Hello Tim,
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On the flat belt, my working lathe is a
104 year old Seneca Falls Star that my dad got for a trade school. He was a
carpenter and made his flat belt from a mans belt, fathered the ends and glued
them together. It looked like it was going to brake at any time so I wanted to
replace it. I am into antique engines and there is usually a vender at major
shows who installs the clip on the belt for a chunk of cat gut as a hinge pin. I
think 'Star Bolt" ?? sells them also, but?I would have to research
that.
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When I made mine, I spent a lot of time
trying to get the length just right. I had the leather and marked it. When the
vender made it , it was a little too tight, so I left the tension on it for a
week and it stretched out perfect. I always take the tension off the belt and
unplug my lathe when I am done.
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Ed Stoller
New Fairfield, CT
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Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 3:02
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Subject: [daltonlathes] Photos Are
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Ok, I got a few pictures of the lathe and parts up in the photos
area.
I've got more, but no need to clutter up space yet.
So what have I
discovered so far?.. Well someone had all the
adjustments cranked on the
dovetail ways, and the bed. I don't think
there was any major wear as a
result as the machine just hasn't seem
much use in a long time... I backed
off things until there was no
play, but things seem to move more like they
should... I've got a
pretty good handle on any rust, and there isn't any
major pitting
anyplace that matters...
My one major hang up to
being able to just use the machine (and
that's really what I need
currently) is the pressure plate in the
dovetail of the top slide that
someone bent badly. You can see it in
the second picture... Anyone have
one from a beater lathe they would
part with, or have an idea where to
source one?
Next question is, is anyone running the flat belts that
have a splice
point? The way this one was setup before, it looks like
someone just
took an old belt, and wired it together with copper wire...
Not
exactly elegant, but I guess it worked... I could pull the spindle
and slide an endless on, but I'd prefer to let that sleeping dog lie
as everything seems good there... The counter shaft would have to
come
apart as well, so I'm leaning toward the metal splice linkage,
unless
someone tells me its going to destroy the lathe...
As for the
countershaft, from the little bit of looking around I've
done, I'm leaning
toward it being a South Bend, but that's mostly a
guess based on some
similarities with a couple others I've
seen...
Cheers!
-Tim
Ed Stoller