Hi all you Dalton owners.
If you have looked at Dave's pictures you can see that Dave may be a
newbie to the hobby but you can also see he is a real craftsman. I
will admit that Dave has sent me more email questions than any one
ever has. For months I could be assured there would be at least two
each morning when I turned the computer on. To say Dave was
obsessed with this restoration and the quality of work he was doing
would be an understatement. You may won't to ask Dave how many times
he has painted some of the lathe parts."-))))) Dave is a great kid
and I really enjoyed helping him though he has a daughter that
thinks I am some old nut out West. Not sure Susan Daves wife liked
me either but she always new were he was. Ya down in the damp
dungeon working on his toy lathe.
I really love it when I am able to pass on some of the things I have
learned over the years. Dave I know will be onto other projects now
that he has gotten bitten by the restoration bug. Andy Sargent is
another one though a young fellow has done some remarkable work in
restorations. Check out his web site at oldarn.com and you will see
what I mean.
Six years ago when my fist Dalton lathe that was given to me by a
friend I never know it would turn into my next hobby or would I meet
so many really nice people out there on the web. Though I have been
in machine tools all my life I had not heard of a Dalton before six
years ago and as you can see it has turned out to be not so rare a
lathe after all. I have a Wade 8A lathe built in 1929 we think and
I am finding that there are just a few of them still in existence.
My work in restorations is not confined to Dalton lathes. I also
have the complete product line of Atlas lathes as well as there
horizontal mill and there shaper. I also have many of the small
South Bend lathes. With the completion of two SB's that are in the
shop right now they will make just an even 12 SB lathes that I have
restored for myself and other people. I own five restored ones and
all the rest I did for friends.
This hobby has turned into a lot of work and I still have a lot of
work to do before I am finished with all my projects. Some of witch
are Barnes peddle lathes the Wade 8A and also a Logan to complete.
I still have five more Daltons to complete the restorations on.
When I am done with the Dalton I will have an example of a TL and
the Lot 3 4 5 and 6 with several versions of the Lot 4. Some day I
hop to find the elusive 9 1/2 inch with a four foot bed mounted on
the cast cabinet. I am still looking for my first overhead electric
drive as I do not have a complete one. I think there are three
lathes in the group that have this drive and all three there is some
differences in them.
All for now
Dennis Turk
--- In daltonlathes@..., "Dave" <dkirk_4@...> wrote:
Hello everyone,
I just posted a few pictures of the lot 4 I've finally finished
after
almost a year. The headstock, saddle, cross-slide, top-slide, and
tailstock all spent some time out at the Turk Lathe Works where
they
were refurbished by Dennis himself. The headstock bearings got
shimmed
and was lined up with the tailstock,and got thrust bearings
instead of
those red fiber washers; a new barrel,nut and screw was machined
for
the tailstock; the cross slide got a new screw, dial ring and
bearings;
the top-slide was replaced and also got a new screw.
So a big THANKS to Dennis for all the work to make the lathe
operable!
Also a thank you to the agent who got me a great rate on my second
mortgage to pay for all the work. "- )
The bed is still being shimmed. I have it down to about .001
taper in
6 inches, and it seems to have stopped moving, but I still check
it
about once a week. Now that it's warming up in my basement, I'll
have
to see if it moves as it warms up.
This is the first lathe I've owned, so I'm still figuring out
how to
use it.
So that's all for now, it's starting to get light outside so I
should
be getting ready for work. Later, folks.
Dave
