Show us your lathe

[Turbo]

Don't think I ever...

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I'll have it finished, one day...

Dave H. (the other one

You know its a good lathe when the headstock is half the length of the whole lathe!

 

[slim_boy_fat]

a) How did you come by it, and
b) What are you going to do with it?

 

[Pete.]

It was on ebay. I looked at it but couldn't decide on an application so left it alone.

 

[MattF]

It was on ebay. I looked at it but couldn't decide on an application so left it alone.

Same here.

 

[GraemeVW]

Ooo, a lathe thread! Another long thread for me to trawl through!
I'll start at the end though and post a pic of my 1902 Drummond.

It has a different saddle and cross slide but I've no idea what it's off
I thinknits had new leadscrews and nits fitted but has some backlash now. Not much wear in the ways though!
Spindle had worn so I had it hard chromed and reground.
I have various chucks, faceplates, steadies etc for it and it still does accurate work. I use it alot.
Has a 1930s singer sewing machine motor and an unknown gearbox (no neutral or reverse so not from a motorcycle or cyclecar etc).

I love it bit am always on the lookout for something bigger. I don't have huge amounts of space though, and I want as much throw as possible without loads of length.
A few lathes were made that fit the bill, but not many!
If I don't find one I may convert a horizontal mill to use as a lathe.

 

[Screwdriver]

Looks awesome. Very trick. Often wondered how one of those might look with a really crazy colour scheme. Yellows, reds and blacks.

That's what I'd do and for the purists, it's only a bit of paint ffs. Would look spectacular.

 

[GraemeVW]

Looks awesome. Very trick. Often wondered how one of those might look with a really crazy colour scheme. Yellows, reds and blacks.

That's what I'd do and for the purists, it's only a bit of paint ffs. Would look spectacular.

I'm sure I've seen some brightly painted ones, didn't look great iirc.
Apart from it being a good tool, it's so nice to look at. Like an old bridge or fancy railings.
It's not in its original paint (I don't think), but it's been repainted very well with paint that's super tough but not brittle. No idea what it was. I think the lathe was acquired in the 1950s by a hobby engineer who modified it and used it till he died. I think that's the story I got when I bought it.

 

[Maker]

Looks awesome. Very trick. Often wondered how one of those might look with a really crazy colour scheme. Yellows, reds and blacks.

That's what I'd do and for the purists, it's only a bit of paint ffs. Would look spectacular.

Didn't someone post a lathe they'd restored and painted bright green? Certainly was a spectacle.

 

[Screwdriver]

Didn't someone post a lathe they'd restored and painted bright green? Certainly was a spectacle.

Does require a modicum of artistic flair.

But it's only paint...

 

[Pete.]

Didn't someone post a lathe they'd restored and painted bright green? Certainly was a spectacle.

Wrong forum. I think you are on about Mark Rand's Hardinge.

 

[pptom]

Brought this about 6 months ago, bit of a step up from the Myford. It needed a damn good clean and I couldn't resist painting it. Started off with a rotary converter, but swapped over to a vfd, added a splash guard since, love it.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Didn't someone post a lathe they'd restored and painted bright green? Certainly was a spectacle.

Don't like dingy grey green lathes.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Wrong forum. I think you are on about Mark Rand's Hardinge.

Quite like that

 

[Pete.]

Brought this about 6 months ago, bit of a step up from the Myford. It needed a damn good clean and I couldn't resist painting it. Started off with a rotary converter, but swapped over to a vfd, added a splash guard since, love it.View attachment 317692

That's not a step up from a Myford - that's 3 flights of stairs up!

 

[Maker]

Wrong forum. I think you are on about Mark Rand's Hardinge.

That's the one . I'm not a fan but it's not my lathe, paint your tools whatever colour you like, you're the one who has to look at them.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Hi all

Last time I asked for a rather delicate machine, now I'm showing a clod:

What is it?

Any idea?

Thanks!

Carsten

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[Pete.]

Looks like a second op machine. All but worthless for the home workshop.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Looks like a second op machine. All but worthless for the home workshop.

Could you elaborate on that a bit?
Thank you.

Carsten

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[Hood]

No feed, no threading.
Looks like you position the saddle where you need it, lock it down and use the compound and X for working.

 

[8ob]

View attachment 155614 View attachment 155613 View attachment 155614 Monarch lathe being extracted. Its a 18x108
Only a 3.5ton tidler!

What did you do with the Monarch Plessblake?

Bob