This picture shows what your lathe looked like when new.? In fact this one originally looked just about the same as yours does now.? Also note in the last pictures of the cross slide and compound?top slide casting they look different than yours.? Your cross?slide?is of the?earlier?design and this one on John Gland's lathe, this is the later more common cross slide we usually see.? Your cross slide?is a carry over from the Lot 3 lathe built in late 1913. By 1915 they had gone to the style you see in this picture. Also the slot and the two?threaded holes you see on this cross slide as well as the two threaded holes on? your cross slide were for attaching an extension?casting to cover the cross slide?ways on the saddle? Most are missing from lathes we see today. John's lathe was one of the very first Dalton lathes I restored.? This was many years ago.? John's lathe was given to him by a retiring professor at the university of Michigan where John was a teacher. The bed on this lahe was so badly damaged that I had to re-machine all the slide ways.? We did this in one of my company's CNC milling machines. Yes I know some of us get kind of carried away with our hobbies:-(((( In the one picture that's me and my machinist Stan looking at the surface finish of a fresh cut surface.?
Morning Phillip?
OK you have?a collet adapter stuck in your spindle.? It's either a collet adapter or a morse two to three adapter. Dalton used an adapter? in the spindle to be able to use?3C collets.? You mentioned a draw bar and yes one was used to draw collets into the adapter. Yes Morse taper sorry I am not good at spelling:-(((? Looking at your photo this lathe was owned by an Englishman at some point in its history.? The compound slide has been altered to be able to use the more common English way of holding toll bits in place.? The compound slide is now typical English style. as to the crack in the spindle bearing it may not be a problem as the bearing looks well secured in the tap cap casting.. Bolts securing the head stock to the bed are not original as Dalton made all their own hardware and was quite unique.? The head stock bolts would be hex but also have a screwdriver slot and the heads are quite tall. No lock washer was used originally.? I am a bit concerned?about the drive setup.? Dalton originally from the factory were set up to run a top speed of 480 rpm.? Not knowing what RPM your motor runs at the spindle looks to be setup to run? too fast for babbitt bearings. The picture shows the side of the compound slide where there is an open hole, there should be a Tee bolt in the cross slide to hold the compound slide in place.? The cross slide has a circular?slot that the Tee bolts ride in. As to change gears you're only missing one as there are two 25 tooth gears in the set. Only the 96 tooth is not used for threading all others can be.? The 96 tooth was for attaining the slowest feed for plain turning work. Will see what pictures I have on file that can help you.
Dennis
On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 5:59?AM Philipp via <philipp.jaeger1=
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just adding some pictures here.?
Thats what i meant with the cracked babbit:?
the three jaw chuck was pretty easy to unscrew from the spindle. Still, an MT3 taper would not fit in there. but looking at the pictures i took, is there something stuck in the spindle bore??
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here is the whole machine:
the "NEW YORK" letters seem to have been ground of the carriage, there is some surface corrosion and lots of dirt everywhere and the gear covers are missing.?
The tail stock seems a bit worn in the front part, so if the clamp close to tight there, you can only move the tail stock quill a bit out and then you have to loosen the clamp more.?
i am not sure if the head stock is mounted correctly. the two screws in the back side dont look like they are supposed to be there originally...
the top slide was welded but i am not sure why:
It definetly needs some work before i could make anything useful on it. thats why i am still hesitant if i should buy it or look for something else.
its a nice little machine with lots of features which are not easy to find on such a small machine.?
what kind of precision can be achieved on such a machine (after cleaning, aligning and so on)??
sorry for all the questions, i really like the idea of the dalton, but i am still unsure if i should take it and invest some time and money to restore it, or if i should pass on it and look for something else for my hobby projects....
greatings
Philipp
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Dennis Turk
