Member postings for Mike Waldron

Michael:

My thought is not to go the whole hog and enlarge the spindle, bearings and bored as Mr Jennings did, but merely to make a larger nose register and thread.

A slight enlargement of the front journal can be accommodated - just - apparently, so that’s my course of action once the weather gets a bit warmer.

Mike

Good morning all:

I am a member of both the Drummond and Myford Yahoo groups, so anyone else who is will probably be already acquainted with this topic.

I am currently considering upgrading my Drummond M spindle from the lean 1MT provision to ML7 thread + 2MT socket.

Has anyone else done this? I would be interested to hear of your exploits.

Also - in and around November 1960 to January 1961, a certain Mr Jennings rote a 5 part article about his upgrade of a Drummond Admiralty model, using his other one!

I guess he is no longer with us, but did anyone know him?

Mike

I would like publicly to sat a big thank you to MichaelG for solving my ‘base problem’!

Mike

Well after a lengthy gap, it would appear I now have the promise of a decent proper-looking base for my Atlas drill. Thanks MichaelG!

Is there anyone else out there who knows anything about Atlas drill presses at all?

Were they something built for the uk market? I would think they were in competition with Union, Meddings, Fobco and the like over here.

Does anyone else have one?

There are two handy YouTube videos about restoring two models - complete from “tear down” (more correctly ‘dismantling’, as nothing got torn as far as I could see) - one by a British guy with a huge St George’s Cross flag in the background - Little English workshop(?) - ex-pat in USA maybe? - and the other by an American (or possibly Canadian) with the ubiquitous huge workshop.

Neither is the quite model I have, but it is certainly useful to see parts being dismantled and how it should / can be done.

should have said that Lathes.co.uk gives some very useful narrowing down of its date to late 1930s/40s

Mike W

Edited By Mike Waldron on 28/12/2018 10:05:39

Michael;

Thanks for replying so promptly,

Are you anywhere near Tewkesbury?

I have a son who lives in Liverpool so make trips up and down the M5/M6 - which broadens the scope of a possible pick up.

Or does the bit of Irish blood in me detect someone from the Emerald Isle?

Mike

( is it just me or does everyone press ‘return’ and have the cursor jump back up to he beginning of the box!?)

Firstly may I apologise for apparently forgetting to reply. I’m afraid I had a spell in hospital and it completely passeded outbof my mind, as the issues were somewhat serious.

MichaelG yes please, I am interested in your casting, if you still have it.

Thanks too to those of you who have other helpful suggestions.

Mike W

Geoff:

Interst in Sparey's gearbox was only really to find out whether it was a) an option, or b) financially worth it & c) whether I really do enough screw cutting to warrant it - which, like you, I the case - so I won't pursue the idea. Too much work, and expense via Hemingway.

I thinkI shall go down the fine feed route too.

Mike

PS interesting that when I press 'Return' - the corsor goes back to the beginning instead of the next line. Anyone else find that?

Thanks all for the welcome.

Long delay in replying was due to multiple family members coming to visit duringAugust.

I shall enjoy yet another opportunity to increase my engineering knowledge.

Mike

Looks like from these links that it was model 52 or 62 - not sure whether it was a floor-standing or bench-standing model. The head seems the same.

Only difference is that mine is a 3 speed not a 4.

Mike

Edited By Mike Waldron on 19/06/2017 10:38:32

Hi folks:

I have the remains of an old Atlas pillar drill - which should more correctly be called 'drill press', as it was an American machine, as far as I can tell.

I'm trying to improve on the rather Heath-Robinson arrangement I put together when I was a poor D&T teacher - solid steel column, as opposed to 2.25" tube - non standard (?) size as far as I can tell - and 3 speed as opposed to the more usual 4 speed - and old cast iron netball post trumpet bolted to 1/2" steel plates for the base...

Does anyone have a base for one of these machines lying around somewhere? or know where one can get something that would look right?

I have succeeded in making a quill return spring housing and got it to work, now replacing the awful coil spring arrangement I endured for years.

Or know where to purchase a length of 2.25" tube as opposed to the more usual 2.5" or 3" many had? Down here in the South (Tewkesbury) I can't get much good steel, and eBay is a bit of a gamble.

I have no idea whether it was a bench machine or floor mounted on - I need it to be bench mounted.

I would appreciate any help /advice anyone can offer.

Mike

Hi All;

I have just joined this forum - already a member of both Drummond and Myford Yahoo groups - as I have a ML7 and Drummond early M.

Can anyone share their experience of either owning / building / using such an accessor please?