Trying to get an old B4 up and running. The spindle had 0.011 inches of play from left to right. I adjusted the thrust bearing to give me about 0.002 inches of...
Hello Ron, My name is Jim Bonner. I have a Dalton B-6. Thanks for setting up this group. I'm not sure if the B-4 uses a ball bearing or a fiber washer for a ...
My lathe is a Dalton B-6. It has an 8 1/4" swing and a 36 inch bed. I got lucky with my lathe in that it came with several accessories. It came with an 8"...
Hi All Well some one finally did it. Dalton user group. I will right more later but right now I just wont to say hello. Owener of many Dalton lathes."-))))))...
Hi All Just a little note now that I have a computer working again. I have a number of projects in the shop right now. I am helping Todd Young with his TL...
South Bend Model C Hey I could use another one of these but I don't think I have the room. Ron ... to ... orginals. ... the ... setting ... the ... I ... ...
Jim You wrote that "There is a collar on the slotted shaft that can be set to use the auto feed stop on the carriage." How does this work, and is it just on...
Ron, As far as I know, the carriage auto feed stop was only available on the B-6. If there were any later models produced, I would imagine they would have had...
Hi all Lot 6 owners. I have a few extra Boston change gears that fit your lot 6 B-6 lathe. The only difference between Dalton gears and the Boston ones is...
Hi all We need to clarify some of your Dalton history. I am afraid that Tony Griffith has some errors in his interpretation of Dalton history. Ron Jim Bonner...
Hello Fellow Gang Members, This is one of my alter egos addresses. Let yahoo deal with yahoo spam. Does anyone have contact information to the Dalton lathe...
The seller is bilsey47 item # 7599225433 Considering what's missing, it's not worth the $250 he was asking, hence no bids. I'm not interested as I have a...
Hello everyone, I just posted a few pictures of the lot 4 I've finally finished after almost a year. The headstock, saddle, cross-slide, top-slide, and ...
Hi all you Dalton owners. If you have looked at Dave's pictures you can see that Dave may be a newbie to the hobby but you can also see he is a real craftsman....
Hi R T????? (Road and track or Run tough or or or) I have emailed the lady that was selling the Dalton for here friend. I have not heard back from here as to...
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Hi all, I was looking at the threading charts posted yesterday and of course I have a couple of questions here. First one being, since there is no dial ring on...
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Hi Dave OK just think of it this way. Your cross slide is an indirect reading dial. If you dial in .010 you take .020 off the diameter. Just remember that...
Hi All and especially Ron. I apologize for this posting. I am not just sure how it got here as I was responding to Dave Kirks email this morning. In his...
Hi all again. I went back and looked at Dave's email and if I had scrolled to the bottom of the page I would have seen the Yahoo site links. One must be...
Hi Dave, It sounds like you are off to a good start cuting threads. One thing you may want to keep in mind is that the chart is just a reference. It is meant...
Dennis and Jim, Thanks for all the threading info. I'm glad it's posted here, cuz I know I'll be going back to it, and if it's here I'll know where to look for...
OK I know this is going to the group guys. And yes Dave I did not have my pants on yet."-))))) Hay I can sit here and talk to you guys in my skivvies if I...
Passed on from the UK engine list. See http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6276668512 Give your wallet a tranquilizer before looking at the...
Hi Ed and All Yes these lathe are very highly prized as they were built by a single person mostly for friends. I think one of my English friends told me there...
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