15-20 mins! This is the pic I sent out requesting help, and a couple shots of what he sent me.
more on next page--- I hit the 'post' button by mistake...