Stringer EW lathe

Hi Ian

PM sent.

Keith

Flaming nuisance, and God I'd kill for a fresh loaf with black crunchy crust

Edited By Ruaidhri Murphy on 21/02/2011 12:08:46

Edited By Steve Garnett on 26/02/2011 11:34:01

I took a couple with my mobile phone, and then clean forgot to do anything with them! But seeing the thread pop up again I remembered, so here they are:

Overall view of it as it currently stands. Where did that chuck actually come from? I'm absolutely sure it's not original.

'Interesting' layshaft arrangement... also not original, I'd guess.

He doesn't appear to have anything much else for it other than what you can see - so no threadcutting or anything like that, and no means of self-act either. Nice as far as it goes, but really needs some work doing to it, I'd say.

Hi Alan (and other "EW Stalwarts",

Thanks very much for this info - a few very useful nuggets there - and nice to have anyway.

I do aplogise for my inaction - but we've had a few things going on that have somewhat limited my 'EW' time recently. However, I will have a look at the Martin Cleeve list included in your postings and see what I've got in my ME collection. If I have them, I will get them scanned and off to everyone on the EW mailing list that I've sent MC material to so far.

Regards to you and the other EWS!

IanT

I've sent the first new scans out this evening but if I've missed any EW owner who has contacted me previously (Keith?) - please PM me.

Regards

Ian T

Thanks guys!

Things in Dublin a little fraught for some time, so not much progress.

Quick "by the way" - I tried out rust removal on some waste, then the change wheels. Worked a treat. Found it on YouTube. Some Aussie bloke wot restores cars: uses 9 parts water with 1 part molasses, and soaks for a week or so, then a light scrub. I was astonished - it sounded more like somthing from the Goon Show

Mate found the final missing jaw for "The Burnerd" 3 jaw which came with it, so I'm a happy bunny again.

Regards,

Ruaidhrí

Thanks for the photos Alan, I've not seen a gap-bed version of the EW before.

However, I'm sure your lathe can be brought back to good order and hope you will post some 'before and after' pictures for us. Also look forard to seeing your clutch mods eventually.

Regards,

Ian T

hi all, in teresting reading all your efforts to fix your lathes .I made ,long ago, a clutch from the front hub of an old autocycle, Icant now remember exactly how but the back plate was clamped to the pulley and the lever which opperated the shoes was pushed on by a cone which slide along a shaft ,this was opperated by a hand lever. Sorry I can not rember more but it must have been in the late forties or early fifties .I know it worked very well ,perhaps I hope I have sown a seed of an idea for you all to have a go at. .

Best wishes Maurice .

The electric clutch from a car AC unit would go well on the counter shaft of a lathe, it should be well up to a lathe up to (maybe beyond) 1hp. You would need a low voltage supply, 12V, ie., a battery charger, this could also supply power for a low voltage light. Ian S C

I'll look into this Alan.

By the way - by an odd coincidence - I was looking yesterday through some ME back issues at the build instructions for a Gauge '3' Flying Scotsman that I am working on (albeit very, very slowly) and realised that these issues also had some more Martin Cleeve articles on building a new slotted cross-slide for the EW. There is an interesting method of making the V-ways. So I was already going to distribute these to you all.

I have an EW Boring table and I am thinking of making this my main cross-slide (making a very simple new mount for the topslide that would slide off quickly). I am currently working on a small powered verticle milling spindle to clamp to the back of the EW lathe in place of the tailstock. The same mounting will also quickly adapt to go on my old Super 7 (bed or crosslide) too for any slightly larger jobs.

Anyway - I will see what I have on Exactus over the next day or two and get back to you all.

Regards,

IanT

PS Is it time to start a new Stringer EW Lathe '2' thread?

Thank you for the ME references Ian SC - that will make life easier when I come to check my collection.

Alan, I think there will be issues of copyright if I post them in public - it's a bit different from sending copies privately to one or two friends. I'll get them out to you and the usual suspects of course (e.g. the other EW Owners) if I have them.

Regards,

Ian T

Hi There

I have uploaded copies of the magazines as PDFs.

2968

2969

2970

2972

Sorry about the quality but I did not scan them.

Copyright - As far as I know, Exactus was Edgar Westbury so we own the copyright.

regards David

Edited By David Clark 1 on 21/08/2012 22:17:51

Thanks, David ... you are a star !

I must confess that I don't have an EW lathe; but have admired them ever since I first saw these articles. ... If I recall correctly, there are some good "re-useable" ideas in the Exactus series.

MichaelG.

Edited By David Clark 1 on 21/08/2012 22:18:10