Big Yellow Lathe

Hello,

Last night I was not able to get the tail stock of the large yellow lathe to work. The center tool top part was separated from the barrel, I could not get the barrel of it out. The hand crank was also not working.

It was found like this, I tried to resolve the issue but had no luck. Could someone please take a look at it.

Thank you .

It’s had some issues in the last month. @mkart took it apart and cleaned it and reattached the handle correctly. I used it last weekend and it was tight but working. It definitely feels like the inside bar is bent. I’d suggest we replace the inside parts. Might be worth adding a swing away assist for the tailstock. That thing is super heavy and wonky to put back on if you are not familiar with it. I can see how it would get dropped. @Azalaket if you are cool with that I can research the part numbers that are needed. Or we could replace the whole thing with a Robust American Beauty. Just sayin.

@ryan take a look at what parts are needed for the powermatic and let me know what to order