Metal Lathe [Restoration] - 1930s RANDA
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- čas přidán 10. 03. 2023
- In this video i'm restoring old Metal Lathe Randa from 1930s
I bought this lathe couple years ago and finally had opportunity to bring this beauty back to use.
This machine has some signs of damage and repairs but fortunately it was possible to make it run again.
Paint work was awful and there was allot of holes and imperfections left from casting process.
I did try electro plating for the first time and i love it.
This project took me way longer than expected but i'm very happy from results.
Let me know in comments what do you think about this Restoration
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Beautiful work to restore this old tool room lathe. Well done.
Anyone who saves an old machine like this deserves a thumbs up
Thank you very much Karol 👊
What a beautiful little machine. I'm always so jealous of people who manage to find them for sale.
Bella y formidable restauración de esta herramienta de casi 100 años de antigüedad!!.😊. Recibe mis saludos y respetos desde Irapuato GTO - MÉXICO.
That was a big undertaking. You did a great job! God's peace to you and your family.
Thanks allot man 👍God's blessing to you and your family 😌
That turned out absolutely gorgeous, dude! A fantastic piece to use for years to come! Please keep up this excellent work and videography! You are doing a fantastic job! 🍻🤘💜
Cheers buddy 👊😁 I'm glad you like it 👌🍻
Beautiful restoration on a great lathe! I can only wish for one of those!
Thanks allot J T 👍 was lucky to buy it cheap
as below great work !
Great restoration. This lathe machine can last for ever if maintained regularly. Well nade lathe machine.
More grease to your elbow.
Turned out wonderful! Look forward to seeing it in use in future vids.
Cheers
Thanks Rick 👍 I'm excited to learn and and expand my possibilities 👊
Excellent work friend, great restoraton have a nice day !!!. Brian UK.👍👍😀😀.
Cheers Brian 🍻 greetings from medway 😁
Beauty, and green suits her face :) Modern machines don't have that breath of cold, cast steel anymore, they do the job but something is missing :) Regards, good job.
Thanks allot Piotrze 😁 that's why i love old tool's and machines 👌 pozdrawiam 👍
What a lovely little machine. Looks like a cross between a small Hardinge, and a south bend workshop lathe. Side note; ought to replace that lead screw and half nut. Looks like a LOT of wear on those.
Thanks David 👍 the half nut seen a better time's that's for sure, and thanks for pointing that 👍
I love seeing antique equipment being brought back to life.
The best part of restoration is using them instead putting on display
@@MatthewMoustache I agree with that, I've got some old woodworking tools I need to fix up and I've got an old forge blower I need to restore as well.
@Mackenzie Forge sounds like couple nice projects 👍
Nice piece of machinery! Bit of advice for the future, though: do not sandblast precision machined parts or the frames of precision machines. Sandblasting can induce surface stress on the parts and throw them out of whack. 1 or 2 thousands of an inch doesn't matter if it's a old hand drill you're restoring, but it matters when it's a lathe you plan to make accurate cuts on :)
It can be blasted, but you need to use plastic media. Plastic bead blasting will strip the paint, but won't affect the underlying metal.
Why not oil the parts on reassembly ? Looks a great job👍🏻
Very nice restoration!
One hint for the future - these big flat head screws are not designed to be opened with standard flat head screw drivers. These need a head that is straight, not angled. For to his kind of tool, please check "Drag Link Socket".
Thanks man 👍 great tip I'll definitely get them 👊 appreciate that
Es una verdadera joya mecánica. Tiene un estado impecable. Le envío un cordial saludo y mis sinceras Felicitaciones . Desde la Ciudad de Buenos Aires Argentina.
Magnificent job you did restoring that lathe. It looks much better and it works like a charm too. Excellent work as usual, particularly after putting in a whole lot of hard work.
Thank you very much George 😁 appreciate your kind words 👌
Of course you are great. But the restoration of a lathe is impossible without checking and restoring the geometry of the guide surfaces.
Thanks for letting me know i will make a research on how to do it in correct way and check it 👍
you mean rectify the shelves?
@@MatthewMoustachelove your willingness to take constructive criticism and find a solution
Beautiful lathe really beautiful!!!!
Thank you Daniel 👍
No i pięknie, super robota, myślę że będzie służyć długo i stworzy sporo ... pozdrowienia 👍🥳 cheers 🍻
Dzięki Tomasz, wyzwanie było zacne 😁 teraz trzeba sie uczyć jak tym operować 😅 pozdro 🍻
Having just acquired my very first lathe-a RANDA which needs a lot of TLC I found this very interesting, thank you, I am 73 and although DIY savvy, this is my first ever lathe so I hope I can find someone prepared to answer stupid questions !!
