Hi Jo,you know there's another Jo over on MadModder,don't you? You may have a doppelgänger
Missing bits from your slotter,you say? Oh, that is seriously one of my pet hates when someone feels the need to separate a machine from the vital accessories that make it properly functional
I tell you
The lathe I was lucky with as it came with a very comprehensive range of Harrison factory accessories.
Big range of back gear change wheels,taper turn attachment,Burnerd multisize collet chuck and collet set,face plates,drive plates, 3 and 4 jaw Pratt chucks indexing 4 way tool post and a good deal of smaller tooling etc.
There is also a quick action cross slide and capstan bed turret should I ever feel the need to set up for production runs
The best part of all this being that the lathe itself was one of 4 that I worked on when doing my Tech College day release C&G course during my apprentice days.
I bought it through Govt tender about 13 years after I had finished college. My old course tutor was still there and ensured that
all the apparatus that belonged with that machine came my way (thanks sir)
I've owned and had the old girl in constant use since 1992 and added loads more tooling since then.
There is one really odd twist in the tale. The lathe originally had a full set of imperial and metric compound slide and cross slide lead screws but the compound imperial was missing when I collected it,so she was used as metric for years.
About 2 years back a friend and myself bought a job lot of machines and various tooling from a deceased estate and amongst the boxes of bits and pieces appeared 2 imperial Harrison compound screws
Some people have strange fetishes.
Turned out the chap had been a college tutor himself and also bought stuff from them at tender sales.
That deceased workshop clearance is also where the Alba shaper came from.
I'm jealous of your Delapena (or was it Sunnen?)honer machine though,as I no longer have ready access to one these days.
Some photies needed for sure......Oz