Member postings for Darrell Thompson

gates , north carolina. 3 miles from virgina line, near suffolk va. good ole USA. I might could find the parts but dont have the cash. all my goodies will have to be made or wait till my ship comes in. been waiting on that ship for almost 57 years now. i think it sunk. lol

updated my profile so maybe someone will learn a little about me. thanks for the info

just below what is pivot point for reverse lever is another hole (actully 3) , does anyone know what was mounted here. i want to know the diameter of and number of teeth on gears on lever also. position of holes or traced lever would be a great help. never used change gears to thread before alway had a gear box . lathe didnt have a chuck. just faceplate and collets.enjoying this but wish i could be making chips with it instead

Gates, North Carolina. just below Suffolk, Va... Playing around with lathe today and with change gears from my other lathe i got forward feed. i will have to make a bushing with key to drive both low and high feeds. dont want to keep change gears from other lathe in this machine so i will need to make gears too. as for reverse well thats another matter. got to figure out just how parts go together as i dont want to drill new holes in machine if i dont have to. i should be able to reverse engineer using the holes that emcomat used orginally

it is the tumbler reverse with all the mating parts. got this machine from a friend and these parts were misssing. spline belt was broken. cost $42 plus shiping if I went that route. made a double V belt pulley to replace that. cost $5 for V belts. pulleys from scrap. had to tear down switches to get all the speede because low would not lock in, just jog. mill head had a shift lever broken so i only had 2 speeds. tore it apart and found it in 3 parts in gob of grease. use my other 3 in one to make a new one. made it out on steel instead of pot metal. so so far its me 2 and machine 1. but i will get it eventually.

live in USA , Gates NC. the main gears and parts are the gear train holder and mating parts. and all I have left is time it will be a good starting place

i am looking for sizes to forward/reverse gear train holder or bango to emcomat 7 lathe and all the parts that mate to it. including change gears. pages 9 and 10 in spare parts list that i have. got machine cheap and cant afford new parts so i will try to make my own but i dont have originals . so it is get sizes or engineer them from scratch. traced or hand drawn details with demensions would be a great help. my e mail is [email protected] .