Re: The Saw Attachment & Serial number
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Hi Marc OK now I see what the item is that is bolted to the back of the saddle.? Its the support for the saw table.? Took me a bit to put it all together.? Some one was quite creative with your lathe it looks like.? Here are a couple of pictures of two of the Lot 2 lathes we know of.? Just for a bit of reference.? The black lathe is Jim Vere's number 25 and the gray lathe is my serial number 36.? The gray lathe is still in crates as I have never uncrated it as yet.? This is a picture that was sent to me when I got the lathe.? Jims number 25 has a very unique original Dalton rear bed mounted countershaft unlike any we have seen before.? Its the only one we know of like his.? Picture of the countershaft is before Jim restored the lathe.
Dennis? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
On Sunday, November 8, 2020, 05:36:45 PM PST, <ebaybono@...> wrote:
Wow Denis the restored machines look absolutely stunning. I¡¯ll take the hint lol and start cleaning her up.?
I was fortunate to get quite a few toys with it. I didn¡¯t even notice the milling attachment till I got home so as you can imagine I was delighted.?
The bonus is she has no slack or obvious wear anywhere. A bit of backlash on the slide but only down to threading. Could even be just nipping that nut up a little.?
Lathe came with a quarter horse power AC motor that I¡¯ve swapped out for 1hp but I¡¯m really tempted to try a DC treadmill motor 2.5hp cont that I had from a previous project but they are not great for torque. I¡¯m guessing you¡¯ve all already been down that rabbit hole. Could be worth running both at the same time and setup a belt exchange or something. Not sure yet. All the change gears are here. I¡¯ll be honest though being a Brit imperial sizes fry my brain. I¡¯d love to convert it to metric for threading. Any metric plug and play lead screws on the market??
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Dennis Turk
