Thread: New old lathe

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Very close, it is a Drummond. During WWII the war office uplifted everthing to do with this lathe and gave it to Myford to produce so that Drummond could concentrate on bigger machines for the war effort. This lathe was the basis of the successful Myford line. Drummond made the Maximat line. I have't seen this in the flesh yet so not sure if it is a Drummond or a Myford M type long bed modellers lathe.

Those boxes of bits would likely cost a thousand or two.

Hopefully it is not to worn and if it is I have a stick of white metal you can have to recast bearings and you can have the bed reground at any decent engine reconditioners.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Yes. Was one onboard all the Brit naval ships and it ran off a shaft running through the workshop.

Straight up? I was just taking the piss
Like all the eye candy in the box. Real tools

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Hopefully it is not to worn and if it is I have a stick of white metal you can have to recast bearings and you can have the bed reground at any decent engine reconditioners.

I've seen some closeups of the bed and it looks really good. These things are made very rigid. I've heard and seen a few of these run through a milling machine to check the bed and there was zero deflection along the entire length. They have a conical bearing in them so as it wears you just wind it in a little to remove any play and easy to machine up new ones. Making a replacement set will be a high priority.

Originally Posted by sako75

Straight up? I was just taking the piss
Like all the eye candy in the box. Real tools

You can run off a shaft, electric motor or foot treddle. The treddle wheel is about 40kg.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

I've seen some closeups of the bed and it looks really good. These things are made very rigid. I've heard and seen a few of these run through a milling machine to check the bed and there was zero deflection along the entire length. They have a conical bearing in them so as it wears you just wind it in a little to remove any play and easy to machine up new ones. Making a replacement set will be a high priority.

Nice.
My workmate had two small myfords clutering up my shed when he was living at mine, he had the bed of one ground surprisingly the headstock bearings were still pretty good but they may have been done peviously a few times.
As is the case with virtually all lathes they wear a hollow in the bed where the carrage is close to the chuck where 90% of the work is done which you may not care about for what you are going to do with it or it may be fine as is

Go the whole hog with a tredle wheel... Keep you fit for the hills

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Nice.
My workmate had two small myfords clutering up my shed when he was living at mine, he had the bed of one ground surprisingly the headstock bearings were still pretty good but they may have been done peviously a few times.
As is the case with virtually all lathes they wear a hollow in the bed where the carrage is close to the chuck where 90% of the work is done which you may not care about for what you are going to do with it or it may be fine as is

Yes, that is definitely the place that takes the wear. Still miss my old lathe, bigger and stronger with a reasonable 38mm bore. This thing has a bore that small you may as well consider it not to have one.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Yes, that is definitely the place that takes the wear. Still miss my old lathe, bigger and stronger with a reasonable 38mm bore. This thing has a bore that small you may as well consider it not to have one.

Yea ya end up doing a lot between centers and or a steady but it is surprising what you can do on a small Lathe.

Mate mounted a 4 jaw with bearings on a morse for the tailstock,VERY handy bit of gear that.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yea ya end up doing a lot between centers and or a steady but it is surprising what you can do on a small Lathe.

Mate mounted a 4 jaw with bearings on a morse for the tailstock,VERY handy bit of gear that.

Yes I've used that setup in a machine shop. Glad I kept my dial guage, micrometers and verniers. Can't wait to pick to loot up after a trip to visit @kotoku for an engine crane. Roll on the weekend.

These are 4 pole 1400 Rpm motors

Originally Posted by Maca49

These are 4 pole 1400 Rpm motors

I'd be keen to take one off your hands Maca. Thanks. PM me cost and account details.

That lathe is older than my one by about 5-6 years and this one has been in the family for about 60 years. I can recall my old man having shit loads of steel for turning and every time we shifted it all had to go as well. He used to rewind electric motors on it as well. Mine is an Atlas and also has a heap of extra tools etc.

Its currently stripped down to replace bearings through out

This is the most recognised site for lathe info Lathes
I have a small EMCO which is really just a larger jeweller's lathe but despite its size I have done some amazing things on it.
Would dearly love a larger big but just don't have room for one.

Originally Posted by zimmer

This is the most recognised site for lathe info Lathes
I have a small EMCO which is really just a larger jeweller's lathe but despite its size I have done some amazing things on it.
Would dearly love a larger big but just don't have room for one.

I've used that sight many times over the years to help identify possible candidates.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

I've used that sight many times over the years to help identify possible candidates.

Good write up on the Drummond don't you think.