No, not mine! I have been contacted by someone off-list who wants to sell a Round Bed lathe, complete with most changewheels and quite a lot of accessories, ...
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m.j.clarke@...
Dec 23, 2000 5:11 pm
Hi, Brian & Co. I don't know if I really qualify to be a member of this board - I'm just starting to learn about metal turning and have just (today) purchased...
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Brian Drummond
brian@...
Dec 23, 2000 7:26 pm
... Hi Mel, I'm not sure there _is_ an &Co, yours is the first message in months! So you definitely qualify... I presume you've found the main source of info...
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m.j.clarke@...
Dec 23, 2000 7:58 pm
Hi Brian, thanks for the welcome. I got my lathe, via Chris Heapy's ads, from Malcolm Cook in Cleveland - just 16 miles or so from where I live. It looks to be...
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Brian Drummond
brian@...
Dec 23, 2000 10:52 pm
... aha! That WAS the one I was tempted by ... it sounded like a very good deal, so please don't tell me how much less you paid for it :-) But I really don't...
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m.j.clarke@...
Jan 4, 2001 1:18 pm
My lathe was delivered last week and is now residing, minus its stand and motor, on the floor of the spare room. Setting it up in there has been positively...
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Brian Drummond
brian@...
Jan 4, 2001 3:07 pm
Just in case anyone's interested... - Brian On Wed, 3 Jan 2001 18:08:21 -0000, in uk.rec.models.engineering "Derek...
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Brian Drummond
brian@...
Jan 5, 2001 3:37 pm
... Sounds excellent! Though it's only when you're taking heavy cuts or trying to mill something that the slop really reveals itself... Mine has only a little...
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m.j.clarke@...
Jan 12, 2001 6:02 pm
Well, I've had time to have a 'play' with my new toy and a couple of worrying things came to light. First of all, my chuck was showing about 0.0075 run-out -...
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Brian Drummond
brian@...
Jan 12, 2001 10:08 pm
... Recieved wisdom on plain headstock bearing adjustment... (thanks to "mulligan"; of rec.crafts.metalworking) Put a broomstick through the headstock spindle...
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m.j.clarke@...
Jan 13, 2001 3:01 pm
Brian, I'll take you up on the offer of the reamer when you get your job done - buy it off you if you don't need it again, or hire it if you do - let me know...
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Brian Drummond
brian@...
Jan 13, 2001 3:43 pm
... forget hire ... as long as it comes back, that's all that matters. And that's only because I'll need it for the headstock sometime. ... Tracy Tools Ltd, 2...
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m.j.clarke@...
Jan 13, 2001 7:19 pm
Brian, thanks for your generous offer - but I insist on sending you the price of a couple of pints at least. Richard Bird - not sure exactly who he was - I...
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Mel Clarke
m.j.clarke@...
Jan 13, 2001 8:10 pm
Brian, e-mail me so I can give you Andrew Curl's e-mail address....
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Mel Clarke
m.j.clarke@...
Jan 13, 2001 8:15 pm
Not sure if my e-mail address is available to you - its m dot j dot clarke@ntlworld dot com...
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Brian Drummond
brian@...
Jan 13, 2001 11:09 pm
... I have been told of a list of Drummond owners/serial numbers/who had what, maintained by a model engineer. He passed on, and I'm not sure what happened to...
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ANDREW DAVID CURL
andrew@...
Jan 14, 2001 12:32 pm
O.K. Guys, this is Andrew Curl- I've never been on a mailing list, so I hope that I'm doing this right, and you get this mail! Lets start... Richard Bird was...
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Mel Clarke
m.j.clarke@...
Jan 14, 2001 3:03 pm
Brian, I won't be needing the taper reamer after all. I just couldn't resist having another go and have now got the socket to a point where I have hardly any...
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ANDREW DAVID CURL
andrew@...
Jan 14, 2001 7:17 pm
Hello Mel... I am an engineer, and I haven't got any problems with your technique! The emery probably wasn't necessary, though. Has anyone got any interesting...
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Mel Clarke
m.j.clarke@...
Jan 14, 2001 7:30 pm
Andrew, put me on your list for one if you decide to go ahead. Mel....
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Brian Drummond
brian@...
Jan 14, 2001 8:58 pm
... Welcome aboard! Your expertise will be most useful! Do you have any experience with the round-bed, or do you stick to the "B/M" series? ... Useful to know...
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Brian Drummond
brian@...
Jan 14, 2001 8:58 pm
... WAY cool! (have i been reading too many American messages? :-) It'll certainly help/inspire me to fix the problems with my tailstock taper. - Brian...
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Brian Drummond
brian@...
Jan 14, 2001 8:58 pm
... If it can be adapted for the round-bed... :-) Mine is the early model, with a hole for bolting-on a bracket, and I've wondered about making a tumbler for...
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ANDREW DAVID CURL
andrew@...
Jan 15, 2001 6:04 pm
Hello Brian, I'm a bit confused about a couple of things in your last mail, firstly, I have never seen a Drummond ("A", "B", or "M") that didn't have 14 d.p,...
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Brian Drummond
brian@...
Jan 15, 2001 7:30 pm
... Interesting. Like Humphrey Bogart, "I was misinformed"... I was told that Myford changewheels fitted Drummonds (modulo the pin drive) and Myford...
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Mel Clarke
m.j.clarke@...
Jan 15, 2001 8:59 pm
Not really, at least not mine, but I was just wondering, what could someone do if, for instance, they acquired a lathe that was not useable until some spares...
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ANDREW DAVID CURL
andrew@...
Jan 15, 2001 10:16 pm
Where to start? Drummond changewheels are easy to find, the original 3.5" Drum, the "B" and "M" sets rose from 20T in fives, with additional 38T, 46T and 73T...
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ANDREW DAVID CURL
andrew@...
Jan 15, 2001 10:23 pm
If the price is right, anything can be resurrected. Please tell me the model, year, and missing bits, and we'll see what we can do- mandrel and bearings, no...
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Brian Drummond
brian@...
Jan 16, 2001 12:09 am
... Mine came with 20, 30, 36, 40 and 64 teeth, which are surprisingly useful on their own. I've added 63 teeth (to get some metric threads) and 32 teeth (to...
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Brian Drummond
brian@...
Jan 16, 2001 12:09 am
... Hopefully having the list will improve the chances of finding parts, or drawings of parts, or a friend of a friend who has the part or can make it. Must...
