Afternoon Chaps! Things seem to have gone a bit quiet recently, haven't they? Anyway, this is a post to let you know that I've just sold my last TR casting...
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Peter Woods
peter328383
Jun 3, 2006 1:28 pm
Hi, Andrew and all, Quiet, because decorating the living room......(yawn!) Having previously recieved one of your castings for the long top slide, does one...
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Dennis Turk
turkdr_dalto...
Jun 3, 2006 2:27 pm
Hi Andrew Peter and all the rest of you Drummond fanciers. Drummond things in the US are a little quiet also. Alan Wheatly now has all my Drummond parts in...
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Andrew Curl
latheboy2002
Jun 3, 2006 2:46 pm
Hello Peter! The original feedscrew is of sufficient length once you've remade the endplate it passes through. An extra bonus is that you get to fit a...
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Andrew Curl
latheboy2002
Jun 3, 2006 3:10 pm
Hi Andrew Peter and all the rest of you Drummond fanciers. Hello Dennis- hope that you are well. Drummond things in the US are a little quiet also. Alan...
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Andrew Curl
latheboy2002
Jun 3, 2006 3:57 pm
Sorry Dennis- I misread the part of your mail saying "4 jaw"! I have actually got an original independent of 6" diameter- I'll have to look it out to try and...
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jhnpoc
Jun 3, 2006 3:58 pm
Hello again Gentlemen Ive recently acquired a Round Bed Lathe, an early one with the bronze bearings bolted to the top of the flat headstock MCHA4189. It's in ...
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Andrew Curl
latheboy2002
Jun 3, 2006 4:25 pm
... From: "Andrew Curl" <lamech@...> To: <drummondlathe@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [drummondlathe] Castings ...
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K. Jones
kommisioner2000
Jun 3, 2006 5:07 pm
Hi All, Peter, you wrote "By the way, for the benefit of those who're waiting, I've nearly finished ... to ... Is this the same as the one Andrew made? (No...
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Peter Woods
peter328383
Jun 3, 2006 7:28 pm
Ken The drawings I'm doing are measured from an original (late model) Drummond steady with the round adjuster bosses. I promised to do these for the benefit of...
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K. Jones
kommisioner2000
Jun 3, 2006 9:01 pm
Peter, I thank you for the finer points, Much appreciated [as are most of the explanations on our page .all filed away in there 'no small wonder, ja mal...
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ED MAISEY
holmes_ca_2000
Jun 4, 2006 12:57 am
Hello Dennis, Edmund here up in Central Alberta, Canada, I have a 1947 Drummond "M" type from Myford serial # J3920, Bought it from a fellow model engineer...
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dirgegardiner
Jun 4, 2006 12:35 pm
I'm STILL trying to sell my 1917 lathe, and the house move is getting closer; could you suggest places to advertise it please? There's always Ebay but i'm...
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Andrew Curl
latheboy2002
Jun 4, 2006 4:28 pm
I suppose I'm recording the original for posterity and those who want to reproduce historically accurate items. I believe the castings supplied by Andrew will...
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Andrew Curl
latheboy2002
Jun 4, 2006 4:29 pm
As I've said to several people, make your money back, and then some, by taking a few photos as you go, and selling an article to M.E.W. £200 per published...
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Peter Brown
mogman243
Jun 5, 2006 7:11 am
Are you still looking for bits for your lathe? I have a scrap B type, most parts available except tailstock. Let me know if you are still interested. Peter ......
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Mike Waldron
pastor_mikew
Jun 5, 2006 8:12 am
Anyone know what's happened to the Picador range? Haven't seen any bits for sale for years Mike ... From: jhnpoc To: drummondlathe@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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Mike Waldron
pastor_mikew
Jun 5, 2006 8:17 am
Hi Peter - yes I am (Mike Waldron). Apron and related bits are my real need - along with decent leadscrew - I have a 1921 fixed screw / nut early M type. Mike ...
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Mike Waldron
pastor_mikew
Jun 5, 2006 8:48 am
What model is it, and what are you asking for it? ... From: dirgegardiner To: drummondlathe@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 1:34 PM Subject:...
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jhnpoc
Jun 5, 2006 9:34 am
... Hello Mr Waldron Picador are still in business in Grimsby, Lincs making a range of pulleys, couplings, handwheels, and plummer blocks. They are also still ...
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Anne & Ashley Slater
ana.slater@...
Jun 5, 2006 9:58 am
Try Simbles of Watford, Google should find website, they used to stock the whole range. _____ From: drummondlathe@yahoogroups.com...
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Mike Waldron
pastor_mikew
Jun 5, 2006 12:24 pm
nothing there, as far as I could see ... From: Anne & Ashley Slater To: drummondlathe@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 10:55 AM Subject: RE:...
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Tony Griffiths
tonylathes
Jun 5, 2006 1:52 pm
Consider: http://www.lathes.co.uk/page3.html Lots of interesting lathes for sale - and the page is widely followed. Yours is the sort of lathe that might need...
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dirgegardiner
Jun 5, 2006 2:01 pm
It'S A 5" 1917 double bed admiralty spec job, described in a message here fairly recently; I'm asking £375 for the old girl c/w chucks, gears, fixed steady,...
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Mike Waldron
pastor_mikew
Jun 5, 2006 2:42 pm
Ah! Not in my budget range I'm afraid! Sorry Mike ... From: dirgegardiner To: drummondlathe@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 2:59 PM Subject:...
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Andrew Curl
latheboy2002
Jun 5, 2006 7:17 pm
I have never investigated it, but is there any possibility that an ML7 leadscrew could be modified and used? Will anyone admit to owning a Myford, and furnish...
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Mike Waldron
pastor_mikew
Jun 6, 2006 9:38 am
I have one as well as my M! I must admit I was thinking about the possibility. There are differences at each end of course - but it might just be feasible. I...
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charles.ping@...
littlewrongs
Jun 6, 2006 9:46 am
Andrew I've got an ML7 leadscrew on the bench at the moment - although I'm nowhere near the bench. The first thing to note is that it's 5/8" 8tpi acme. I can...
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Mike Waldron
pastor_mikew
Jun 6, 2006 11:33 am
I think M's screw is same dimensions! Will check at lunchtime in a minute when I go home. Mike ... From: charles.ping@... To:...
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Andrew Curl
latheboy2002
Jun 6, 2006 5:06 pm
Thanks for that Charles- it's been a while since we heard from you- welcome back! There is no need to trouble yourself supplying further dimensions for me, as...
