Vintage tool thread. Post up yours!

[fabiodriven]

I got some pictures of the Homelite but the side cover is still in a tote or a bucket somewhere.









On the subject of the Husky 435, I got mine (under Scooter's recommendation) as a remanufactured saw. It looked brand new when I got it and that was some of the best money I've ever spent. It's quite rare that I have to fire up the 576 because the 435 is so capable with just a 16" bar. I might suggest you check how sharp your chain is, because I've been running chainsaws since I was a kid, over twenty years. It has only been in the last five years that I learned what a truly sharp chain is and how to sharpen chains to that degree myself. Maybe you already know, maybe your saw is a donkey, but mine rips. It's not the type of saw you have to push through your work, it needs to rev and dig on it's own. The chain has to do the work.

[Gabriel]

Those old homelites are a BEAST! I have a 1963 707D. It's a 96cc saw! It's not a high rev'r but it laughs at a seasoned red oak. When the chain is sharp, it'll pull a 2 inch long curled shaving and tear through it like Rosie O'donnell on a donut. Christ almighty they are loud though!!!

[Scootertrash]

like Rosie O'donnell on a donut.

[Scootertrash]

Sitting here in my deer stand pondering Rosie eating a donut.....

I wonder if she'd eat the hole first? .

[danbur55]

Triplett volt meter bought in 1953 by my granddads. Timing light that was also his but not sure of age on it. Both work

[Scootertrash]

Fabio,
How do you plan on powering the old Southbend lathe? Are you going to try to utilize the original belt drive?

[fabiodriven]

Fabio,
How do you plan on powering the old Southbend lathe? Are you going to try to utilize the original belt drive?

Now that you mention, the lathe motor wasn't visible in those pictures. In case anyone didn't notice, there is a motor back there.

If you knew the motor was there but rather are asking if I'm going to get rid of the old belt setup, the answer is the old belt setup will stay intact. I am going to put two new belts on it and keep it original. I would have been ecstatic to be given any South Bend lathe, but I was especially enthralled to see the overhead pulleys. This was the first one I'd seen with a drive system like this and I loved it. It really has a presence.

[90nut]

Fabio, you have quite the haul there with all those goodies! Your lathe is technically powered by a line shaft. It would have been powered at one point by a big hit n miss engine, and that engine would have ran the entire shop of tools. You can still get new flat belts, nothing wrong with them, but you gave to have a special tool to join the belts together, called a belt lacer. Love the old stuff, good to see it's going to be put to use, lathe looks clean as a pin as well!

[fabiodriven]

Oh yes I was aware of why it has the belt layout it does. I know it's probably unnecessary but it definitely is cool.

Yup I saw the belt kits on eBay and I actually have a lacer and the little tines or whatever they are to lace it, lol.

[90nut]

Your in then! My hendey lathe was a line shaft, but had an overhead motor kit on it. She's an oldy, but turns and threads still!

[plastikosmd]

You can switch out the setup for a continuous serpentine. (There was also a vbelt option and some have added their own custom vbelt pully.)
1) I never did it as my headstock bushings are great and I didn’t want to disturb the shims/bronze bushings/wicks etc
2) I like the “click” of the belt lacing as it passes over the pulleys, very zen
3) leather will slip=less breakage on a crash

[83ATC185]

Thanks for the saw pictures! I bought mine from Lowe's, i know that it probably needs tuning up and a good quality bar and chain put on it right out of the box, but since it only gets brought out a few times a year i don't worry too much about it. the last Husqvarna i used was a much heavier saw and maybe i just had unrealistic expectations for this one.

[fabiodriven]

1) I never did it as my headstock bushings are great and I didn’t want to disturb the shims/bronze bushings/wicks etc

Is the headstock the overhead shaft? I lost a wick in one of those bushings up there. Are these available? I can get better pictures but they're kind of wide, wide enough there are two lube holes on the one wick.

[El Camexican]

I’d really like to see a Barnett authored sinopsis on these lubrication instructions.

[plastikosmd]

Felt wicks
I think some get more involved than it needs to me

Here is short discussion
https://www.practicalmachinist.com/v...-wicks-169792/

For overhead I would use anything I had available

Mine is not overhead, rather rear tilt arrangement
The cups loose some oil at the bushings for motor countershaft.
I just top it off every couple hrs of running


Headstock loses very little hence me not wanting to take apart


Oils are another good question, there are 4 that u will use

1) spindle
2) gearbox if equipped
3) way oil
4) cutting oil

I think only 1 and 3 are critical, spindle should be thin enough to work but not too thin
Way oil I discovered a year or 2 into machining, it makes a heck of a difference. I would just use motor oil on ways and once I switched, the carriage just floats no stiction

Ps I have about 5 gallons and u are welcome to some, one gallon has lasted me 10 yrs and I just bought 5