You can ask me 😁 and I'll try my best to answer
@@MatthewMoustache Well now I have it and will be taking it home to France. Should be home in a week. It seems to me that the first thing is to clean as much crud off it as possible so a hand car wash with hot soapy water might be the first step? It will certainly need a motor and a flat and V belt.
@duncanandrews1940 nice 👌, you can try with pressure washer for sure just make sure you will work on it since that to prevent more rust build up, motor can be runned through vfd drive to easy adjust speed 😉
@@MatthewMoustache Car washed it today and will start to dismantle it for finer cleaning. Not much rust on it anywhere. Using Ballistol as a rust prevention liquid. Because I live in France all the accessories here are metric. As this is a 1930's machine what tread(s) should I expect to find on it? ( Oil Cups etc., )
@duncanandrews1940 nice one buddy, you need to check them manually or try to make some research on your exact model, if it's made for Europe maybe metric but it's hard to say without seeing it.
I am very impressed with the results, your lathe came out very nice.
Thank you Bill 👍
This video was awesome to watch mate 👍 nice job you did
Thanks allot brother 👊 I'm glad you like it 😀
Good job!! However as a retired Master Machinist I couldn't help but notice the absence of a thread dial. Not having this would make accurate thread cutting extremely difficult if not downright impossible. Just curious if there was one missing or if there never was one?
Thank you William 👍 this is how i got it so it might be missing and I'm new to using metal lathe so thanks for letting me know 😀 I'll be learning how to use it but definitely this will increase my ability and skills
Wonderful restoration job.
Thanks allot mate 👍
Wow I’ve been waiting for this video and it was worth the wait I love it mate and you are building up a nice collection of tools now 👍🏻
Appreciate that mate 😁 now I need to visit you and cast some brass 😉
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@@tadeuszczerwinski3982 daj cały komentarz Tadeusz, pozdrawiam 💪
Замечательная работа 👍
Только есть один нюанс. Это не реставрация, это марафет. Станок просто стал красивей, и всё. Настоящая реставрация подразумевает восстановление заводской геометрии и параметров. А тут НИ ОДНОГО контрольного замера и ниодной восстановленной поверхности. Только чистка и смазка.
Serviço perfeito
Very acurate restoration...
Thank you 👍
Tres bien !
Thank you very much 👊 😁
It's amazing restoration
Thanks allot mate 👊
Wow, that is an awesome restoration mate! Not a small undertaking
Cheers mate 👍 appreciate that 😁
Great restoration. You did a nice job. 👍👍
Thanks Masi 👊😁
Just Beautiful
Thank you 👍
Nice restoration, nice machine.
Thanks man 👍
Very cool
Thank you 👍
A totally new Lease on Life.Nice One Bro.👍
Thanks allot James 👍
Excelent job man! Congratulations.
Thank you very much 👊
Mon Boley 4L est de 1927, une merveille
Lovely job, I Had an old Myford that was very similar to this.
Thank you 👍 Myford would be more difficult to restore i guess 😁
Love old machines like this 😁 with a small light lathe ya want to bolt it down tight to somethin solid and heavy....... Youll get much better cuts and a better finish. After that the lathe needs to be "leveled"...... this doesnt mean actually makin the ways level, it means removing any twist from the ways, twisted ways will show up as a taper on what youre cuttin; tho a short lathe makin small parts it wont matter as much. Lots of videos about lathe leveling, I suggest This Old Tonys video, its both helpful and funny 😁
Thanks mate 👊 good tip is always much appreciated 😁👍
Great Job, Gives me inspiration for when I get around to my Drumond one day.
Thanks man 👍 I'm happy to hear that 😀
Отлично !!!! С уважением старинный токарь !!!!
Seems like a well built little lathe.
Indeed James, no flimsy parts and planed by engineers without computers 👌
Nice work. But please don't sandblast guide surfaces, that will ruin them. A drop of oil here and there wouldn't have hurt during assembly. The scale rings made of plastic are guaranteed not to be original, to make new ones you need a milling machine with a dividing apparatus.
Thank you very much for your input 👍 most of them were covered with tape, i did use machine wax for protection and smooth running, I'm new to such an machines but lesson learnt 👍
Que buena la enseñanza de estos motores celecradese
Just Subbed. Great job. very relaxing.
