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Posted by david.sanderson@bem.fki-et.com on August 10, 2006, 3:02 pm
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zedbert@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I recently acquired a Drummond round bed lathe. Well, parts of. I did
> put an advert on homeworkshop but nobody has any spare parts or wants
> to buy my bits.
>
> So, I was thinking, how hard can it be to fabricate enough bits to make
> it workable. Ought to be able to make a tailstock ram from a
> morse-taper sleeve (the ones with MT inside but parallel outsides)
> welded to a steel tube, threaded bar and a handwheel of some sort.
> And then bung on an ordinary myford/some such topslide? Does that all
> sound sensible?
>
> My main questions are: the headstock mandrel; looking on lathes.co.uk,
> it doesn't appear to be particularly hollow, or even back-geared.
> Can I get away with a piece of solid bar, Myford nose thread on one end
> and something on the other to mount gears on?
> Would said bar then need to be hardened & ground to run in the original
> bearings?
> Can I bash/carefully knock out the old solid bearing and put in modern
> needle rollers (use less space) or taper rollers (for strength)?
>
> And, does anyone have any drawings/plans/scrap parts/whole machine
> lying about I can take measurements from and photos of?
>
> I'm not really looking to do this machine up for cash, I've seen
> complete ones sell on the dread eBay for a ton or less, but the father
> in law has been looking for a cheep lathe for a while.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed
I know someone with 2 of these, who was last time i spoke to him
looking to offload them. IIRC one had some bits missing, and one was
complete, including changewheels. if you are interested i can ask how
much.
or i can get measurements/photos no prob.
Dave
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>
> I recently acquired a Drummond round bed lathe. Well, parts of. I did
> put an advert on homeworkshop but nobody has any spare parts or wants
> to buy my bits.
>
> So, I was thinking, how hard can it be to fabricate enough bits to make
> it workable. Ought to be able to make a tailstock ram from a
> morse-taper sleeve (the ones with MT inside but parallel outsides)
> welded to a steel tube, threaded bar and a handwheel of some sort.
> And then bung on an ordinary myford/some such topslide? Does that all
> sound sensible?
>
> My main questions are: the headstock mandrel; looking on lathes.co.uk,
> it doesn't appear to be particularly hollow, or even back-geared.
> Can I get away with a piece of solid bar, Myford nose thread on one end
> and something on the other to mount gears on?
> Would said bar then need to be hardened & ground to run in the original
> bearings?
> Can I bash/carefully knock out the old solid bearing and put in modern
> needle rollers (use less space) or taper rollers (for strength)?
>
> And, does anyone have any drawings/plans/scrap parts/whole machine
> lying about I can take measurements from and photos of?
>
> I'm not really looking to do this machine up for cash, I've seen
> complete ones sell on the dread eBay for a ton or less, but the father
> in law has been looking for a cheep lathe for a while.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed