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Iron man strikes again.
Today I acquired.
This lovely Holbrook.
Today I acquired.
This lovely Holbrook.
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thats a beaut
Phew thank God for that - I was going to buy it! Bargain price as well.
If my trailer had been ready I would have gone for it. Not sending that through a pallet network!
What is the chance of me finding one when I am ready though
Pleased it has gone to a good home!
Easy - They are all in Spencers shed...Phew thank God for that - I was going to buy it! Bargain price as well.
If my trailer had been ready I would have gone for it. Not sending that through a pallet network!
What is the chance of me finding one when I am ready though
Pleased it has gone to a good home!
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You've got more 'projects' on the stocks than I, and that's saying something. 
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Sorry fizzy.Phew thank God for that - I was going to buy it! Bargain price as well.
If my trailer had been ready I would have gone for it. Not sending that through a pallet network!
What is the chance of me finding one when I am ready though
Pleased it has gone to a good home!
I couldn't resist.
@spencer 427
I used to have a c13 you wont be disappointed with yours.
I used to have a c13 you wont be disappointed with yours.
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Welcome to the world of Unobtainium parts
Have you found the Holbrook group (used to be on Yahoo, now https://groups.io/g/holbrook), helpful folks from around the globe, useful threads and tech' documents, even factory drawings for some parts
The 127 gear for Metric threading should be clipped inside the cover over the quadrant gears, for full set of metric threads you also need the 36 tooth, I had to Find One, bear in mind they may be 20* PA unlike most of their contemporaries!
Dave H. (the other one)
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I have a list of unobtainiam parts to find for a few of the projects. But keep searching as they will turn up.Welcome to the world of Unobtainium parts
Have you found the Holbrook group (used to be on Yahoo, now https://groups.io/g/holbrook), helpful folks from around the globe, useful threads and tech' documents, even factory drawings for some parts
The 127 gear for Metric threading should be clipped inside the cover over the quadrant gears, for full set of metric threads you also need the 36 tooth, I had to Find One, bear in mind they may be 20* PA unlike most of their contemporaries!
Dave H. (the other one)
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C13 I have (about 1955, a bit more recent than Spencer's) is 16DP 20* PA apart from the 2-speed clutch box (12DP)- fortunately that's a fairly easy spec', HPC Gears do them off the shelf for the more common tooth counts and specials if you really need / can afford them - the C15 may also be 16 DP / 20* or being slightly larger may be 14 DP?
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All good information guys thankyou. I look very forward to getting the machine back.
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They're really in a league of their own, buttery smooth and so overbuilt (tailstock weighs about as much as a Chinese minilathe but slides with two fingers). I really like the hard stops/trips on the feeds (mine is a bit later, so has the gauge tray and micrometer on the front way cover, longer on the later ones, plus the tool tray's different with an adjustable 3/4 stop bar - don't have the stops for the cross-slide though, but they're pretty simple (tapped block with stop screws, go into that T-slot on the tailstock side of the cross-slide) so I plan to make 'em, 3/8 BSF will give me 50 thou" per turn...) - the trips are there though, from day 1 of the Model C, and an elegant piece of design
Yours has the cross-slide quick-retract too, I put a DTI on and mine repeats to about a tenth... Useful.
Dave H. (the other one)
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Today I acquired light.
2 tress and a lot of bush have gone. Letting in more light into back garden.
Plus holes.
Minor surgery today as well.
No stiches, just glued up.
But, I was given some stuff as well.
2 box's. One of plastic, the other of cardboard.
In the box of cardboard was:
Extra fine wire wool (were can I find a metal sheep?) Blackboard paint, label remover liquid. 2 tins of paint. All for a future project.
In the Box of plastic.
It works, on charge as I type.
Plus this lot.
The yellow ones are fuel. I think I have a torch for them. The white are O2. Not sure if they are full or not.
In the blue box was a selection of Draper Rechargeable drills and batteries.
None are usable, all will be junked.
2 tress and a lot of bush have gone. Letting in more light into back garden.
Plus holes.
Minor surgery today as well.
No stiches, just glued up.
But, I was given some stuff as well.
2 box's. One of plastic, the other of cardboard.
In the box of cardboard was:
Extra fine wire wool (were can I find a metal sheep?) Blackboard paint, label remover liquid. 2 tins of paint. All for a future project.
In the Box of plastic.
It works, on charge as I type.
Plus this lot.
The yellow ones are fuel. I think I have a torch for them. The white are O2. Not sure if they are full or not.
In the blue box was a selection of Draper Rechargeable drills and batteries.
None are usable, all will be junked.
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