Thank you very much David 👍appreciate it 😁
Молодец 👍
Nice Restoration !
Cheers buddy 😁👊
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@@RustyBoyCrafts 😁🍻
Fajna tokarka. Jest może niewielka, ale widzę w niej duży potencjał. Jeżeli ma pełny zestaw kół zębatych to można na niej zrobić każdy standardowy gwint. Możliwość skręcenia konika w bok też czasem się przydaje.
Zostaje tylko życzyć dobrej zabawy. 👍😃
Dzięki napewno zabawy i nauki nie braknie 😁 dodatkowe koła zębate postaram się gdzieś wyszukać za cene burgera 😅
@@MatthewMoustache warto poświęcić jeden wieczór i policzyć najczęściej potrzebne przełożenia do gwintów metrycznych i calowych. Taka ściągawka przy tokarce na pewno będzie pomocna. Sam w pracy stosuję system ściągawek, żeby nie liczyć w kółko tego samego.
excellent video. I have an R and A with 6 bolts to secure the bed, i think mine has a longer bed but I bought it without the left hand support for the gears, still, its useful. I had to get an adapter plate and a chuck plus a sewing machine motor to run it! Would love to get a casted copy of that bracket! (I have the gears...) Please PM me if you can help...
Thank you very much, i can try to help if you find me on the other social media as it will be easier to have discussion 👍 moustache workshop on Instagram or fb
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I quite like your restoration. I have a Tyzack ZYTO with a date of 1954 ? It's basically the same lathe only mine has a bigger lathe bed. Your rebuild didn't show any alignment though for the headstock and tailstock !!!
But a very good refurbished little lathe ready for another X amount of years.
Thanks Lance 👍 I did it off the scene as I'm new to metal lathes and don't have too much knowledge, but for sure it will serve another year's
Magnifique 👍👏
Thank you 👍😁
Great job and a heavy made little lathe
Well done on your getting almost to 20k Matthew! Now you are 1 closer 😅
Thanks allot 👊😁 one at a time that's all I need 😉🍻
😍Beatiful 👍
Thank you 👍😁
Very good
Thank you 👍
20:10 😂😂😂 yes, it's a game
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Is the read bearing welded after crack? Nice cleaning and painting.
165 - 167 Bishopsgate. I am not sure what they are doing down there now. But it is not Lathes. Great job.
Thank you 👍
I bought a Randa lathe just a couple of weeks ago. So this was a timely video for me.
Not sure what mine is, but it does not have a Randa name plate, instead the casting is stamped Ross & Alexander Ltd "Randa"
Still coming to terms with the thing. Think I am getting too much play in the headstock. Did you need to replace the bronze bushings in yours?
Surprisingly bushings on my one were okay and didn't had to much use i guess (fairly good condition). Your might be older.
I hope you will find this video useful 👍
@@MatthewMoustache I am going to play around a bit with mine first, then strip it down and try and work out where the play is coming from.
Mine also came with a 3 phase motor and VFD. The VFD I realised yesterday is programmable and also has a number of terminals so I can add extra switches to it. Going to be playing with that tonight
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8:40 Man, cast bodies should not be grinded because the original texture is lost. Anyway, great job! You brought it back to live
I remove only imperfections left after casting process as they were not cleared in factory.
Not necessarily. This is a small, inexpensive hobby machine, so savings were made on such complex work during production. At my workplace there is still an old milling machine from the 1960s, which was also processed in the factory at the time, i.e. sanded, filled and painted in several layers.
That was cool, maybe figureout how to change out the chain for a belt and save your ears and sanity
Thanks man 👍 it's actually an old link belt and all gears creates the most of the noise.
I will try to reduce it somehow 🤔
Nice old lathe , what was the runout on that part. Watching you almost made me want to try that. Do you have any recommendations as to which lathes that aren't worth restoring.
Thanks George, if you talk about that small brass part (oil wick feeder) there's cap missing and broken fixing point for the cap. My recommendation hmm as long as you don't need buying half of the parts it's worth it or if you can't make some of the parts i would pass
@Matthew Moustache yeah I'm just conflicted between buying a new one "probably with plastic gears and made in china" or buying one made in USA even being an older one. Just wanting something for occasional use in hobbies
@George Distel well i heard about cheap Chinese lathes they might have problems with plastic gear's, but i bet you can find decent second hand on fb market
To many open spindles n gearing. Should be covered. Great restoration.
Thanks, I have plans to make some nice cover 👍
Safe to presume you chased all the threads off camera? As easy as the bolts and nuts went on, you must have.
