Hi all
Time to resurrect this thread as I have a couple of new questions.
1 year on and I'm still using the Union Graduate without anything more than a general clean up. I'm totally new to turning so wanted to just use it a bit before deciding on any restoration plans. I initially set the lathe up in my new shop in the garden but as it stands unused for a lot of the time I've recently moved it to my old basement workshop which will from now on be a dedicated turning shop. To get it down there I had to dismantle it (because of the weight) and before I put it back together again it now seems like a sensible opportunity to do some restoration.
I'm planning to at least replace the headstock bearings with sealed units, and the drive belt.
Some research lead me to the following bearing specifications :-
Headstock Front = 40x80x18mm = SKF6208 2RS
Headstock Rear = 50x80x16mm = SKF6010 2RS
But I am unsure whether these should be "bearing clearance C3" or "normal CN" ?
I know I can get a drive belt
here but the shipping costs etc more than double the cost to my location in Norway (if they will even export out of the UK anymore after Brexit ! ). I would prefer to try to source the v-belt locally but despite a lot of googling I can't find any specification for the standard v-belt. Can anyone help ?
Thanks
Mark