Lathe crash

[Martensite]

There's this cute little old Hardinge on the Fleabay

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hardinge-Model-TL-Split-Bed-Precision-Toolroom-Lathe_W0QQitemZ130000629385QQcategoryZ97230QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It looks like someone probably got in trouble for crunching it like this.

My question is, what else gets munged when you go smash! bang! assuming you ducked?

This poor old girl isn't alone in her experience, I'm sure. Has anyone rebuilt a machine following a crash like this?

Must have made quite a sound....

 

[L Vanice]

Broken tool post t-slots on Hardinge compounds and slide rests are all too common. I have seen lots of them, and various ugly repair jobs.

I have never broken one, but I have made completely new top slides out of O-1 and Durabar.

Hardinge finally went to hardened steel top slides on the 1960 model DV59 slide rests. I have never seen one of those broken.

Larry

 

[TedinNorfolk]

Its possible the T slot(quite flimsy) has been "pulled" by careless handling/ overtightening with the lathe stationary

 

[wippin' boy]

if this is a wreck
i'll take one every day
now if that damage was 2 layers down
it would be real trouble