Need Help!- Hardinge Cataract Bench Lathe disassembly [images inside]

[PaulMaudDib]

My neighbor's ancient Hardinge Cataract has had a bit of an issue. There's a screw that tightens the compound and prevents it from rotating. That screw goes through the bottom of the compound and into the cross-slide, where it threads into a little bit that spins around in the cross slide (I can see it through the hole).

That screw has stripped, and I need to get the compound off the cross-slide to drill and tap that bit that the screw grabs inside the cross-slide.



The hole is the closest one in this pic, ignore the slot for the lantern on the top.



The offending hole is in the bottom of the compound, near the back of the pic.

None of the pieces I can take off or unscrew reveal any way to get the compound off the cross-slide, however. Also, my neighbor tried banging it with a wedge, thinking perhaps it was pressed in. No dice.

[philbur]

I would have expected there to be a second screw there somewhere. A single offset screw doesn't seem like a very good means of ensuring the compound clamps securely to the cross slide.

My lathe has two.

Phil