Did you level and plumb the machined surfaces to ensure they are the same height and flat to each other? Dependng oon how much use it has seen, and the maintenance, the machined surfaces could be worn down a little, giving idiosycricies to work with/over come to get an accurate part. The chuck and tail stock off a couple thousandths of being centered, for example.
Yes i did few operations off camera, this machine is my entry level for understanding how it's working and how to learn basics etc.
Still didn't find the right place for this lathe, once I'll do it I definitely invite one of my friends who got the right knowledge and help me with all what you mentioned.
Thanks for pointing crucial things 👍
This is the same lathe as a Zyto with a different badge. Have a look on Anchor designs he restored my zyto 2 years ago.
I will have a look 😁 thanks
Винт под шестигранник в станке 30х годов?
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Great restoration did you replace the main bearings or did you leave the original ones thanks ❤
Thanks Tina 😁 the original were still in good shape 👍
@@MatthewMoustache cheers thanks 💖
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Thank you SEM 👍
Помыть и покрасить, это не реставрация станка, это только визуально красоту навести. Чтобы станок работал необходимо все направляющие и привалочные поверхности приводить в порядок
развелось рестовраторов ,а как хвалят ,во что привратился мир ,или люди рукожопые
@@kander3634 тренды ))))
собрал всё почти без смазки - профан... и даже латунь точит коряво...
Не понять какого года этот станок? в 30 годах не было ключей с 6 гранями
были квадраты разных калибров
c'eut un beau travail de nettoyage et de peinture mais pas une restauration ,les queues d'aigle du coulisseau et des chariots n'ont pas été ajustées pour compenser l'usure ¨¨
It looks good, but you missed so many aspects of restoring precision machinery. Proper slide restoration and adjustment. Having the right tools; dial indicators, feeler gauges etc. The chuck was not properly lubricated on the scroll or bevel gears. Proper general lubrication, the list goes on. They are plenty of good restoration posts on CZcams, if you want to learn the right way, watch them, and your posts will not meet such negative comments by professional engineers.
Appreciate your input 👌 I'm not an engineer as you can see 🤷♂️ there's nothing negative in your comment just a knowledge about proper way of doing it 👍
@MatthewMoustache Thank you, I spent all my working life as an engineer with over 35 years in the gear/gearbox industry. I was the guy that was sent to repair, modify, offer assistance to customers all over the world. I've stripped and rebuilt so many gearboxes that it was 2nd nature. Good luck and happy restoring.
Me interesa
If you don't mind me asking how long did it take from start too finish
I think somewhere between 30 35 hours
1930 and it has plastic dials? Unusual.
These plastic dials were added by someone as markings on them are done with knife and shaking hand i believe 😅 that will be one of the first thing I'll be changing
How long took that puzzle?🤪
Good couple hours 😅
I wouldn't call it a restoration, I'd call it a service.
Маточная гайка стёрта почти в ноль, герметрия тоже под вопросом. Смысл в такой "реставрации" отсутствует, если только как экспонат на полку поставить
How much?
So stripping paint, body filler and new paint is a rebuild???
Properly cleaned, rust removed, fully disassembled, new paint, adjusting all moving parts, make sure it's working, i think it's called restoration.
is it straight, does it cut parrallel. more to restoring alathe than a new coat of paint and wd40.
@Victor Muckleston few uses and I will know
Had to watch it on x2 speed
I know it's a long video and I tried to show everything that's necessary 🤷♂️
那麽老的車床整修後也不太好用吧!
дааа!!!!!!
умели делать в 30-х
а вот для чего ниша в станине перед бабкой вопрос
универсальности добавляли
механизм привода на цепи ето тоже вопрос
малая продольная с одним ухом крепления
вобщем загадки истории!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So if that lathe is from the 1930 how come you have plastic parts on the lathe.
That's because someone add them to this lathe, as they look handmade
i wish i had that baby
Keep looking Paul I'm sure you will find it 👊
Люфты, посадки, геометрия - это всё для слабаков. Краска из балончика устранит все проблемы.
это что было ,покраска , развелось рестовраторов которые понятия не имеют что такое рестоврация
Разобрал,помыл,собрал. Шляпа!👎
Niewiele tej restauracji, wszystko na pokaz byle ktoś oglądał. Po co te dziwne narzędzia typu przedwojenny klucz nastawny, albo krótki wkrętak? I w dodatku kto polewa odrdzewiaczem łeb śruby? Smaruje się gwint, a nie łeb. Za to like nie dostaniesz ode mnie.