Dennis:
I may be the fellow you sent the clutch to. From what you said I
thought that you may have had a complete apron besides what you
sent me. I am just missing the worm gear that mounts on the cone
clutch. I wanted to be sure I understood what parts you had left.
Thanks,
Joe
On 12/26/21 3:18 PM, Dennis Turk wrote:
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Hi
Joe
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Sorry
I did not get your private mails.? It’s hte craps for
sure.? As to the Dalton 9 yes I have some parts left.? The
apron was missing
the screw in bushing and hand wheel and the hand wheel
pinion shaft gear setup
when I got the lathe.? I have since also provided the clutch
assembly to
another Dalton member that his was missing from his apron.?
So I have the
casting and maybe a few other bits for it but for the most
part its mostly
gone.? I do have the head stock and tail stock complete in
nice shape.? The
lathe was given to me by a fellow up in Northern Washington
state and showed
all the signs of being used by a farmer who knew nothing
about lathes.? The bed
had a notch ground in it to be able to swing something very
large in the
lathe.? It also has an? over head drive but damaged and not
complete.? The
parts I do have of the overhead drive are good usable
parts.? Dennis.
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yes this group is the ONLY way I can
contact Dennis.
?None of my private emails to him ever go thru.. ?Sorry gang
to
bother you with this. ?I wish someone more tech could head to
the home of
Dalton lore and set Dennis up seamlessly to a different and
ACTUALLY WORKING
email provider. ?Would you be open to that Dennis?
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Dennis:
I sent you an email privately some
time ago and I know you
have been having trouble getting those, so I am trying
here.
I believe you indicated to me that you
had a Dalton 9 apron
assembly, and perhaps some other parts, and I am
interested in buying it.
Assuming you still have it and I correctly remember your
message about it. Let
me know if we can work something out.
Thanks,
Joe
On
12/20/21 12:07 PM, Dennis Turk wrote:
Yes
Laddie there is no place to display them any
longer and I am
getting on in age so these machines need to go to
a good home.??? Sold all four
shapers so far the SB Drill Press as well as one
of the Atlas lathes and the
Atlas horizontal mill Still have over 30 machines
that need to find a new
home.??? Gad can???t figure how I collected and
restored so many.??? The count
is actually over sixty machines since 1998. Last
summer I finished up a 9 by 42
inch South Bend for a good friend back in Michigan
and he and his wife came out
in July to pick it up.??? So far I have restored
or assembled from restored
parts six SB lathes I gave to friends.?
Probably
the best Dalton I have for a home shop lathe is
the Lot
6 serial number 7014 The next to the newest Dalton
we know of as it was sold in
midsummer of 1929 in Seattle Washington.??? That
lathe has wonderful upgrades
for the dial rings and for a long time we thought
that it was something the
factory was starting to do as we all know Dalton
dial rings suck.??? Then a few
years ago a Lot 6 showed up with a newer serial
number than mine and it still
had the original little dial rings on it.??? So
that told us that the ones on
my lathe were shop made but you would never have
known it by looking at them or
using them The lathe is the best equipped lathe I
have as well as being mounted
on a custom stand and custom chip tray. It also
has an Australian Hercuse
vertical countershaft that is bolted to the Tee
slot on the back of the lathe
bed.??? Fit perfectly just like it was meant to be
there. ???I used this lathe
for a couple of years in my little shop I have at
the Oregon coast and I built
two??? model stationary steam engines with it.
It???s really accurate but by
modern standards a bit slow.??? With drip feed
oilers for the head stock I spin
the lathe a bit over 1000 rpm. ???The lathe has a
modern quick change tool post
and a bunch of holders that have really nice
insert tooling in them. ???Also
this lathe has a really neat shop made cam lock
setup for the tail stock so no
wrench is needed to lock it down. This lathe was
never displayed as it was not
original.??? All the lathes or shapers I displayed
were all factory correct as
they would have been when new.??? This is some
pictures of that lathe in case
anyone wants to make a trip to Oregon to pick it
upJ???
Dennis.?
Your selling your restored
lathes?
This
is what this lathe looks like when it was on
display at my
company.??? Company sold antique machines on
display now for sale.??? Dennis
This
is a picture of serial number 276 a Lot 5 like
yours only
it has the overhead drive floor legs and a 36
inch long bed.??? In the picture
you can see the cross slide extension.???
Dennis
By cross slide extension, do
you mean the tool post???? That
is in one of the pics - or is there something
else missing?
You have a good eye.??? I hadn't noticed the
feet even though it seems like
I've looked at a couple hundred Dalton pictures
lately.??? Kinda looks from my
pics like they were welded on - I will have to
take a closer look.??? Were the
originals cast iron???? Maybe they cracked off
when the lathe fell over????
It's a shame - the originals were pretty nice???
looking.
I plan on redoing the countershaft assembly at
some point.??? It's darned ugly
- made out of highly pitted angle iron.??? It
appears some bits supporting the
shaft were lopped off the original.??? I suppose
it worked well enough.???
Maybe it was also damaged - starting to sound
like when it fell over, it also
fell down a flight of stairs.
The spindle doesn't have any play in it that I
can feel.??? Everything moves
but I'm reluctant to do any serious moving of
the parts with all the crud.???
I'm fortunate that nothing appears to be rusted
solid.???
I took a closer look at the side covers.??? I
think the hinged one is mostly
intact and just needs alignment to mate up to
the latch on the upper cover.???
A little careful filing of the braze/weld repair
and I think it will come out
OK.??? The small upper cover on the end of the
spindle shaft also seems like it
would look a lot better with the repairs dressed
although it's missing a couple
of chunks.??? But I don't think it was
reassembled crooked or anything as I
first thought.??? ???I assume those would be
cast iron???? After Dad passed, I
inherited his acetylene torches so it might be
time to polish up my brazing
skills on the covers.?
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