I have just purchased a Boxford Lathe

[RichardM]

Guard after cutting fluid applied with a paint brush, just doing the knob for the end of the vice screw:

 

[123hotchef]

ha its covered!

 

[123hotchef]

oh and you cant see through it now either! so it could be made from metal or something not see through

 

[RichardM]

That's not bad, you should see it when I turn the suds system on

 

[123hotchef]

That's not bad, you should see it when I turn the suds system on

i can imagine that is why hood said it does not need to be see though

 

[123hotchef]

I would also do similar to the way the Triumph one I have works.
The Image above that you posted is very similar in function to the one that was on my Colchester Student (Round Head) and as I said I felt it too wide. The mechanism for stopping it was also similar in that it came down on hard stops. That in itself worked well but for ease of manufacture the Triumph way is easier. A rod for the hinge, a tube attached to the guard which slides over the rod and a slot in the tube that a setscrew protrudes through and allows only enough movement to set it up or down. Very simple to make and if you find the slot is slightly too long you can rotate the rod slightly to offset.



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is this your lathe?

 

[Hood]

is this your lathe?

Sadly it is.

 

[123hotchef]

Sadly it is.

the work it produces aint sad!

I dont suppose you can take a couple more pics at some stage please. what kind of diameter bar is the piviot for the hing and how is it mounted to the lathe

 

[Hood]

I will have a look and see if I have any pics.

The bar is probably 25mm and it goes into a hole in the headstock and is secured with a setscrew going down from the top, it means it can be adjusted by slackening the screw and sliding the bar to the desired position.

Obviously you won't want to bore a hole into the headstock but a bracket with a hole for the bar to slide through and a screw to lock it would do the exact same job, in fact the pic you posted of the Boxford has exactly that method.

 

[Hood]

Here is a closer pic.

 

[123hotchef]

I will have a look and see if I have any pics.

The bar is probably 25mm and it goes into a hole in the headstock and is secured with a setscrew going down from the top, it means it can be adjusted by slackening the screw and sliding the bar to the desired position.

Obviously you won't want to bore a hole into the headstock but a racket with a hole for the bar to slide through and a screw to lock it would do the exact same job, in fact the pic you posted of the Boxford has exactly that method.

There is a wee cover plate on the lower part of my head stock, I will remove it tomorrow and investigate it may be that I can use the holes to bolt some kind of bracket to. I was thinking 16mm bar and 20mm tube

 

[123hotchef]

Here is a closer pic.
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thanks that looks like firbe glass that guard

 

[Hood]

There is a wee cover plate on the lower part of my head stock, I will remove it tomorrow and investigate it may be that I can use the holes to bolt some kind of bracket to. I was thinking 16mm bar and 20mm tube

Yes that diameter would be plenty for a lathe of a Boxford size.

 

[Hood]

thanks that looks like firbe glass that guard

It is, or was It has been repaired and a metal tube and plate put on instead of the fully fibreglass guard as the original would have been. It was like that when I bought it so not guilty

 

[123hotchef]

It is, or was It has been repaired and a metal tube and plate put on instead of the fully fibreglass guard as the original would have been. It was like that when I bought it so not guilty

It does the job just fine.

Here is my head stock.

 

[123hotchef]

Only a micro switch behind that cover for the back gear. I expect this little stub may have been for a shaft

 

[123hotchef]

The switch is in I did have to take 2 switches apart to make one dpst switch though.

 

[Hood]

What is this?

 

[123hotchef]

What is this?

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That is the handle to engage the back gear. It halfs the speed

 

[Hood]

Ok so what do the two thumb screws do? Looks to be some kind of slot for inserting something into and the thumb screws clamp it down.