[modeleng] Re: Lathe for sale

Alan,

When I worked at the Aluminium rolling mill in the 1950s and 60s, we had 
several old WWII ship lathes.  They all had fairly short beds in proportion 
to swing diameter.  Seems to have been pretty standard over here in ship 
lathes.  Like your lathe, they were built "hell for stout" so they would 
last forever.

What I want to know is what the "gearbox" or whatever it is that is on the 
tailstock just ahead of the handwheel on your lathe?  I have never seen such 
an arrangement and it reminds me of a planetary gearbox to maybe get more 
thrust when using large dia drills.

Jesse in 43 degree F. Troy, TN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 4:34 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Lathe for sale


> As some of you may recall, a couple of years ago I bought an old lathe.
> Having cleaned it off and given it a coat of paint, I then tried to 
> identify
> it.
> As far as I can discover, it was made under a joint Colchester + Britannia
> project for the Royal Navy.
> This one was probably on a destroyer,
>
> Since giving it its initial clean, I havent had the chance to do anything
> more.
> It is stored in a pals garage, and he will be moving shortly, so it must 
> go.
>
> Picture at: http://www.alanstepney.info/lathe.jpg
> To give an indication of scale, the cast iron drip tray is 54" long.
>
> It comes with faceplate and 3 and 4 jaw chucks, (But these dont have
> backplates), and a Carter hydraulic variable speed drive. All one needs to
> do is add a motor.
> The gears are worn, but apart from that, it is so solid that it will 
> outlast
> most of us!
>
> It will have to be collected (from Nr Bournemouth), and weighs close to a
> ton. To move it, it will need to be dismantled which I am happy to do.
>
> Price? £100 ono.
>
> More details + photos on request.
>
>
>
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