On Jan 24, 2025, at 2:37?PM, mike allen via groups.io <animal@...> wrote:

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IS it a bearing or a bushing spindle ? If its a bushing one I'm not so sure about running any solvents through the bushings ?

animal

On 1/24/25 11:51 AM, rfmarchi1 via groups.io wrote:

I sold my place in West Virginia a couple of years ago and moved the shop to a garage in Southern Maryland. Life intervened and I'm just getting around to setting the shop back up. When I moved the 10' Atlas lathe I took off the motor and pulley assembly as a unit, stripped it of all tooling, chucks, tailstock, etc, and took it?off the bench it was bolted to. It arrived intact and the spindle was turning freely. I occasionally put a few drops of spindle oil in the headstock oilers and the other oil points. The garage is insulated, heated,?and cooled. A few months ago, I noticed that the spindle was not turning freely. The back gear pin is not engaged and the back gears turn freely. I was down there a couple of weekends ago and put some Kroil in the oilers, hoping that it would do its magic. No luck, so far. Obviously, I can disassemble the spindle and dig into the problem or I could try some heat and brute force. But I wondered if anybody on the group has a suggestion that I might try before I get into teardown mode????

Thanks,

Richard Marchi