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I think you are probably correct and may be I am over thinking it. I will make a dowel pin and I think the diameter may need to be considered.

Thanks for your input

Howard

Sorry for delay in getting back to you - and others - and thank you all for the support and information. As you can see from the pictures, I have been slowly getting the items coated, I didn't like the though o 'vomit' green and this was about the closest to the colour I found below the black oil and grease.

Anyway I hope you can see from the pictures the guard arrangement. I have bolted the support arm onto the headstock, but I am not sure the purpose of the 1/4" BSF blind tapped hole half way along the mild steel bar. I believe the cast lugs on the guard are designed to hole the guard up when changing speeds and to hold it in place when operating the lathe. I am not sure if something is missing which would be required for the correct installation. You can see the guard aligns with the mandrel, so a long bar would be able to protrude through the guard

Thank you Noel, currently have a few myself, but thank you for the offer.

Regards

Andy

Thks George

Howard

I forgot to say the gear guard does mount on a horizontal bar which is screwed into a casting which is bolted onto the back of the headstock. There is a 1/4" BSF tapped blind hole about half way along and I am not sure of it's function. It would appear to prevent the guard from sliding off as the guard needs to be able to rotate on the bar to be lifted and held in position on the cast lugs, but bits appear to be missing.

As you indicate the picture shows the more common one, with a hole in the guard which in turn allows long items to slide into the mandrel.

Thanks

Andy

Howard

Thank you for your time and information, very much appreciated. I am slowly learning all the terminology for the various component parts.

The centre height is definitely 3 ½” so will be either a 3 or 4. I have a number of taps and dies and have found the ¼” BSF tap and die very useful. These were my grandfather’ who was a well known motor mechanic at Brooklands working in the Jackson shed before the war. I will have to check the tpi on the mandrel to establish what it is, but I have noticed that the spare face plate and chucks which my dad had with the lathe may well be of the later versions. The tails stock does have the ¼ BSF grub screw with the key on the end which fits neatly in the slot on the side of the barrel.

There is a lot to take in contained in your message so once again thank you, as I am sure it will help the project to move along.

Regards

Andy

Thank you both for your response, I am sure this won't be the last time I seek help and guidance 😉

Andy

Hi Hi one and all

I am trying to identify a lathe I am attempting to restore. I believe it is pre war, so possibly ML 1,2,3 or 4. The serial number is K 944, and it is 3 1/2" to centre. I have read all the information on the likes of Lathe.co.uk, without much success. As the parts came as bits, I feel as though I need some help!

I am also trying to work out how the gear guard is fitted. I enclose a picture of the guard and I know it fits on a spindle which is bolted into a bracket which in turn is bolted into the head stock. The spindle on which the guard slides has a tapped hole, which I think is designed to stop the guard from sliding off. Any help would be appreciated. I also have enclosed the the speed change set of pulleys with the drive and slipper pullies. I have to make and fit the motor and lay shaft some time in the future.

Any help would be very much appreciated. Also can you get hold of manuals or copies of manuals?.