Thread: Lathe

Originally Posted by mimms2

I think it came up in the jokes thread here, or someone sent it to me

"What's wrong with this generation? 50 years ago a car's manual told you how to adjust the valves, nowdays a car's manual tells you not to drink the contents of the battery"

Couple of old publications "How to run a lathe" or "Keep your lathe in trim" are basic, but good reference for the starting-outer @OP.

Hear! Hear! I've got the South Bend manual "How to Run a Lathe" which includes messing about with change gears.

Tony at lathes.co.uk recommends this manual for the Grayson type/generation of lathes. Recognise the tool holder type? I also just notice a dog with a straight tail being driven by a bolt in the face place.

Originally Posted by mimms2

I have a drawer full of them if you want. But they're probably 1" shank or larger.

Thanks or the offer mimms2, but I've actually got three different sized dogs. What I'm missing is the studded faceplate that originally came with my lathe, see the circled item below. I can of course just put a bolt through my holed faceplate (like the one mounted in the image) to drive my dogs but it's still nice to have the complete kit.