Raglan loughborough lathe.

Greetings everyone, .... Hi I'm new to the forum, .... " novice requires help please" ...., recently brought a Raglan Loughborough lathe [evil bay] It has a screw thread,front of the bed, ... BUT there doesn't appear to be anyway to "lock" the carriage in position whilst turning anything ..... i have to hold the adjusting wheel in a static position, ..... Obviously this is not practical or accurate, Am i missing something obvious ??? ... Thanks in advance for help. Mike.

The photos on the "lathes,co.uk" site show what appears to be a locking screw at the rear, right-hand corner of the carriage. Is your's missing?

Welcome to the party Mike.Where abouts are you ? I'm sorry I know nothing about Raglan lathes If a screw cutting lathe then with the lead screw stationary close the clasp nut. Is there not a carriage lock ? To face you use the cross slide, to cut at an angle you use the top slide, but for normal turning you use the carriage. Good luck. Noel

Welcome,

The "Loughborough" is a solidly built training lathe. It is a plan lathe and so not a screwcutting lathe.

Click this LINK for more info.

Regards,

Mark.

The carriage locking bolt would be the hex head bolt on the top of the rear right-hand "wing" on the carriage, seen inbelow pic just above the tailtstock barrel locking ball-lever.

As Mark says, the Loughborough is purely a very basic Training Lathe, and has no facilities for powered feeds or screwcutting.

Having said that, it is a good solid machine, and if unworn and not abused is capable of good work, in the right hands.

The WaterWorks Museum has one, and for turning jobs within it's capacity,,it is my machine of choice

(With a freshly ground tangential turning tool, I have taken cuts of 0.0005" on it. )

Hopefully, you have a good , undamaged, capable machine.

If you are a newbie, you should be able to learn a lot , (Which was the reason for purpose manufacturing it ) and produce some good work on it.

Enjoy!

If you say where you are located, it maybe that someone will be willing to give you face to face advice and demonstrations.

Certainly find and join a Model Engineering Club. You will learn a lot there.

Howard