Member postings for Adrian Harrison

I spent a good 4 hours today just going through my HSS tooling that came with my lathe to see what works for facing of, i did manage to get a better finish at the end but I'm wondering if its possible to do better..
here two pictures of the setup that i found the best and the tool that i used, please any input that would help let me know

Adrian

not for screw cutting no but for turning

Thank you for that link Brian and that traction engine you have in the picture looks amazing!

HI David, i really like the look of your M type so I'm sure i will be asking you some questions as i can already see a few modifications I would like to make to mine.. That plug is a really good idea and one i will do this weekend..
I bought a copy of Model Engineers workshop last month because it had plans to make tool holders, that could well be my first project and along with the other projects that i will need to make to make them

Hello Bill, I diid go over the lathe with some good quality oil and checked everting was moving as it should be before i turned the motor over.. I did find the back gear would not stay engaged but thats now not a problem after some good use..
i bought the Amateur's lathe book about 4 years ago and must of read it about 20 times over but like you say its going to take sometime to put that into practice

Screw cutting, now there is a discussion! I was just thinking if i had a bit more speed then i may get a better finish but from all the points people have made here I'm thinking not...
I have a full set of gears with my M type so screw cutting is something I will try

thanks for the link Ady1, just about to sit down with a morning coffee and read the whole thing..
and making my own centres is something that i have thought about doing, as you say it would make a good first project and i have my eye on a DTI and magnetic stand at my local tool shop

New member from Canada BC, I bought an older lathe two months ago which is an m type Drummond..

Really happy with what I bought and now I just need to learn how to use it 😁

I will order that book tonight and I'm sure I should have a knife tool in all the hss tooling that came with the lathe

Thanks for all the replys much appreciated, I will start tomorrow buy adjusting the head stock bearings..

I will also buy a live center as I only have a dead center at the moment..

The k you Hopper for explaining how to adjust the head stock bearings

what is the best tool profile for what i am trying to do?

I will try a bar stock that i have tomorrow on the lathe and see if thats better.
i am thinking that its basically the bolts that are the problem after what martin has said and maybe i need t think of a better plan..
i changed my feed rate from the lowest to highest and it did get better but I'm thinking my lathe being an older 3 speed pulley just is not fast enough

the handle is a about the same hight as the one in the picture..
thats interesting and I'm sure i could make it work like that

I bought an older Drummond m type lathe a few months back and i am having problems with getting a good surface finish..
at the moment I am turning down some bolts to make a wheel adaptor for my rc truck and the surface look like its ripping out, would this just be the cheap bolt material doing this?

people are buying these again so don't scrap it

this is another tool that came with my lathe that looks like it was made to bolt to the cross slide.. would this be a radius cutter?

thank you everyone for the input.. yes I am now starting to think it was a puller or pusher for a one off job..
I will hang it from the wall just incase

this tool came with a lathe that i bought a few months ago and i am trying to find out what it is used for?
I was told it is as a bell chuck but it looks like it was built to be placed in a chuck..
I'm starting to think it is some sort of dead centre