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Eyesight not so good so I need a Cowells lathe!
simplyloco:
The lathe arrived today. The boxes were a bit heavier than I expected, and when I opened them the reason became clear. The seller had decided to clear his workshop and I was the lucky recipient!
Here's a better view. Hundreds of carbide tools, drills with ground 0MT shanks, 26 various 0MT hard/softcentres including a drill pad, cup and flange, 3 blank arbors, etc.etc.. Two live centres - male and female, precision chuck, unused fixed steady and other stuff too numerous to document!
It has the M1.5 spindle, and has obviousely done a lot of work, but I've overhauled the slides, trued up the tailstock (0.015" out), oiled up everything and it works fine e.g.
There is no perceptible runout on the SS 1/8" bar...
I'm quite chuffed with it, although the RPM seems a little pedestrian for such a small lathe! I checked the speed using my Roman built mechanical tacho, and it was spot on 880, so I'm open to suggestions to speed things up a little. I also don't 'get' how the back gear works as the book says to disengage the driven pulley!
Kim:
You should be chuffed! That's a beautiful little lathe with a LOT of nice tooling to go with it! I'd say you made quite a score there! :ThumbsUp:
Congratulations!
Kim
Jo:
Good haul :o
Interesting they changed the baseplate casting over the years. You will need a magnifier to help you see your turning ;)
Do you have its serial number?
Jo
crueby:
Great collection! Have you decided what its first project will be?
simplyloco:
--- Quote from: crueby on October 25, 2022, 05:28:45 PM ---Great collection! Have you decided what its first project will be?
--- End quote ---
It will help produce the smaller items on the Reeves Bolton Triple that I will be purchasing next week. One of these...
https://modelengineeringwebsite.com/Triple_expansion_engine.html?fbclid=IwAR2U8sLlgXscUhp3e7EreVtfpWLz48IdkBLwaTvXaamAnGAbshIuTWUxImU
The Stuart Triple castings are being returned.
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