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This has to be something rather different from a gear cutting attachment

Pittler lathes were the worlds first universal milling and turning machines, they specialised in being able to do all sorts of ornamental turning and attachments were made for cutting of spirals, worms, wheels, bevel cutting, ball turning etc and non of them look anything like this.

The standard equipment included a dividing spindle as in this photo from my other Pittler, using this in conjunction with the standard milling head would make this attachment utterly pointless. It just doesn't add up, the long length of the spindle makes no sense either, very odd indeed

Edited By vic newey on 25/09/2022 20:04:59

It can be swivelled or mounted in every conceivable direction also taking into account the round saddle of the lathe. It could be swivelled to face something held between centres, also the saddle casting can be turned over so that the cross-slide is installed from the nearside. I haven't counted the teeth on the gear, I'll check it

The gear is fixed to the bolt casting you see on the photo so no way to add different gears.

An unidentified attachment that came with my Pittler C3 lathe that fits on the toolholder thread of the cross-slide. It has a see through spindle with a gear wheel fixed on and the spindle has a small taper and but not MT or anything I recognise, it can tilt to different angles and be raised and lowered with a handle like an elevating slide rest.

Is not a scan of your passport good enough for them/

As an ex Brummie living in nearby Redditch I hope you enjoy assembling your kit

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It's listed as the spark that set of the Indian mutiny or as now called the rebellion, The British cartridges were greased with animal fat and it quickly went around the Muslim soldiers that it was pig fat.

When I think back to the 1960's I used to fire these old guns quite a lot as did some of my friends, the one in the photo is a late 18th century 6ft long Arab musket made so you could hook the stock under your arm and fire from a camel or horse whilst galloping along! The lock on it is a snaphaunce which predates the flintlock as it has a sliding pan cover and separate steel frizzen.

When I lived there my dad and I used to fire it at the coalhouse door with 1/2" round ledger weights, it had a number of them embedded in it right up to the day the house was sold 6 years ago. Generally though pistols were fired using a wad of tissue paper so you still got a bang but no danger of barrel exploding.

Edited By vic newey on 13/09/2022 11:01:37

It's still perfectly legal to own most types of antique muzzle loading weapons but not to fire them without meeting certain regulations. What I find incredible is the ease of which you can obtain gunpowder in the form of fireworks. In theory anyone could make a crude gun from a piece of pipe with deadly intent and a few fireworks.

There is no reason why you could not test a home made lock using priming powder from a firework as I have done many times in the past, just seeing a flash in the pan is very satisfying after all the effort used to make the lock by hand.

For my Wheelock holster pistol barrel, (which is 2 feet long) I got hold of some 1" pipe with 1/2" bore which allowed considerable taper down to the muzzle as on the real thing

I'm a vintage gun owner and have made several working replicas including a wheelock pistol which is posted on this forum somewhere.

In answer to your question then we must presume that the small amount of powder in a pistol would leave embers no more than a few seconds. Cannons however were different and a charge as high as 16 Lbs was used in the British 68 pound cannon. A swabbing rod was quickly shoved in and out before the next charge went in and a wet sponge after about ten shots to cool the barrel

The best option might be for you is to rent a small storage unit from one such as Safestore or dozens of others all over the UK. Then you can collect at your leisure

Today I finally made the effort to make a pegboard for 20 gear wheels belonging to my Victorian era Pittler C3 lathe.

Like many vintage lathes it came with a spire of gears on a rod, this looks very pretty but annoying when you want a gear from it, Now I have to fit it on the wall at the rear of the lathe

Edited By vic newey on 06/09/2022 14:52:51

We have a now useless smart meter originally fitted by npower, we have changed supplier several times since then and are now with British gas. The electric meter has to be read manually by me but a couple of days ago I got the little wireless display thing back out and plugged it in. It originally showed in £ how much you were using but I can't find a way to get that going as you can only select one of npowers now defunct tariffs.

It shows a coloured display and when we turn on the kettle it shows how much leccy it's actually using. The kettle is around two kWh but is only on for one minute and the display goes from green to red. Our 3 tier electric steamer cooks all our vegetables in 20 minutes and also stays well in the green. Using saucepans on the gas would be a bad idea as gas is currently more expensive than electricity

By comparison our 900 watt microwave stays well in the green and I can see that using an electric cooker would be a big user to cook something that could just as easily go in a microwave instead.

Just an update on this.

Although the motor was bought from PowerTools Direct they contacted Clarke headquarters who sent a courier to collect it. I didn't get to see Clarkes response after examining the motor but they didn't offer to send a replacement.

Powertools office were excellent all along and have given me a full refund inc shipping. I've now had the old Brook Crompton motor refurbished and it's running o.k.

Edited By vic newey on 24/08/2022 17:32:21

Edited By vic newey on 24/08/2022 17:35:03

That's very different to my Mentor mill, does it say MENTOR on the side somewhere? The Mentor mill was popular in school workshops, hence it's name

I have glued one of my lathe flat belts from an overhead countershaft using Gorilla glue, one side has the glue spread thinly and the other end is wetted.

It has to be compressed for 2 hours and then it's incredibly strong