camoz
16th March 2016, 05:52 PM
Hi all,
Picked up some lathe's the other day, and the place was being rented out, so the guy said have a look around, what you don't take, will go in the bin skip, everyone else in this group purchase had long since headed back to Queensland and Sydney. There was an original box with a Nova Mercury bed extension in it (new old stock, as the mounting screws are still sealed in the bag). My initial thought was you don't have a Nova Mercury lathe, so what do you need a bed extension for, but then I started looking at it as a clamping jig, and pretty soon I could think of a few ways to repurpose it in the shop.
Worried about the machinery gods striking me down:U, I decided to do some research first.
I found this manual online
http://www.teknatool.com/products/lathes/mercury/downloads/Mercury%2012HP%20Manual_14%20October%202003.pdf
and the part number matches what is on the box and assembly instructions, so this is clearly the lathe it is for. At the website the extension is listed as an accessory, but the link takes you nowhere.
I have had my fair share of frustration knowing I am unlikely to find a part for an old machine I am restoring (especially knowing it is likely sitting in some persons shed, or has been turned into spoons), so before I make it something else, I thought I should ask, is this thing going to be missed??
Cheers,
Camo
Picked up some lathe's the other day, and the place was being rented out, so the guy said have a look around, what you don't take, will go in the bin skip, everyone else in this group purchase had long since headed back to Queensland and Sydney. There was an original box with a Nova Mercury bed extension in it (new old stock, as the mounting screws are still sealed in the bag). My initial thought was you don't have a Nova Mercury lathe, so what do you need a bed extension for, but then I started looking at it as a clamping jig, and pretty soon I could think of a few ways to repurpose it in the shop.
Worried about the machinery gods striking me down:U, I decided to do some research first.
I found this manual online
http://www.teknatool.com/products/lathes/mercury/downloads/Mercury%2012HP%20Manual_14%20October%202003.pdf
and the part number matches what is on the box and assembly instructions, so this is clearly the lathe it is for. At the website the extension is listed as an accessory, but the link takes you nowhere.
I have had my fair share of frustration knowing I am unlikely to find a part for an old machine I am restoring (especially knowing it is likely sitting in some persons shed, or has been turned into spoons), so before I make it something else, I thought I should ask, is this thing going to be missed??
Cheers,
Camo