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New Precision Mathews lathe PM-1236T-1
239: New Precision Mathews lathe PM-1236T-1 You can see the grit sitting in the oil grove at the top of the headstock.
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236: Cleaned the 3-jaw that came with the lathe- had a full table-spoon of sand and metal grit.
235: Cleaned the 3-jaw that came with the lathe- had a full table-spoon of sand and metal grit.
234: Dipped a magnet in the oil tank of the new lathe. Full of metal shavings.
233: Just a rough cast dimple - so I made a good surface... To be continued..
232: Lots to unpack and assemble.
231: Saved the crate box for now.
230: Lots of cleaning work.
241: New Precision Mathews lathe PM-1236T-1 Rigged up my parts cleaning tank to flush out the headstock - new filter.
242: New Precision Mathews lathe PM-1236T-1 Set -up to drain back to the parts cleaner
243: New Precision Mathews lathe PM-1236T-1 Flushing the grit out.
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245: New Precision Mathews lathe PM-1236T-1 You can see shinny metal flakes at the bottom - already flushe some.
246: Clean up finished on this end. The copper is for draining oil next time.
247: Gears full of grit - packed with wax - paint on gears - long clean up.
248: This hole was for sliding a tube in to fill the drip gallery with oil - not a straight shot.
249: Ground it out so it has a chance to work.
250: notice the white paint on the gears..
