Nice work there Max pulling the headstock apart. Experience shows through, when you put the fixings and bits and bobs back in the holes they come off. I have had so many "tradesmen/technicians" who have worked for me just throwing everything in a bucket and we then found the wrong fixings in the wrong holes and they go off to stores for more bolts, nuts and washers. I only ever used to buy Sykes Pickavant pullers and kits every place I worked at, they do get abused and damaged. Then I got an offer on a couple of SKF bearing puller and installation kits, I was very impressed by the quality and design and indeed by the robust cases they came in. If you ever come across any going for a reasonable price, grab them, you won't be disappointed.

I'm planning to get one of these Lathes so it's been good to see you pull it apart and show it's innards.

Thank you for all the tips. I'm working on a lathe project of my own to replace all the bearings in the headstock.

108. Nothing like picking a cool day to work on this in a metal shed. So far no surprises so that is good.

Never underestimate a man with two tire irons handy. Nice little puller setup. Looks a lot like my Harrison with the lid off. All the best.

Looking good. If it ever gets too hot, let me know and I’ll ship you a crate full of snow to cool things off.

Thanks for the shoutout!

THANK YOU so much Max!! I have the same lathe ( Precision- Matthews 1340GT) and this series of videos will be a life saver if I ever need to do any headstock work.

Looks like a fun job. Thanks for the look.

Gday Max, luck was on your side so far, it’s good to no what I up against in the further with my lathe, hopefully many years done the track, great video as always mate, bloody hot there to, stubby time, Cheers

Looks a fairly well engineered lathe, sound engineering practices, like the O- ring closing cap. Nice strip down, thanks for the great photography 😀 Max. Too blooming warm for me in the UK.

Enjoyable viewing Max... We are familiar seeing your turning skills but great to see your fitting... See you in part two...

That headstock is very similar to the TIda lathe I used to have. Very nice to see clean magnets on it

Whoa, nice and cosy in the shed then! G'day Max, great stuff mate, been looking forward to seeing you do this bugger, stay cool, hang loose and lots of love to you

Fantastic work as usual, seeing I have the same lathe it's like a "how to" video if I ever need to do the same thing. From one Max to another thankyou!

Down the rabbit hole we goooooooooo.... Started simple like that for me with my pre-loved Hafco AL330. Ended up All bearings, tickle up on oil passages, deburr of all gears and shafts, quick change as well... And, I lifted the headstock off the lathe bed. Push me over with a feather if a beaver or some helpful....sob, had used a less than appropriate tool to prepare the top of the bed! Definitely not a mill, planer or surface grinder. Ended up epoxying a surface parallel to the ways using glass as the mold surface. Worked muddy blarvelously. She ran damn true after all that! Dare you check under the headstock.. It's only 4 bolts......

This should be good Max. Things are a lot more relevant when you have the same machine

Fascinating…… there is nothing you can’t do 👍😎👍 cheers Mate 🍻

Nice work as always Max. I uses lots of 6204 bearings. Normally on water pumps not Lathe head stocks. Looking forward to part 2. Gary

Jesus Christ Max, you can keep that hot weather all to yourself mate. I’m up on the Gold Coast, it’s bloody humid up here 😓. Cheers 🍻

Hello Max, Our temperatures are about to be very close to yours this week but with a minus sign in front of them. In a few hours, when it is light out, I will be driving my John Deere lawn tractor ( I saw yours in the other video) but I will be blowing snow about as deep as your grass was long. I just took apart a feed transmission on my HBM and when it comes to this type of work I am a complete amateur. I was pleasantly surprised to see you using a bent rod to drive the bearing out as I made pretty much the exact same tool for a bearing in my transmission. I am looking forward to seeing you put it all back together as I have about twenty new bearings to install and I am hoping to learn a bit from you. Thanks, Ken

Over in the Canadian Prairies, we are heading into a 7-10 day stretch of below -30ºC (-22ºF). Night time temps touching -40ºC (-40ºF). Without windchill. That's 150ºF difference from you Max!

Looking good Max, I was thinking “hope he checks the input shaft bearings while he’s in there” now I can sleep better. That’s some warm weather, we’re getting hammered with rain, about 10 days now. I guess our drought is over. Looking forward to part 2. Happy New Year !!

Thanks max !!

Nice bit of work Max, and pretty interesting as it is quite similar to my Asian 12"x36" . Cheers and happy new year, enjoy the heat, -30C here this morning!

very good job max..thanks for your time

Not one of my favorite things to do. Lol,great video max,keep'um coming.

