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The Alex vertical head is 4mt, the original draw bar is S20, I'm getting quite proficient at cutting it, both internal and external.

I've done allsorts on mine, if you mount off the vertical where the table fits you can bore all the way to the floor!!

Point to note when using a vfd you will still be changing belts as you lose torque,

Richard

Edited By Richard - on 12/11/2019 16:17:20

I had a Bridgeport but due to low height of workshop I could only put it in one place, simply didn't work.

I sold it, done some research and got an old Alexander toolmaster, Deckel FP1 copy, best thing I ever did, you really can do about everything with it, yes they have problems eg not a lot of room on the Z axis above the table but there's always a way around it.

Richard

Not a great photo but it'll give you an idea, on a M250

During the machining part of my apprenticeship we used many machines,

Now I've got space we have amongst other things!!

Lathes - SWMBO said I'm always buying rubbish!!

A Schaublin with no tail stock or lead screw, sold for a

Mk 2 Raglan Little John, sold for a

Emco Maximat standard 3000 with milling head, sold for

Boxford CUD, sold for

Harrison M250 still got it

Milling machines

Bridgeport belt head, no space sold for

Amolco cnc modified running mach 3, too small sold for

George Alexander tool master, still got it... Fantastic

What we have now is the most capable machines we can get in the space we have.

Cut an S20x2 internal buttress thread for a new drawbar for the George Alexander (Deckel) feeling pleased with myself!!!

Hi,

I settled on the Axminster a year ago as it popped up on ebay hardly used.

I agree with Perko.

I often use it vertically, however you do need to make a larger rest as the one supplied is pitiful, there is a fair bit of room around the rest in the horizontal position, so you can leave a larger rest attached.

Setting up can be a challenge, but what I have discovered is it is mostly down to careful setting with a quality blade,

Richard

Hi Paul,

I'm just outside Cardiff, also 52!!

Welcome, one of my mates is a real scooter nut!!

Richard

If you look at the lathes UK website there is a calculator, it allows you to input your available gears and give you combinations with percentage errors. This allows you to make an informed choice. My CUD now sold had a metric lead screw, I used to cut imperial threads successfully using this method.

Richard

Spot on, put another shilling in the meter!!

Thanks

Does anybody knows what's happened to the Homeworkshop adverts site, it's been down for a while now?

Richard

**LINK**

A quick search you tube, might help?

There are a lot of similar tips,

Richard

If you keep one bolt on the vice tighter than the other it will act as a pivot and you will be able to set it parallel very quickly,

No need for anything else,

Richard

Just be careful the standard for stainless steel is a lot lower than normal 8.8

Got caught out many years ago when making roll cages for competition.

Richard

I made one, based on the Randy Richard's design he has a channel on YouTube.

It works brilliantly and uses a 60 degree carbide lathe tool insert.

Check out his channel

Richard

It's a morse taper screw in adapter for a shell mill holder/face mill or such like.

Richard

My 2 pence worth!!

Had a original Dixon badged Boxford on my CUD, couldn't fault it apart from the price.

Have now got a clone wedge type size B/250 on a Harrison M250, brilliant with the benefit of being able to make your own tool holders, because of the wedge you have more of a tolerance when using cloned tool holders. There is a fair bit of info about wedge v piston.

Check the sizes, I think a B will be a bit big, probably an A would be better.

Richard

Hi Pete,

I've just moved on from a single phase CUD, if I kept it I was planning 3 phase.

I think you'll find reversible single phase more than the 3 phase motor. Also you won't have the speed control.

The finish is meant to be better with 3 phase as well.!!

Alan sent pm

Hi Alan, have you still got the bush, my Harrison is reported to be 41/2 MT

thanks

Richard