Hi Dennis,
thanks for the insight.?
Morris taper? i have never heard of that. Or do you mean morse taper??
I had a morse 2 and morse 3 with me, the morse 2 fit well in the tail stock. But a morse 3 in the spindle? It didnt look like it would fit in there, it looked way too big.?
I will se what i can do with the collets. i am not sure if the original draw bar is still there, maybe i will have to make something myself. (i guess this will be the main theme for owning and using a dalton lathe....)?
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the only one in germany? not sure if this is a privilege or if it should frighten me ;) I read about the one in italy here in the group. And i wonder how these machines ended up here in europe.?
The motor that is currently on my machine is a german one, from between 1921 and 1945. It could have been fitted later, but if it was fitted close in time after arriving here in europe, do you think the lathe could have been brought here by american soldiers after the WW2??
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the lathe comes with a good selection of change gears: 24,30,36,40,44,46,48,52,54,56,60,66,72,96.
I have found a nice change gear calculator online:
and it seem that i can get the most common metric pitches with this set with a maximum deviation of 2 thousands of a millimeter. that should be close enough for my hobbyist work.
And i noticed, that the myford lathes from the UK use the same gears: 20DP, 14.5 pressure angle, 5/8 bore and 1/8 key way. The only difference is the width: 3/8 on the myford vs 7/16 on the dalton. but this should work well, if not some shims can sort this.
its good to hear that the beds tend to be pretty wear resistant. i will check again when i buy it.?
The dial rings are missing on the lathe. so i might have to make some or adapt some spares from another lathe. Or i go full metric and also change the spindles on the slides..... (i already get way too many ideas, before i even have the lathe...)
kind regards
Philipp