This was a really interesting video Max. I was bummed when it ended. You are one busy bloke. When I got my lathe it was new and before I added the hydraulic fluid to the headstock I wanted to open it up an see if there was any manufacturing debris inside. Unfortunately, it was pinned in place in addition to the bolts, so I left it alone. I was concerned that popping off the lid might let the structure relax and mess up the alignment. Have you ever heard of that sort of issue? Happy soon to be New Year.

MAX ! Didn't you hear us all shouting ? "DON'T FORGET THE CIRCLIP"

Hi Max, great job, you have had good luck all the way through so far on this one! Love the cranked drift (sounds like a film lol), well thought out. What make of bearings are you replacing with out of interest? Cheers, Jon

G'day Max, just started to watch this 3 part series. Did you, (as I recently did) discover that what I thought was a copper earth stake is in fact a steel stake with a copper coating? Love yr work, Ian Mac.

Tough on bearing lubrication and motor cooling when shop is that warm. My shop in Albuquerque, NM gets that dang hot in the summer. We both must spend too much on machinery and tooling instead of air conditioning.🤣

Hi Max, Compliments of the season to you and your family. I had my hand up by the screen to catch that bearing so no problems. I was wondering about the circlip. You do a good job with making film clips on the fly without editing, well done. Cheers Ian New Zealand

some good oil to reuse there Max! haha

Good viewing Max, I like the way you know what's under the end caps before you pop them off. What make of bearings are you replacing the old ones with? Tony

🥵🥵Just a wee bit warm hope you got your stubby coolers ready for Ron, L8ron 🤗

Hi Max .. Warm one you say. Lol 😆 Summer is just starting. Excellent video on stripping down. The front baring when you were tapping the shaft out, I thought there might have been a shoulder or circlip holding the baring in place. Now we all know the truth lol. Nows your chance to show everyone the correct way to Produce a Spider to fit over the Turret ( 38mm turret )? Have fun & have a Great New Year 2021 👍💥💥💥🍺🍺🍺🍸🍹

Hi Max, the same bearing failed on mine, non chuck side counter shaft bearing. I used the Sykes Pickavant blind bearing puller and changed both bearings leaving the shaft in situ. Must be more load on that bearing and maybe too small for the application, touch wood mine are still ok after many hours of running time.

64 deg F here in Ohio today.. should be in the 20s this time of year.

Really interesting video, its rare to see the guts of a modern lathe. Felt like I was in your shed looking over your shoulder while you were working. Your improvised drift you reduced in size looks like an electrical earth stake, the outside is copper what is the centre core made of?

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Hi Max, Left field question. I run a similar lathe here in AUS. What type of quick change tool post are you using? Is this a HAFCO brand? Great lathe restoration vids BTW. Really helped me rebuild my old Pacific model.

Got a cold wave going on heh.

Wish I could split the difference in temperature with you-we’re expecting -15F (-26C) tonight. North central Minnesota USA.

Hi Max, when I took the cover off my al960 I was dismayed by the amount of metal in the oil ways and grit in the bottom of the headstock. How did you determine which bearing was noisy? Do you know if there is any way to align the headstock? Thanks Stan

Gee Max, I'm sitting here telling you you haven't taken the outside circlip out yet, and you' re totally ignoring me! :)

I could never work in that heat. My workshop is the opposite. In Winter it gets down to 2C. Usually about 8C with 90% humidity. Not good.

Hi I’ve been looking for a decent machine instead of working on the one I have that still won’t give me what I’m after. I can buy the Al 960B new, Same as you have Max you seem really happy with yours, would you purchase again if you needed?

Come up to Darwin mate. Thanks to "Global Warming" we just had our coldest christmas day since official records began 80 years ago. 24 degrees to a max of 27.3 degrees. 385 mm of rain in my gauge since last Monday. Bloody beautiful!!

We are waiting to cop the heat in SA Max, hasn’t arrived yet

Hey Max thank for the video, I will watch with interest, I have a 960b its about a year old, I have done some of the mods you have shown in previous video's, bloody marvellous. You may be in interested to know that i am in the process of fitting a 1.5hp Inverter & Motor package with Remote. Metric D90S Frame motor, 24mm shaft. which will give a bigger range of speeds and better control, its currently on its way from the UK, I'll keep you posted if you wish. Happy New Year to you... DG

Does your wife know what your doing with her dishes?....... Lol..... I won't tell