Member postings for Dick Briggs

Just came across this and there are some very sad attitudes being voiced here, aren't we supposed to be hobbyist machinists and creators, yet some just cant see the creative aspect of making a knife, I have made quite a few and enjoy the creative aspect of using wood and metals, A knife is fundamentally a tool, you could use your engineers hammer as a weapon just like a whole host of other related objects, somehow I don't think I would really fit in here going by some of the attitudes, anyway a couple of members have been very helpful which I appreciate.

A couple of my creations/weapons if you're so inclined, most end up in a display case and never even get sharpened!

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Thanks for the info guys, I am making a little headway in that it seems the Warco BV20-1 looks to be nearly identical so that is somewhere to start, I mainly bought it to be a replacement for my ancient round bed Drummond which, although I have used it off and on for the last nearly 50 years it got a duff chuck which requires a few taps to centre.

As the Axminster carriage movement seems quite course is one of the reasons for wanting some change wheels, but I am still not sure if it has a disengage feature which could be a pain, can't see a carriage lock either, but still in the process of pulling apart, looks OK for wear but need a little fetteling, while I'm asking what would be the best oil for the box as it lost some during the move....looks like two people could move it easy, but it took three at a struggle!

Also, I wanted to ask for recommendations on fitting an electronic speed control? I believe these lathes use an induction motor so require an inverter to control speed, is there a budget option for this? It should in theory be OK as it has a reduction box, so torque shouldn't be an issue, the Drummond was just used for basic turning and had a washing machine motor so fitting a speed control was easy and cheap.

Mind you I haven't done any screw cutting since my school days, and probably won't do much now, but having the change gears would be useful if only for a power feed.

Hello, new here so be gentle, I am just about to buy a SH Axminster BV20M lathe, but unfortunately it has no change gears for screw cutting and having tried Axminster and ARC euro trade I haven't been able to find or even cross-reference any other lathes that may use the same gear set, as I am lead to believe that it is Chinese in origin and may be the same as several other lathes, so as there are a lot of very knowledgeable people here I thought I would ask in the hope of finding something to fit.