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Here she is ...................................been stored for many years, some rust here and there but nothing serious

The drive belt from motor to headstock is strange , a flat ribbed affair .

Edited By hth on 28/04/2016 09:25:12

Hi Ian

Gee that is a possibility , but the spare LS looks like it is a 1/8" pitch

I think Tony from Lathes UK mentioned that the high nickel content that some manufacturers used in lathe gears, can have the effect of making the gears 'sing' , or appear to be noisy .

What or where is Brum ? I am from Gippy , in the S.E. corner of Australia

Hi Clive

And thank you for the very useful information .

Regarding the L00 back plates, this supplier has them for a decent price . CDCO tools , he has a web site and he ships worldwide.

I noticed it has a coolant pump in the cabinet , at the headstock end .

Ok I will see how the clutch behaves , hopefully it will be in good shape.

The hex feed shaft , I do have a spare one which is a bonus. Mine has the half nut lever on the end of the carriage , rather unusual place for it.

Mike

Hey thanks

Looks like I am going to buy this lathe !!!! It comes with 2 faceplates and 2 chucks and the plate for driving the dog , no steadies though . Has a spare lead screw with it . Yes it has the angled hand wheel for the tailstock . Quite a stout looking machine . Regards

Hi

I have the opportunity to buy a Kerry AG lathe, it appears to be a Mk3 , it is fitted with the L00 style of spindle . The machine is in very good condition . Are they are good quality lathe ?

Does anyone have any knowledge of these lathes ? Doesn't seem to be many of them around .

Thanks Mike

Two smiling faces in banana bending land

I have a B model Drummond circa 1920 .... a late one

Hi from Gippsland

Sheraton made nice lathes , I have a Model AR that came from the local Tech. school . Despite years of abuse by kids, it is still giving sterling service .

The Elliot sounds nice, never heard of the Omnimill but it seems to be very versatile going by the lathes uk description . I have a CVA mill , a stout machine .

Are you near Wodonga ?   Mike

Edited By hth on 28/03/2016 08:46:23

Hi All

Some thoughtful advice and it is appreciated .

The lathe is in good shape, it came off a ship , I believe a RN or RAN ship as it has MOD markings on the original motor , which BTW is a 240V DC brushed motor made in London .

Anyway the problem has been found . It turns out it was operator error by me , or a lack of checking everything out properly . I discovered that the cross slide gib was not tight enough , its a tapered gib with a screw adjustment. The cross feed lead screw and nut are worn to some degree ( are not all of them worn ! ) . The cross slide was wandering in and out about .010" at will . As I was turning, the forces were moving the cross slide , hence the strange taper . On the L5, you tighten up the tapered gib by turning a screw and locking it with a nut . Mike

I will do a test tomorrow - turning a bar between centres .If the test indicates the turned  bar is not tapered then This should tell me  the chuck is the cause of the  problem . Thanks for the advice Mike

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Hi

My Harrison L5 displays a strange oddity. I have a new MT3 test bar , and the headstock to bed alignment seems to be near perfect when the test bar is inserted into the spindle bore , running a dial indicator up/down the bar indicates nil deflection/runout .

After putting the new 3 jaw chuck on the spindle , if I turn a section of bar 5" long, , there is a .003" - .004" taper over the 5 " length . Ive done this test a few times, the result is the same each time . The diameter is smaller at the chuck end .Mike

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The J&S in the sun..... its been a warm day , close to 100F

Hi

Being a new J&S 540 owner myself , what would be the modern equivalent of the oil used in the main hydraulic system ? The head spindle bearings use a special oil I believe .... which is different to the main hydraulic system and its motor driven pump . I have read that Shell Morlina is the modern oil for the head spindle .

Mike

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Hi John

Its a beautiful part of the world the Huon Valley . That's interesting, the changes you have noted since I was down there . I recall the houses were dirt cheap and Cygnet was almost dead , you could get a house to rent for 5 bucks a week . I was a student at the TCAE in Hobart . The govt. were paying the orchadists to rip out the apple trees and go into other pursuits . This is the house I lived in

http://tww.id.au/cygnet/pio-wills.html

6 Aug 2003 - From Mike

I spotted the history of the Guys road Wills house on the Cygnet web site. In 1974, myself and a fellow 18 year old student lived in the house for a few months. The house had been derelect for many years and we did our best to make it liveable again. We cleaned up the front garden and painted the window frames. The little loft in the roof had its own steep stairway. John was the person we spoke to occasionally, I hope he is in good health. Our neighbour was a old fellow called Merv, he was so kind to us, he would lend us his tractor to pull out our often bogged car. The separate kitchen and laundry had us wondering why it was built away from the main house. Amazingly, the old house wiring still worked. Guys road was deserted then, we had it all to ourselves.

We attended the then new Tasmanian College of Advanced Education, Mt Nelson, on the outskirts of Hobart. Our car was a 1953 Ford Anglia, we bought it for $50. I recall Jack ( Johns father I think ? ) coming to the house once. We picked apples at an orchard with old Merv occasionally, Merv told us he had lived in Cygnet his whole life and he saw the first motor car ever to come to Cygnet. We bought our groceries at the old store on the corner. It was so quiet, we used to set up targets on the fence opposite the house and shoot them from the verandah of the house using a .22 rifle. Nobody ever came up Guys road. Cygnet was rather run down as the apple industry had fallen on bad times, empty houses were dotted around town. Many apples were left on the trees as it wasn't worth picking them. Houses were $5 a week to rent. I guess at that time, early 1974, Cygnet was still a quiet, out of the way place that displayed a special ambience. People were very kind to us despite our long hair and being from the mainland as well. Living in the house was rather basic, we had no bath or shower, we used to use a little camping gas stove to cook things. The house internally was lined with hand split boards, some type of native softwood I think, a orangy colour, the newspapers used on the walls dated back to the 1880's, Tasmanian Mail. Our stay in Cygnet was upset by a nasty car accident, we had a head on prang on the Lymington road with a Falcon. Better stop raving. Bye from Mike.

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I have the parts book for the 1950's model but most the pages are water damaged

Hi John

Good luck with your project . I lived at Cygnet in the early 1970's , lots of apple orchards I recall . The apple industry was down and out with the UK joining the common market , they ( the pommies ) didn't want Tassie apples any more . Mike

The J&S 540 operators manual is available on UK EBAY for ten of your UK pounds , the parts book is eight quid . Dont know what years or variants of the 540 the books are for . Was the 540 made into the 1990's ? It must have been about the longest production run for a grinder , beginning around 1940 . re: the oil, seems that Shell Morlina is the most suitable .

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