C0630 Lathe Restoration Shanghai 11th machine works
C0630 Lathe Restoration Shanghai 11th machine works
Hi guys, I just bought this chinese lathe recently for $300 and I'm in the middle of taking it apart and cleaning it now.
The machine ways looks decent and it isnt binding up much. I'm gonna hand scrape every sliding surface and maybe even put some 0.03mm thick teflon in between the bed ways coz its hard to get turcite here.
Theres some scoring and grooves on the bed ways but it doesnt look too bad. You could still see the milling marks from the factory near the two ends of the bed ways.
Cross slides and compound table moves nicely.
However all the original scraping marks have been worn away, so I've got to scrape in new oil grooves on the sliding surfaces.
It uses a spindle busing and 2 thrust bearing in the spindle, which is a bit different from the tapered roller bearings.
im gonna try replaceing the lead screws with ballscrew to make it turn smoother.
maybe even add in a 1 shot oiler to oil all 6 dove tail surfaces at once.
The specs are:
Spindle busing instead of spindle bearings.
300mm swing over bed
550mm distance between centers
300kg weight
6 speed gearbox
automatic comound and crossslide feeding
Solid cast iron tray
The machine ways looks decent and it isnt binding up much. I'm gonna hand scrape every sliding surface and maybe even put some 0.03mm thick teflon in between the bed ways coz its hard to get turcite here.
Theres some scoring and grooves on the bed ways but it doesnt look too bad. You could still see the milling marks from the factory near the two ends of the bed ways.
Cross slides and compound table moves nicely.
However all the original scraping marks have been worn away, so I've got to scrape in new oil grooves on the sliding surfaces.
It uses a spindle busing and 2 thrust bearing in the spindle, which is a bit different from the tapered roller bearings.
im gonna try replaceing the lead screws with ballscrew to make it turn smoother.
maybe even add in a 1 shot oiler to oil all 6 dove tail surfaces at once.
The specs are:
Spindle busing instead of spindle bearings.
300mm swing over bed
550mm distance between centers
300kg weight
6 speed gearbox
automatic comound and crossslide feeding
Solid cast iron tray
Last edited by rmac on Sat Apr 30, 2022 1:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: C0630 Lathe Restoration Shanghai 11th machine works
Teflon on the bed ways?
Ball screws?
Have you given this a lot of thought?
Ball screws?
Have you given this a lot of thought?
Too many things going on to bother listing them.
Re: C0630 Lathe Restoration Shanghai 11th machine works
Yep teflon or turcite on the saddleBill Shields wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 12:51 pm Teflon on the bed ways?
Ball screws?
Have you given this a lot of thought?
replace 13mm leadscrews with 1204 ball screws, 12mm diameter 4mm pitch.
The pitch is too high for manual turning,
so Add a stepper motor in for that 1.8 deg 200 steps/360 deg and I'll get 0.02mm resolution per step
Re: C0630 Lathe Restoration Shanghai 11th machine works
Hmmm.
I'm just thinking out loud.
.02 mm step on a cross slide equates to a diameter change of .00157", which would make it virtually impossible to do any precision work (like produce a bearing fit).
Personally, I'd give this idea a lot more thought. You'd probably be better served to invest the money in a more conventional machine, one that is already equipped with acceptable feed screws and dials.
Just sayin', of course. Each of us march to the drummer we hear.
H
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Re: C0630 Lathe Restoration Shanghai 11th machine works
well its 0.02mm on a lathe cross feed/saddle, not a interpolated circle on a XY table, so it will always be fully round for the bearing fitHarold_V wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 4:19 pmHmmm.
I'm just thinking out loud.
.02 mm step on a cross slide equates to a diameter change of .00157", which would make it virtually impossible to do any precision work (like produce a bearing fit).
Personally, I'd give this idea a lot more thought. You'd probably be better served to invest the money in a more conventional machine, one that is already equipped with acceptable feed screws and dials.
Just sayin', of course. Each of us march to the drummer we hear.
