magpie | 17/05/2014 17:30:24 |
![]() 508 forum posts 98 photos | Anyone any ideas who might have made this little beasty. The bed looks like it has been made from a piece of small gauge rail track. All the other bits (headstock, carriage, etc.) look to be home made apart from the tailstock. I have a feeling it will keep me busy for a while. Cheers Derek. |
jason udall | 18/05/2014 19:46:30 |
2032 forum posts 41 photos | Derek .I can shed no light on this. .is that 20" ? What a sweet little lathe. ..it is about the scale of one of the projects I wished to build at school but was beyond the resorces available (ws time) ..shame...maybe I should make one now?....mmmm Edited By jason udall on 18/05/2014 19:47:17 |
NJH | 18/05/2014 20:22:47 |
![]() 2314 forum posts 139 photos | Hi Derek "The bed looks like it has been made from a piece of small gauge rail track." or maybe a piece of RSJ ? The shape of the tailstock reminds me of a Smart & Brown maybe?? Certainly a homemade job. It will be interesting to see what you can make of (or maybe that should be WITH) it. Norman |
magpie | 19/05/2014 07:43:57 |
![]() 508 forum posts 98 photos | Hi Folks, thanks for the replies. Jason, yes it is 20" long, and a nice little project that has arrived just in time to keep me busy now that I have finished the clock. Norman, I think you are right, it no doubt is a length of RSJ and nicely dovetailed on the top surface. It's the tailstock that has me scratching my head. Not home made, because if that were the case why did the maker not cast a bed, and headstock at the same time ???? Did Smart & Brown make anything this small ? , and who would paint a chuck ? Cheers Derek. |
NJH | 19/05/2014 09:49:18 |
![]() 2314 forum posts 139 photos | Hi Derek I think you are right - certainly not Smart & Brown - it's quite a while now since I saw one! Cheers Norman |
Brian Wood | 21/05/2014 20:56:08 |
2742 forum posts 39 photos | Hello Derek, I can't help with the lathe, but you did ask who would paint a chuck. Taylor's chucks were painted for intial supply to Boxford anongst others. A J Taylor of Birmingham made a lot of equipment, mainly heavy metal spinning lathes and their chucks were the rather strange pointy shaped ones that appear from time to time. Regards Brian |
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