Take a look at the file sectionof the site. We have Boston gears listed that will fit on a B-4. You can still get these gears
Dennis, will these work on toolslinger's machine?
Ron
B-4 owner
----Original Message Follows----
From: "toolslinger1973" <toolslinger@...>
Reply-To: daltonlathes@...
To: daltonlathes@...
Subject: [daltonlathes] Re: Greetings from a new Dalton owner.
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:31:45 -0000
Well then, 1913 makes this the oldest piece I've got, apart from an
age old threading machine, and a wood lathe, that's made of 100%
wood... Neither has entered my mind as a restore, so this will stay
the senior member of my collection for some time I suspect...
Whoever had this before my dad, clearly did some odd things... The
gearing was set with gears so large the cover doesn't fit... They
must have been using the threading screw to power the carriage REALLY
slowly. I don't know anything that takes a finer thread than 144, so
probably just using to cut...
Missing?.. Well, I'm pretty sure I'm missing some of the gears. I
have a number, but I'm missing some of the tooth counts that the
thread chart lists, so I'll have to start counting... Does anyone
have the specs on what the gears are for a stock set? Worst case is I
can have whatever I need made by a guy that does water jet cutting
for me, but I'd prefer to find something a little more authentic...
Next question is what should my drive speed be? I can work it back
if someone knows what the sort of normal RPM should be at any one of
the three steps in the cone. I've got a counter shaft, and the 3
steps seem right, but it doesn't look anything like what anyone else
has, so perhaps it's from another brand lathe...
Thanks!
--- In daltonlathes@..., "Dennis Turk" <dennis.turk2@...>
wrote:
Welcome to the Dalton group.
Your lathe was built in 1913 and was the second model Hubert
built.
Your Lot 3 is number 5 in our search for the elusive Dalton's. I
have thee of the five and one is nothing but a parts lathe so if
you
need something let me know. Not to worry about restoring your
lathe
as we can talk you through just about any thing you will have to do.
Again glad to have you with us.
Dennis Turk.