H
Guess u were thinking about 0.02mm on a 3 axis cnc.
Theres also 0.9 deg stepper motors which makes it 0.01mm with 1 full step, i think u can get more steps than 360/0.9=400 steps using half steps
Re: C0630 Lathe Restoration Shanghai 11th machine works
Woops. yeah i guess 0.02mm increments is a bit too high for bearing fits. I guess i will have to use 0.9 deg steppers with half steps that give 4mm/400/2= 0.005 mm increments
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Have you ever before converted an old used manual lathe to CNC?
Too many things going on to bother listing them.
Re: C0630 Lathe Restoration Shanghai 11th machine works
The point you're missing is that a half thou spells the difference between a slip and press fit. You're talking more than that. Also, does it mean that it advances the cross slide the .02mm, or does it mean that it alters the diameter by .02mm?
For rough work it most likely won't matter, but you will be very unhappy if you have to do any tight tolerance work. Some folks think they won't have to. I beg to differ. I've already mentioned a bearing fit. If you can't work to a couple tenths, you're not going to enjoy your attempts, and you're bound to have to fit a bearing at some point in time.
Roundness: Roundness is a function of the headstock bearings, not the cross feed nor its stepper motor. One generally does not interpolate a (small) hole on a lathe.
That would be far better (assuming the reading implies that the change is on the diameter, not the radius), although you still may not have the option to alter a diameter by a half thou if it designates a radius change instead of a diameter change. Again, I suggest you rethink your decision.Theres also 0.9 deg stepper motors which makes it 0.01mm with 1 full step, i think u can get more steps than 360/0.9=400 steps using half steps
H
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Re: C0630 Lathe Restoration Shanghai 11th machine works
Yep I get what you're saying now, and I realised 1mm move on the crossfeed= 2mm change in diameter.Harold_V wrote: ↑Sun May 01, 2022 1:51 am For rough work it most likely won't matter, but you will be very unhappy if you have to do any tight tolerance work. Some folks think they won't have to. I beg to differ. I've already mentioned a bearing fit. If you can't work to a couple tenths, you're not going to enjoy your attempts, and you're bound to have to fit a bearing at some point in time.
I guess i will have to do some 5:1 reduction with a HTD 5mm belt drive to get that 4 micron or 0.15 thou steps in diameter
Re: C0630 Lathe Restoration Shanghai 11th machine works
Not yet but I've watched rotarySMP's videos on his chinese mini lathe cnc conversion which should be a good starting pointBill Shields wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 9:57 pm Have you ever before converted an old used manual lathe to CNC?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVBC9Vz ... =RotarySMP
Re: C0630 Lathe Restoration Shanghai 11th machine works
Hi Harold, you say roundness is a function of the headstock bearings.
My lathe has 8/10 of a thou runout measured in the spindle taper and on the D1, 4 external taper.
I took a very light cut on a piece of 2" aluminium bar and measured at different locations on the circumference and measured with a tenth resolution micrometer and no deviation.
Can I assume the spindle is not machined true or not seating true on the inner race of the bearing or worse the spindle is bent?
I think the course of action is to replace the bearings and grind the spindle true if required.
My lathe has 8/10 of a thou runout measured in the spindle taper and on the D1, 4 external taper.
I took a very light cut on a piece of 2" aluminium bar and measured at different locations on the circumference and measured with a tenth resolution micrometer and no deviation.
Can I assume the spindle is not machined true or not seating true on the inner race of the bearing or worse the spindle is bent?
I think the course of action is to replace the bearings and grind the spindle true if required.
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Re: C0630 Lathe Restoration Shanghai 11th machine works
QUESTION:
are you sure you have room inside the cross slide /compound for ball screw nuts?
Typically they are larger in diameter than conventional 'nuts'
we have an expression in North America involving silk purses and sow's ears.
are you sure you have room inside the cross slide /compound for ball screw nuts?
Typically they are larger in diameter than conventional 'nuts'
we have an expression in North America involving silk purses and sow's ears.
Too many things going on to bother listing them.