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30th Oct 2020, 11:10 am | #21 |
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Re: Modeller's lathe?
Camden Miniature Steam Services have a large selection of good how to books on operating small lathes. I think I have a copy of the South Bend book somewhere.
South Bend were an American manufacturer and their machines inspired a number of British copies of which the Myford is a derivative. Some vintage books are rather readable and very helpful. DAvid
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30th Oct 2020, 1:03 pm | #22 | |
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Re: Modeller's lathe?
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I bought a few years old but mint ML7 in 1963 and kept it until 2years ago when I moved house, still mint. I did lots of work on it but kept it in nice condition by covering it in oil soaked cloths. I’ve always believed that with a welder and a lathe nothing is beyond your abilities. I use my bench drill and hand tools as a sideways operating lathe if I need something small now. Not quite as good but usable. Jim |
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30th Oct 2020, 1:36 pm | #23 |
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Re: Modeller's lathe?
Hi Jim.
3 phase variable speed drive. In my case 3 phase to 3 phase 415V. But you can buy these drives as single phase 230V to 3 phase 230V. most small motors under 4kW are wound for star / delta 230/415V. Bob
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30th Oct 2020, 9:09 pm | #24 |
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Re: Modeller's lathe?
Thanks Bob, I didn’t know about such things. It must be really useful having such a fine control.
My lathe had a half horse capacitor start motor which was fine and I used to crudely slip the countershaft belt when I wanted an easily controllable speed for coil winding. It worked well but I hadn’t heard of a variable speed drive then. Its amazing what you can do with limited resources. Jim |
30th Oct 2020, 9:36 pm | #25 |
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Re: Modeller's lathe?
Condensation city out in the shed this weekend - thanks for the reminder!
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