Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
G'day everyone, we are almost at an end to our series on fixing the lathe gearbox.
After making the pump and brackets we can now get around to getting the oil filter put on the lathe's gearbox. As some people have said, doing this is not very common for many types of gearboxes, but due to the design of the gearbox, and the soft steel gears, there is so much excess wear metal being deposited into the oil. And because it lacks a deep sump, away from the spinning gears, the metal keeps getting mixed back into the oil and splashes directly into the gears and bearings,
So before I spend $300 in bearings and seals I would like to install a simple filter and pump. Cheap insurance against this problem happening again in a year or two.
#machining #gearbox
Lathe Gearbox Filter
Lathe Gearbox Pump and Filter System
Adding a filter to a gearbox
Adding a filter to the lathe gearbox
Fixing The Flaw with The Gearbox
Fixing The Lathes Flawed Gearbox
G'day everyone, we are almost at an end to our series on fixing the lathe gearbox.
After making the pump and brackets we can now get around to getting the oil filter put on the lathe's gearbox. As some people have said, doing this is not very common for many types of gearboxes, but due to the design of the gearbox, and the soft steel gears, there is so much excess wear metal being deposited into the oil. And because it lacks a deep sump, away from the spinning gears, the metal keeps getting mixed back into the oil and splashes directly into the gears and bearings,
So before I spend $300 in bearings and seals I would like to install a simple filter and pump. Cheap insurance against this problem happening again in a year or two.
#machining #gearbox
Lathe Gearbox Filter
Lathe Gearbox Pump and Filter System
Adding a filter to a gearbox
Adding a filter to the lathe gearbox
Fixing The Flaw with The Gearbox
Fixing The Lathes Flawed Gearbox
