HobbyMat MD65 restoration

[Adrian2021Participant @adrian2021]

[Adrian2021Participant @adrian2021]

I have just inherited a HobbyMat MD65 from my dad and would like to restore it in his memory. As well as putting it to use myself, I would like my own teenage son to learn to use it to get him started in engineering as well. The lathe has been stood for about 5 years since my dad's dementia started to get bad and it does need a bit of work. Most of the work is just some tidying and adjustment but there are some bits that I am concerned about that maybe you could offer some advice on?

1. The toolpost has crashed into the chuck while on autofeed and has damaged the side of the toolpost and the surface of the chuck jaws. Is this anything to worry about or just a normal accident?

2. A support piece for the leadscrew seems to be broken. I can not see what the long bar does other than provide some compression support. I have located the part as in the 2nd picture and it seems to be 2 dowels that have torn a chunk of the casing out for some reason. Is it anything to worry about?

[Roger BParticipant @rogerb61624]

I would say that the damage to the toolpost is minimal. Hopefully the chuck jaws can be cleaned up with a fine file. The outer gripping surface is seldom used and 3 jaw self centering chucks are not high precision components.

The long rectangular bar is mainly to protect the leadscrew, some people me included, use it to mount travel stops. Hopefully you can repair it with Araldite or similar.

[Mr CParticipant @mrc89691]

Part do appear on a well known auction site quite often.

Try searching for Essel engineering, they make bits for 16mm scale locos but they do have bits for hobbymats, you may have to email or call to find out. I think in teh past they were agents. Get the slow speed adaptor kit if you can.

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