Beginning The Teardown | Lion Lathe Restoration

I like the use of the 4 wheeler to move the lathe. 😂

GREAT VIDEO KYLE, LOVE TO SEE THESE BIG OLD MACHINES GET NEW LIFE, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEP

As always, a very interesting and fun project. Thank you, Kyle! Also, it’s great to see that every comment to date is positive and encouraging.

Impressive work being done here

The "hollow cap" is an oil fill hole. That acme screw and cross slide nut live in an oil bath. There are likely small holes that allow the oil to also trickle down onto the lathe bed ways - these holes often have a bit of felt in them to control flow. If you keep the cross slide screw in a full oil bath, it'll never wear out.

I'll be looking forward to the next movies because this series promises to be really interesting. Best regards

As a hobby restorer since my retirement in 2011 I've learned that the best results for me are when I finish teardown and actually determine what is required/needed to complete any project. My advice is to complete the teardown first. This avoids an unlikely disaster and allows for an exit strategy before any additional major investments of effort and monies are made and I get a sequenced plan for what order to proceed which gets me a much more complete restoration with any long lead items obtained in advance of need so stopping and restarting of project is minimized. A manual would sure be helpful. You have a lot of guts to teardown largely in the dark a machine made and designed abroard It's really very compelling to watch your high wire act. Ray Stormont

I've been subscribed to your channel for maybe 2 years and it was only within the first 7 seconds of today's video that I learned your name, Kyle. I'm sure you've probably mentioned it before, but this is the first time I saw it. Pleasure to meet you, Kyle. I'm Ben, and I'm from Queensland, Australia.

This is going to be such a fun project!

Hi! I've got almost the same problem at my lathe. Screw/nut totally worn out. For sure because of many hours but i think also because the lack of oil at the nut. After changing the nut and screw I removed this small worm screw inside this "line up bolt" and replaced it with a lubrication nipple so I can oil the screw and nut. Later I had the change to visit the company in Croatia which produces my lathe. I could see that they do it the same way today. Further I think the screws of this cover plate are just broken. The cover plate doesn't slide. Its fixed in place. There is enough place between cross slide and carriage.

Interesting, & different. There is someone else doing a strip down but he is eregular. With you also doing a strip down there will be a chance to see what makes a lathe work, a lot of lathers avoid. Thanks.

Khyle I truly enjoy your video productions. And this episode is just no exception. Keep up the good work Sir! God Bless. WWG1WGA

I have been waiting for this to start, should be very interesting, thank you so much, cheers from Florida, Paul

Interesting stuff. I discovered recently that McMaster-Carr sells Acme rod and precision Acme lead screw material. Nuts too. Sometimes its easier to just buy a chunk of threaded rod and modify it to fit your needs. I would bet that's a 5 TPI screw on a lathe made overseas. My chinese lathe has the same setup - inch lead screws but all the hardware is metric. I bet your main lead screw for threading is also SAE.

this was fantastic, your narration all along was superb......thank you.....Paul

So interesting keep the videos coming. Thanks

Kyle, very cool transition from laptop screen to background machine at the end. I frequently enjoy your thorough technical explanations, but little extra surprises make me want to share a clip with my friends. Well done. Looking forward to your next one.

When you hear a very interesting design it’s code for I have no idea how this works lol 😂

Enjoying this resto a lot

Looking forward to more progress