British empire lathe

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A couple of finishing passes and on to the front

 

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Done....onwards....

 

[Seadog]

A lovely job.

 

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A lovely job.

Thank you kind sir

 

[weldingnovice]

Could do with a lick of paint

 

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Could do with a lick of paint

Yer...burgundy metallic over candy apple

 

[weldingnovice]

Whatever colour takes your fancy

That scratching work looks the mutts.

Disclaimer

I know feck all

 

[Hopefuldave]

That scratching work looks the mutts.

Disclaimer

I know feck all

Connelly's book on Machine Tool Reconditioning and Schlesinger's Testing Machine tools will learn yer...

 

[Seadog]

That scratching work looks the mutts.

 

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Today. Set up my angle plate so I can get scraping

 

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That will do me for today. Will finish off tomorrow

 

[Gritineye]

Lovely work God, that's something I'd love to learn as it takes discipline and the results must be so satisfying, sadly discipline isn't my strong point..

 

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Lovely work God, that's something I'd love to learn as it takes discipline and the results must be so satisfying, sadly discipline isn't my strong point..

Thanks mate...its time consuming and can be hard work but I do find it very therapeutic

 

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That's that done

 

[Hbfowler]

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No worries, I only got it out of the van today and spent an hour cleaning the brass swarf and general muck off. Did manage to get it up on its legs.

Good day sir,I just stumbled across your empire lathe rebuild and I must say You have done an awesome job on her..I have one of those old lathes in my shed and it should be revamped like yours but it’s very low on the list of things to do,it is in running order and it do be used every now and then.
I would like to find a Manuel or some literature on this lathe because most of the brass plates are worn beyond recognition And would help me if and when I decide to do a rebuild such as yours…cheers

 

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Good day sir,I just stumbled across your empire lathe rebuild and I must say You have done an awesome job on her..I have one of those old lathes in my shed and it should be revamped like yours but it’s very low on the list of things to do,it is in running order and it do be used every now and then.
I would like to find a Manuel or some literature on this lathe because most of the brass plates are worn beyond recognition And would help me if and when I decide to do a rebuild such as yours…cheers

Hi. I can take pictures of the brass screw cutting plates if that helps

 

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Hi. OK I have taken pictures of the brass plates for the tumbler ..screw cutting chart. And screw box speed plus the gear leaver A B C position that's indicated in the screw chart..

 

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It's quite simple. Once you study the chart it will tell you the corresponding positions for the leavers and speed and tumbler. Do you have the change gears installed

 

[Hbfowler]

Thanks for the pics,they are in great shape so now I can cross reference them and yes she is all in one piece and in working order as a matter of fact I was using it today to turn down an eccentric shaft for a project in doing. I’m not a machinist by no means but i pulled this machine out of the scrapyard and I’m doing a few odd jobs and learning as I go.Thanks for the reply.
cheers from Newfoundland.

 

[fizzy]

Thanks for the pics,they are in great shape so now I can cross reference them and yes she is all in one piece and in working order as a matter of fact I was using it today to turn down an eccentric shaft for a project in doing. I’m not a machinist by no means but i pulled this machine out of the scrapyard and I’m doing a few odd jobs and learning as I go.Thanks for the reply.
cheers from Newfoundland.

Wow nice to see someone from the other side of the pond. The closest bit to us in fact! Welcome and beware. When I first came to this forum I had 2 lathes. Now I have 9. Along with 4 milling machines and 4 surface grinders