MAN!!! I need ta' restock the lathe room, LOL

Some 5 years ago I bough the old lathe from FABO-member 'EDWIN'.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/BigBlockMopar/Lathe/2hwpmhf.jpg


Since it was transported in parts, upon arrival I decided to clean and paint it up nicely again.
Another project had been born.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/BigBlockMopar/Lathe/IMG_0374.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/BigBlockMopar/Lathe/IMG_0376.jpg


After a few painstaking days of degreasing and removing the old layers of paint on the hunks of steel it was ready for paint and reassemble the lathe again.

I used a nice vintage looking green metallic paint I had a few cans of left.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/BigBlockMopar/Lathe/IMG_0378.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/BigBlockMopar/Lathe/IMG_0377.jpg









Found some wear and tear on the lathe which I managed to restore a bit again by adjusting a few items.
The bed however has some wear near the headstock so if I use the tailstock I need to shim it up some with some heavy stock paper. Which then makes it aligned enough again for what I'm doing with the lathe usually.