Show us your lathe

[MattF]

One of my future restoration projects.

 

[aametalmaster]

First pic 1974 SB 10K
2nd pic moving my 10K from the garage to the house in the snow with a sled.
3rd pic 1941 SB 10L
4th pic 1919 SB 15" ...Bob

 

[gavuk]

Here's my Harrison L5

 

[FranV8]

One of my future restoration projects.

Drummond round bed - cool!

 

[rtbcomp]

There's loads of those round-beds out there, I wonder what percentage of the original production is still in use?

 

[Robotstar5]

Are water pipes not supposed to be blue?

Yes, that's the worrying bit

 

[Terrapin]

My Sheldon Lathe

Traced it back to the USA - Shipped over at the start of WW2 to make folding motorbikes for paratoopers!

 

[Ed.]

Mine is a 1mt long with gap bed, 3 phase, 6hp unit with a speed range from 25-1600RPM which I do all my metal mangling on.

 

[wyn]

This is my larger lathe....Around 36" between centres, gap bed not really sure what the swing in the gap is. D1-4 camlock i only have an 8" 3 jaw at the moment. Originaly it had a 5hp 3ph motor but at the moment i am only running it off a 2hp 1ph motor.

I got it for free off a mate who dug it out of a skip....it's a bit worn but is fine for bodging stuff.

 

[MattF]

There's loads of those round-beds out there, I wonder what percentage of the original production is still in use?

Quite a decent percentage, it seems. I've got two here. Just wish the Drummond change-gears and ancillaries seemed to have the same ability to survive. Out of four Drummonds, (you have likely guessed that I have a bit of a soft spot for Drummonds? ), I still doubt I have managed to attain one complete set of change-gears between them. This is the other roundbed:

From what I was told by the chap I bought that one from, it was, before him, owned by an engineer/designer who worked for LNER. This is the pre-B type, btw, (the pic is one taken by the chap I bought it from):

 

[Wedg1e]

Mine is a 1mt long with gap bed, 3 phase, 6hp unit with a speed range from 25-1600RPM which I do all my metal mangling on.

There are definitely hints of Colcheter about that, whatever it is

 

[hareng]

Only got two lathes at the moment, no room to take piccy. Did have 4 this time last year, Frank above got my old Harrison 140.
Boxford TLC125 and an Harrison M300 i cant power any larger.

Just the rear view
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n563/Jonhareng/Harrison M300/M300DROCABLING002.jpg?t=1308042831

 

[oddbob]

Here's my trusty machine! ...I cobbled it together out of bits'n'pieces collected mostly off of ebay, and it's done all I've asked of it for the last five or six years (mind, I've not asked a lot of it really ). No idea of a manufacturer as there's no makers name on it anywhere. The more observant amongst you will have noticed that drive is supplied by a wood turning lathe's headstock!

 

[Wedg1e]

Only got two lathes at the moment, no room to take piccy. Did have 4 this time last year, Frank above got my old Harrison 140.
Boxford TLC125 and an Harrison M300 i cant power any larger.

Just the rear view
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n563/Jonhareng/Harrison M300/M300DROCABLING002.jpg?t=1308042831

I had a TCL125 for a few months, never got it working other than to run the carriage up and down in manual mode. Still have the manuals somewhere.
I realised that even though it could make lots of identical parts very quickly, I'd still have to keep feeding it stock and giving it a datum to work from.
I collected it from a big house in the depths of Oxon. but it was another motorway services job when I sold it.

 

[MarkMG]

Here's mine Portass Dreadnought, year unknown....but old!

 

[Norm]

Great thread this it's just pure engineering porn, I never realised that such a wide variety of machines existed. Can't quite put my finger on it but there's something about lathes It's a bit like vintage cars or traction engines there just very pleasing to the eye.

 

[BrokenBiker]

Great thread this it's just pure engineering porn, I never realised that such a wide variety of machines existed. Can't quite put my finger on it but there's something about lathes It's a bit like vintage cars or traction engines there just very pleasing to the eye.

totally agree, my missus hates it when i drag her to an engineering workshop to pick stuff up, cos i always spend ages staring at lathes and millers :P

 

[s410man]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120901526138?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

my very new to me lathe

any idea what the small bracket is that is nearly in the way of the nameplate

is it to stop the steady at a fixed place as it apperas it is supposed to have a lenght of bar in it according to lathes.co.uk

second pic the corner can just be seen

same as this

http://www.lathes.co.uk/willson/page5.html

 

[Norm]

totally agree, my missus hates it when i drag her to an engineering workshop to pick stuff up, cos i always spend ages staring at lathes and millers :P

Snap, women eh! there happy to spend three hours picking a pair of shoes or a bag but woe betide if you stop to admire something mechanical
Norm

 

[Norm]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120901526138?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

my very new to me lathe

any idea what the small bracket is that is nearly in the way of the nameplate

is it to stop the steady at a fixed place as it apperas it is supposed to have a lenght of bar in it according to lathes.co.uk

second pic the corner can just be seen

same as this

http://www.lathes.co.uk/willson/page5.html

Can't help mate but well bid