Hello - Vintage Drummond Lathe user

Hello Folks

My primary interest is in vintage car motorsport and I have a 1935 Riley 'special' that is on the road used in anger occasionally in VSCC (vintage sports car club) events.

My reason for being here on the forum is that I enjoy fabricating parts for the Riley, usually in brass which i then 'age' to look like they were made in the 1930's. A couple of years back I bought a vintage Drummond round bed lathe which has been restored to 'working' and is being used for machining more things than i ever considered i would want to machine.

BUT... I am not a machinist and there are many things i dont know the right way of doing, but reading the forum contents over the last few months - it is clear that there are many educated people here who can probably help me.

Thank you in advance to those people

Hello Chris and welcome from a former Austin 7 owner.

I'm interested in what your Riley is based on as I used to help someone with a Riley Ascot with the 1.5 ltr twin overhead cam engine.

It would help if we had a rough idea of where you are based as the may be people local to you who would be willing to help.

Brian

Hi Brian,

It was originally a 1935 4 door saloon called a Falcon. When I bought the car it had been used for spares for 35 years so wasnt really a 'car' anymore and most of the bodywork had been removed over time so I had a new coachbuilt body made. Its the same 1.5 litre twin cam engine tho.

I will look into how to post images on the forum and put up a picture

I am based in Surrey, United Kingdom

Thanks

Hi Chris, go to the top of the page/ the green line, go along to the camera/albums then just follow the dots. You should reduce photo size, I use 640 x 480.

Ian S C

My daughter and I waiting for our turn in one of the Driving events at Brooklands - the birthplace of British Motorsport

Welcome along Chris, nice car. I am also a petrol head but nowadays stick to vintage bikes.