Member postings for Owen S

OK I was trying to understand if there was another moving part missing as if I remove everything to the saddle there would need to be another Y moving handwheel and wondered if the guy had meant cross slide not saddle as the base for the milling table. As I had taken a picture of the cross slide earlier, it was also working out what other parts were needed to successfully use the table.

"Great result. It pays to ask! You might ask if he has the T bolts and clamping kit etc to go with it."

Oh No. I didn't think to ask if there was more than the table missing. It sounds like the owner sold this lathe and moved house losing the table in the process.

Looking at my lathe diagram I see the saddle is right on the lathe bed and the tool post is on the top slide which is on the cross slide which is on the saddle. Wouldn't that lose one axis of movement and leave only left and right movement or would it be more likely to come off the cross slide like we talked about earlier and fit in the grubber screw holes?

Well good news the previous owner has found the table and according to him you take the toolpost off the saddle and the table bolts down there.

Cheers

Owen.

Thanks John I bought a batch of workshop practice series books and downloaded the Lathe text from this site.

I'm actually not to far from you as I'm in Hamilton, at present I'm waiting to hear back from the firm that sold it to me as to the likelihood of getting the missing parts.

Cheers

Owen.

Hi I'm in New Zealand and have had a look at the local model train engineers club online. But first I contacted the seller and he is going to find out if the original owner has the missing parts as he had it from new. Will see what happens as its a great machine with lots of potential. And there has been lots of great advice from here. Just got to read up my textbooks and manuals and practice on the lathe part.

Cheers.

Owen.

Yes I found the bearing replacement one today.

Okay I removed the top slide and this is what I found.

I couldnt get any part to match with.

So that would mean there has to be some sort of top plate between the two. Would I need to drill some holes in the myford one to match the holes revealed in the cross slide that has the screws in them.

And thanks Clive for the detailed information on height measurement.

A bit fuzzy but I assume the leadscrew is the threaded part that can auto run and be manually turned. Its turned on and off by the black handled lever above the green button the lever on the right is a steel punch that clicks in or out to turn it forward or backwards.

Sorry I don't know what " hand wheel on the lead screw - far RDS of the machine" means.

What is this that was in the box?

The bottom flat part rotates and there appears to be two tee bolts inside it, viewed through the outside hole on the bottom when rotated.

the Lath Mill combo is a BB 22A Cutting Machine made by Beike Machine Tool Factory.

Would the Myford boring table be bolted through to a flat plate under the rails to hold it steady and then would a vice slide into the slots?

Hi All, the Lath Mill combo is a BB 22A Cutting Machine made by Beike Machine Tool Factory.

This is the box of parts that came with it a Collet set, 4 jaw chuck, faceplate 2 steadies, changewheels, tailstock drill chuck and spare jaws for the 3 jaw.

I bought a set of 12mm tools and that's whats in the second picture but it was still leaving a little nob on the end. Bought a whole series of Workshop practice books and nothing talks about getting the tool to match the centre or how to set up the mill on a lathe set. Most talk about verticle vices and milling with the lathe.

Hope that helps

Cheers

Owen.

Hi I have just bought a Lathe Mill combo and it is currently set with a rotating tool holder that was holding a 20mm tool. Testing its center it appears to be 14mm so is packing a 12mm higher the only way to get the cutter tool correct. Also what sort of vice attachment works on the lathe to allow the mill to be used?

Thanks