My new Harrison lathe

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Guys. It's been bugging me what these are for. They came with the machine. Various sizes and have a slight dome to them. Almost like they had a belt run on them.

 

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That's the tailstock taken apart. Internally fantastic condition.

 

[pressbrake1]

Look Moore pattern scraping pre dating Moore jig bores

 

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Look Moore pattern scraping pre dating Moore jig bores

I noticed the scraping. There is a lot of that on the box ways and compound

 

[pressbrake1]

It’s trendy (on YouTube) to call it Moore pattern. When I was a apprentice it was just called bedding curls

 

[RichardM]

"Guys. It's been bugging me what these are for. They came with the machine. Various sizes and have a slight dome to them. Almost like they had a belt run on them."

Just a guess but what about belt drives for overhead shaft options

 

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"Guys. It's been bugging me what these are for. They came with the machine. Various sizes and have a slight dome to them. Almost like they had a belt run on them."

Just a guess but what about belt drives for overhead shaft options

It's a big gear head lathe that has its original motor. They might not have been anything to do with the Harrison but I found them in the lathe stand along with the lathe dogs.

 

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Had a trip to the yard today. And brought the Harrison lathe motor back home. Monster size and serious heavy.

 

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Over the weekend I made a start on pulling the tailstock apart. All in good order .A couple of little bits to sort. Basic cleaning tasks . Although the machine is best part of 100 years old and patina is important. It's also had a 100 years of crud build up and that's why its mandatory that machinery needs pulling apart.

 

[Dieselman 63]

Always amazes me how dirt manages to find its way into sealed off bits of castings!

 

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Always amazes me how dirt manages to find its way into sealed off bits of castings!

It does. These parts were full of crud.

 

[Barking Mat]

Nice lathe....

 

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Some progress on my Harrison. Tailstock and fittings are all cleaned and sorted. Now ready for primer and paint..... got some scraping to do on the bottom part of the tailstock. Will cut a couple of reliefs in and get scraping...

 

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Got the monster in primer

 

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Tailstock is now painted. I used a zinc phosphate primer and topped it off with a basic semi shine black chassis paint. I didn't want nothing fancy but I think I have got it just right. And with the all the fittings being not polished but semi..I think it looks good and has the industrial look.

 

[Carl Wilson]

I wish I had even the merest glimmer of knowledge about scraping. It's white man's magic to me!

I've only just discovered this thread but so glad to have done so. I enjoy seeing machines being restored and I learn so much that I can apply to my own projects.

Your Harrison lathe is built like a brick shipyards toilet. One thing I was wondering was is the cross slide handwheel original? It predates the "safety neuroses" smooth handwheels on the M series Harrison lathes by 70 years!

 

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I wish I had even the merest glimmer of knowledge about scraping. It's white man's magic to me!

I've only just discovered this thread but so glad to have done so. I enjoy seeing machines being restored and I learn so much that I can apply to my own projects.

Your Harrison lathe is built like a brick shipyards toilet. One thing I was wondering was is the cross slide handwheel original? It predates the "safety neuroses" smooth handwheels on the M series Harrison lathes by 70 years!

To be honest Carl I am not 100 percent sure. It looks to be original. There are no model numbers or machine numbers on the Harrison. I spoke to Tony at lathes uk about it. He wants to do a page on the Harrison. The company I acquired the machine from have the documents for it somewhere it's just finding them...the machine is similar to the very early Harrison l5 but a lot bigger.

 

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Top half of the tailstock is complete. I am happy with the finished result.

 

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Had a look at the cross slide for the Harrison. It even still has the original scraping Mark's.i don't think it will need a lot. Will blue it up and see what's what.

 

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Today's task
Get the compound slide cleaned. Sorted and get ready for scraping.