Subject: Sears lathes, 109. series

From: [email-masked] (Your Name Here)
Date: 5 Jun 1996 21:31:40 GMT

Clausing Service Center was recommended to another inquirer about
 a 109. series Sears lathe. Clausing's phone is (219) 533-0371, but 
the address is Goshen, Indiana.  They told me that the 109. 
lathes were all made by AA Mfg. and AA is out of business, so
 no spare parts are available.  That leaves me looking for a headstock
spindle - apparently 14mm in dia, but threaded US 1/2 inch for the 
3-jaw chuck and faceplates I picked up with the lathe (mine is
109.21270).  I happened on some 14mm stock - a shaft in a scrapped 
computer printer, of all things, installed a length of it, and cut 
the thread as well as I could.  Not very well, apparently, as the 
chuck runs out grossly.  I can do some rough turning between centers
but I haven't brought the machine up to any kind of precision.  It's 
been fun tinkering, and the price was right!
             Bill Soule  aka    RRx - The Train Doctor - RRx

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From: PPIERCE <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 16:52:12 -0700

>              Bill Soule  aka    RRx - The Train Doctor - RRx

Read Frank McLean's (Village Press, "The Best of Frank McLean" Pg 27) article on 
registers, shoulders, etc.  After reading that you will realize that chucks do not 
center on threads.  Think about a short mandrel.  The threads hold the chuck on,
the register centers, while the spindle shoulder keeps things square.  He also
describes how to cure some problems.  I had a faceplate giving me problems.
I was alway told I could remove a faceplate with work on it, and put it back keeping my 
center.  I miked the register are and found it to be 1.533 in.  The register area of 
the spindle was righton at 1.500...  

Have fun with your lathe.  I'm sure enjoying mine...

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From: [email-masked] (James Kirkpatrick)
Date: 6 Jun 96 09:09:53 MDT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Your Name Here) writes:
|>Clausing Service Center was recommended to another inquirer about
|> a 109. series Sears lathe. Clausing's phone is (219) 533-0371, but 
|>the address is Goshen, Indiana.  They told me that the 109. 
|>lathes were all made by AA Mfg. and AA is out of business, so
|> no spare parts are available.

>From  the FAQ:

   -  Jim Anderson
      1642 Hillridge
      Ann Arbor MI 48103

      There were a few Craftsman lathes that were apparently *not* made by
      Clausing or their predecessors, called AA Products.  Jim has a
      catalog of sorts; send an 8 1/2 x 11 self-addressed-stamped-envelope
      with 2 stamps.   Include the model number in the request and he will
      send a copy of the manual, a list of customers, and a list of parts
      sources.

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My folks have a drafting board they would like to get rid of. The table must
be 6'x4' and it has a machine and stool with it. It's like new. If your
interested - email me at [email-masked]

it is located in Dunkirk, N.Y.

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From: [email-masked] (Russ Kepler)
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 01:24:52 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
Your Name Here <[email-masked]> wrote:
> no spare parts are available.

>From  the FAQ:

Jim Anderson
1642 Hillridge
Ann Arbor, MI  48103

Send an 8 1/2 x 11 self addressed, stamped envelope and 2 stamps and
he'll send you a copy of the manual, a list of customers and a list of
parts sources.

-- 
Russ Kepler posting from home  [email-masked]

                      Please don't feed the Engineers

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From: [email-masked] (Lughaid)
Date: 7 Jun 1996 07:43:37 -0400

I was able to find another spindle, head, cross slide, etc, from:
(from the FAQ)
-  J. C. Boegeman
      1464 S. Warner Dr.
      Apache Junction, AZ  85220
      (602) 982-8436

      Discontinued parts for Atlas, Craftsman, Clausing lathes.
      Quadrants, reverse gear boxes, lead screws, half-nuts,
      spindles, steady rests, and so on.  No catalog, so call.
When I was out there earlier this year, he had lots of parts available. Mr
Boegeman was very helpful. 

Michael Horgan  [email-masked]   [email-masked]

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From: Mike Rehmus <[email-masked]>
Date: 7 Jun 1996 16:32:22 GMT

Bill,

AA never heard of metric when they made that one.

The spindle is very prone to bending which is 
probably why yours went missing.

I seem to remember (I rebuilt my father's AA
last year) that the spindle is indeed 1/2" but
that there is a shoulder on the spindle nose
that is much larger than that.  So you have
to start with a piece of steel larger than
1/2"... perhaps as large as 1".

If you screw-cut the threads on the spindle nose
and you have the shoulder, the chuck should not
wobble.  But you do need both the shoulder and the
thread to be true to the spindle's longitudinal
axis.

Best regards,

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 04:20:01 GMT

>             Bill Soule  aka    RRx - The Train Doctor - RRx

Buy 5/8" stock for your 14mm spindle stock. C.R.S. (Cold Roll Steel).
It is customary to use prussian blue on the threads and test fit the
chuck on and off the spindle until the threads are cutting evenly. The
only way you can cut the threads small enough to make the chuck fit
loosly is to hog out too much at a time.  Besides, the fit of the
chuck usually depends upon the parralellism of the back of the chuck
to the flat of the headstock spindle, and not the fit of the threads.
It does not depend on the accuracy of the lathe, but the skill of the
operator. It's a craftsmanship thing, not a equipment thing.