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Joe,

This is all too good!
All I had hoped for was an old grinder to do a handful of small projects and here it has become a thing of wonder!
Very nice to know it is in such caring hands.
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Yes, Joe, please keep us informed and post photos.
I would like to come see when it is up and running.

-Mike

Ew,

I think that the colour is actually a case of shiney metal under some odd lighting with bad colour calibration, etc. That lathe is just bare metal and form ground.

Michael

I managed to track down another Rivett owner who had been the foreman in the Physics workshop at the U of Sydney. I visited him at home and found a house full (literally) of immaculately preserved...

If it is that tight, go for the heat before you try and turn it hard enough to break the bolt.

Ew,

Sorry, I hadn't seen the saddle. Yes, looks like a 608 saddle and compound. The compound number 19 might or might not actually relate to 608 serial number 19. My 4NS has numbers thrown all...

Ew,

I think that the compound might be the correct one for your lathe. It is like the 608 compound, but then so was the one on the 715. You have probably had a look at tony's site about this....

R.C.,
It is lovely!
Please keep the photos coming.
-Michael

Bob,
Thanks for the photos of my dear 608!

Probably the most "desirable" Rivett lathe is a pre-war 1020. I believe only 4 are known to exist. They were equipped with a dog clutch.

This thread at PM is about the pre war 1020 and shows a few views of the inside of the gear box. Phew!!!

Rivett 1020

Let me try that upload again....

Ray,

Attached an image of one of the VERY rare pre-war 1020's. Four? known....
That's the one with the dog clutch.
I don't believe that the later 1020's had that feature.
I would dearly love to...

PDW-
Yes, I do, in essence, have 2 Rivett 608 lathes and some extra stuff. Actually, if I had another bed, I would cobble together #3.
One is an older model 4NS collet headstock change gear...

I see the name plate was properly inverted when shipped down under.:

Mike-
Any suggestions/comments from the Hendey folks on PM site or Hendeyman? This stuck chuck seems serious.
Keep us all posted on this saga, please. I hope I never get in the situation, but am...

Bob-
This seems to be as large as I can get them without pixilating.
-Michael

larger format I hope

Bob,
Another try....
If it works, I will do the remainder.
Michael

Hmmm.
I'll have another go this evening.

This 608 in the U.S. surfaced recently:
It's a 5C machine with an
exceptional amount of tooling, including:

Original motor,
Complete overhead drive system,
3 jaw, 4 jaw independent and 4 jaw...

Mike and Peter,

Congratulations to both on those lovely lathes. More photos please as things get operational....

Michael

Greg,
Driving through one of our fine suburbs yesterday (60k zone), "the jerk" passed on the left at full throttle (in the mist with wet pavement), couldn't get round the car in front of me before...

Phil,
Not exactly the big take home message, but I have found myself thinking over and over about that bucket with the miners with one leg in and one out and going down in the dark at free fall...

Phil,
Thank you for helping to form up a great experience.
Regards,
Michael

Phil,
Thanks for your time and for a really wonderful experience.
Regards,
Michael

Probably beech....
To make it stable, it is often steamed, which turns it pink. Unsteamed it is white, but can warp and twist without warning, hence the steaming.

There is a very good mob right close to me who do specialist castings. In the past, they specialized in aluminium bronze, and a few other non-ferrous alloys, but have joined forces with a small...

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Would be interested in the class too, depending on....

I can help Greg with the roasting.