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What specific info do you need ? Someone on here might be able to help.

Not usually difficult to work out what controls do, so assume it’s some technical info you need.?

If you have a real desire to own the full manual, don’t really think £40 is out of the way, Tony is running a business after all.

Looks like a handy bit of kit.

Edited By Alan Waddington 2 on 08/02/2020 21:49:17

If you’re dim enough to believe anything a seller states in an advert, then you deserve all you get.

Someone in the family was diagnosed a couple of years ago, she’s now in full term care, really shocking decline.

If it helps Brass is yellow, Gunmetal is darker and more orange, looks like brass and copper mixed.

Many years ago i helped a mate who lived a few doors away build a wood turning lathe.

We knocked it up in my garage and fitted a used single phase motor, it ran perfectly.

When he plugged it in at home it ran in reverse.......much head scratching.

Eventually brought the motor back to mine and it ran the correct way every time, but at his place it ran the other way.

Never really got to the bottom of it.

‘Very light’ Are you sure it’s not Dibond composite ally sheet. Very common in the sign industry 👍

Can’t provide an answer, but iv’e also got one floating about in my drill drawer.

Haha, epic thread ressurection......never looked at the date

Have had quite a few harrisons, L5’s L5a’s L6’s, 140’s they were all stamped with a serial number on the bed, tailstock end. There is a list on lathes.co.uk which will tell you the year of production from the number.

Just remembered Bede Tool and Machinery are breaking an L5, not sure if parts are interchangeable but worth an ask. Advert is on Facebook, but probably worth giving them a call to discuss.

You will need to take the motor apart and dig out the star point to run it from an inverter. I would forget using the original switches and contactors etc. Wire the inverter direct to the motor.

L5a has a clutch, so once the motor is running, just leave it running and use clutch for stop start.

Forward and reverse is handled mechanically.

Harrison serial number/year list .http://www.lathes.co.uk/harrison/page14.html

Edited By Alan Waddington 2 on 16/12/2019 16:20:20

Define ‘small’ what are the dimensions of the hole, and what wall thickness ?

Brian

Both of my inverters have the E Stop wired into the low voltage ‘Control’ side of the inverter. The lathe has a pendant with Forward, Reverse, Jog and E stop switches, wired to the inverter using alarm type multicore cable.

To quote my old gaffers well used phrase

“Come on lads, we’re not making gold watches here”...........

Have a nice Ainjest high speed threading unit to fit that lathe if you are interested ? Makes thread cutting so much easier.

The second knurled grip is designed to afford the user better purchase when using the micrometer as a hammer during squaring operations and such like.

Well that’s one less you have to make.......

If it sells then its realistic.........market decides what things are worth, not sellers.

Did you get a receipt in your name when you bought it ? If so that’s your proof. No one will ever ask for proof unless there is a dispute over ownership between you and your son. And yes the seller should have filled in the existing V5c with your sons details (if he was to become registerd keeper), and sent of to DVLA Your son will receive a new V5c in his name in due course. 

Edited By Alan Waddington 2 on 31/08/2019 00:48:59