March
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
Who's Online Now
1 members (Dale May), 769 guests, and 3 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Forum Statistics
Forums10
Topics38,374
Posts544,013
Members14,391
Most Online1,131
Jan 21st, 2024
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Page 2 of 3 1 2 3
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,553
Sidelock
**
Offline
Sidelock
**

Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,553
mind your hair/beard too, if your an old hippie like myself smile
franc

Last edited by Franc Otte; 03/26/14 05:10 PM.
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 2,862
Ken61 Offline OP
Sidelock
***
OP Offline
Sidelock
***

Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 2,862
I'm pretty sure that the two guns I saw were plated, not merely polished. I run into both polished and blued receivers on LC's fairly often.

Thanks for the lathe advice and encouragement. My father bought this lathe probably 30 years ago and never set it up. It was an antique then, so you can imagine what it looks like. It's fairly small, it would easily mount on a dresser top, and the motor is external with a v-belt going to the lathe. I just have to take the time to set it up.


I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 7,693
Likes: 450
Sidelock
**
Offline
Sidelock
**

Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 7,693
Likes: 450
Room around the lathe, good light, no nearby distractions and no loud music or radio when you are starting out. Things happen fast on a lathe if you are not paying attention. Also the sound of the lathe will tell you a lot about how what you are turning is doing. When you are learning a good stock of "soft" metal is great to learn with. I love turning brass stock but aluminum is often cheap to play with. Some of the stainless steels are a pain to turn at first.

Ebay use to be a good place to buy scrap metal stock but now I buy more local stuff. When I go back east I look at my fathers machine shop scarp bin and take what I need or think I need. I pay the scrap metal price for it so no one thinks I am just taking the cream of the scrap. All his employees can buy surplus or scrap metal at the scrap price if the ask. A metal lathe can be addictive so be careful.

Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 2,862
Ken61 Offline OP
Sidelock
***
OP Offline
Sidelock
***

Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 2,862
I'm fortunate to live only around ten minutes from the area scrap yard. I've got a pretty good relationship with them, I always make sure I pay a little over market whenever I scrounge up materials for one of my projects..


I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 12,743
Sidelock
***
Offline
Sidelock
***

Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 12,743
Atlas made a small bench lathe for many years & it used to be sold by Sears. They also published a very good basic instruction book, probably the equal of the South bend one as I recall. Either the Atlas or the small South Bends are good home lathes, but if any one thinks they are "Fine" they've never run a Monarch or Hardinge etc. I have a South Bend myself at home.


Miller/TN
I Didn't Say Everything I Said, Yogi Berra
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 4,445
Likes: 201
Sidelock
**
Offline
Sidelock
**

Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 4,445
Likes: 201
Since everyone is giving advice, I'll add this.When learning, the hardest but most important thing to master is to center the cutting tool on the work.I tried a lot of methods until an old machinist told me to pinch a scale(or other slip of metal) between the tool and the work.If it is vertical,the tool is centered;if it leans away at the top,tool too high;if it leans away at the bottom, tool too low.I always reccomend learning on an Atlas(if avaliable)because they are simple and easy to make tooling for, also parts are cheap.This doesn't take away from the others(I also have Clausing,South Bend,and Logan).The Atlas book is great as 2-piper said,it includes very helpful charts and tables,as well as instructions.
Mike

Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 1,008
Sidelock
**
Offline
Sidelock
**

Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 1,008
Originally Posted By: 2-piper
Atlas made a small bench lathe for many years & it used to be sold by Sears. They also published a very good basic instruction book, probably the equal of the South bend one as I recall. Either the Atlas or the small South Bends are good home lathes, but if any one thinks they are "Fine" they've never run a Monarch or Hardinge etc. I have a South Bend myself at home.


Yes indeed. The Atlas book is more extensive than the SB and has lots of tables and thread info that are not in the SB book.

Ahh...A Hardinge. My are those sweet!

If you mount your lathe on a wooden bench make it as sturdy as possible - it's essential to get the lathe absolutely level with no twist in the bed.

Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 2,862
Ken61 Offline OP
Sidelock
***
OP Offline
Sidelock
***

Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 2,862
I have the Atlas book, the one copyrighted in 1937. It's the "Manual of Lathe Operation and Machinist's Tables".

My lathe is similar to this one.
http://www.rolandandcaroline.co.uk/lathe/lathe1.jpg

Last edited by Ken61; 03/28/14 09:24 AM.

I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 4,445
Likes: 201
Sidelock
**
Offline
Sidelock
**

Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 4,445
Likes: 201
Ken61,
That is an interesting looking antique lathe.I think it would be fun to play with.Do you have an of the "set up" for it, especially "change gears"?The book you have will be very helpful, but I believe your lathe is older.After a second look, this lathe wouldn't take change gears, or chase threads.
Mike

Last edited by Der Ami; 03/28/14 10:00 AM.
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 1,008
Sidelock
**
Offline
Sidelock
**

Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 1,008
Neat lathe! It is a nice restoration project. Unfortunately it's not a screw cutting lathe and has no power feed. The knob on the right of the lead screw is used to advance the carriage.

Is there a maker's name on the lathe?

Page 2 of 3 1 2 3

Link Copied to Clipboard

doublegunshop.com home | Welcome | Sponsors & Advertisers | DoubleGun Rack | Doublegun Book Rack

Order or request info | Other Useful Information

Updated every minute of everyday!


Copyright (c) 1993 - 2024 doublegunshop.com. All rights reserved. doublegunshop.com - Bloomfield, NY 14469. USA These materials are provided by doublegunshop.com as a service to its customers and may be used for informational purposes only. doublegunshop.com assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in these materials. THESE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-ABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. doublegunshop.com further does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links or other items contained within these materials. doublegunshop.com shall not be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, including without limitation, lost revenues or lost profits, which may result from the use of these materials. doublegunshop.com may make changes to these materials, or to the products described therein, at any time without notice. doublegunshop.com makes no commitment to update the information contained herein. This is a public un-moderated forum participate at your own risk.

Note: The posting of Copyrighted material on this forum is prohibited without prior written consent of the Copyright holder. For specifics on Copyright Law and restrictions refer to: http://www.copyright.gov/laws/ - doublegunshop.com will not monitor nor will they be held liable for copyright violations presented on the BBS which is an open and un-moderated public forum.

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5
(Release build 20201027)
Responsive Width:

PHP: 7.0.33-0+deb9u11+hw1 Page Time: 0.065s Queries: 36 (0.040s) Memory: 0.8431 MB (Peak: 1.8987 MB) Data Comp: Off Server Time: 2024-03-29 05:12:15 UTC
Valid HTML 5 and Valid CSS