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6th November 2020, 04:45 AM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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drummond b restoration
I picked this little lathe up recently for not a lot of money. It was described as a little lathe which is probably why I got it cheap. I know nothing about metal lathes so this is a new experience. By all accounts drummond lathes have quite the following and can be quite useful things. It came with a full set of change gears and an extra 7OT
They were produced until 192O so its doing well to be at least 1OO years old.
For some reason the change gears start on the back gear and not the main spindle
Its had one side of the bearings replaced with 3 sealed bearings in a row.
Not sure why it has a drip oiler
The tail stock quill is stuck solid, I tried a bit heat but no go.
One owner has modified the apron to use a handwheel
Pretty much stripped in a couple of hrs
I'm amazed how light the main casting is
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9th November 2020, 12:59 AM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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A bit more progress. Their is a paper shim under the head stock.
The number on the bed means it was built in 1914
This is the worst part of the bed
As you would expect the casting quality is lovely
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9th November 2020, 10:18 AM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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What do you use to strip the paint back?
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9th November 2020, 08:02 PM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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9th November 2020, 08:10 PM #5SENIOR MEMBER
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Gotcha - sounds somewhat easier than man handling a angle grinder with a twisted wire brush wheel!
Cheers
Charl
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9th November 2020, 08:13 PM #6
I would use a chemical paint stripper, one tip is to paint the stripper on quite thick, then cover in plastic.
An leave it for 15/20 minutes.
Then scrap of with a plastic scraper.
Cheers Matt.
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10th November 2020, 04:40 AM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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A bit of aluminium bodge to level things up a bit
The head stock and back gear shaft
One thing that has really impressed me is the quality of the castings, straight out of mould with no fettling
A previous owner has put a row of 3 sealed bearings in one side of the head stock, they are japanese so might be good quality
One thing I'm undecided is what colour to do this. Should I stay original and paint it black or my usual grey with red innards. I should I get a bit crazy, I've always liked the colour of coronet lathes.
I always had an itch to line a machine, like what was done on big stationary engines like crosleys.
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10th November 2020, 07:43 AM #8
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10th November 2020, 11:11 PM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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Can I put in a request for HOT PINK like Bruce Kenneth's Wadkin PK? It'll accentuate those lovely curves.
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11th November 2020, 09:48 AM #10SENIOR MEMBER
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I dont think Im as brave as Bruce
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11th November 2020, 11:21 AM #11
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18th November 2020, 04:50 AM #12SENIOR MEMBER
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This is the back of the apron, I dont have a clue what its supposed to look like but theirs been some tinkering
I took the motor and switch off, its quite a nice thing. I have a nice little 3 phase brooks motor that will be perfect for this. I'm going to rig it up through a vfd
Did a bit aluminium filler
And made some bits nice and clean
I stuck the chuck in some evaporust and then wire wheeled it
For the life of me I couldnt get the lead screw to bits, I thought it would either unscrew or just slip off. But I could not get it to move. It spins freely
Why would a head stock need to moved out of line
I ordered some paint and I think there must of been a failure to communicate, I asked for RAL 3O32 which is a dark ruby red, but what I got was 3O22 which is salmon pink. It looks more like orange to me
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22nd December 2020, 01:17 AM #14SENIOR MEMBER
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I wasn't expecting for this little lump to take so long. I thought I'd do some bits in black oxide, luckily the old bottle of solution is still working.
I have so little space I'm spraying on top of a machine that has been waiting to be collected for a few months.
I found this nice little motor in my stash.
I want to use a vfd for speed control so got my motor guy to dig out the star point and make it 2OOv
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22nd December 2020, 06:45 PM #15
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