Hi,
Making the nameplate for your collet box was a pleasure David and kept me amused for a few hours; it was just an experiment for me to play around with at the time. Glad you like it.
Your Lorch lathe is an example of true engineering; it was made in the days before the silicon chip and CNC had been dreamed about; a time when true engineers turned cranks and handles to put on a cut not simply press a few buttons. How times change; I've just bought a VFD (Variable frequency drive) which I'll post about shortly; 2.2Kw simply plug into a 13A socket and run a 3 phase motor; of course me being a dinosaur I find the instruction book as intimidating as I find a TV remote to be.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/lorchschmidt/page2.html
Hopefully David you might find your Lorch to be one of the lathes with the hollow mandrel allowing the collets to be used in the head-stock as well. Lorch made lathes with both solid and hollow mandrels and visiting the above site shows a Lorch with the draw-bar inserted in the head-stock. On a clock making lathe I can see just how useful tail-stock collets could be; clocks have many gears/cogs (correctly called "wheels") that require extremely accurate spindle holes and a collet will hold a very small drill bit better than a small chuck affording great accuracy.
You are so right about me being used to the big stuff; I've worked on lathes that could easily peel away 1/2" at one pass (1" on diameter) during roughing cuts without the lightest trouble. Working on very small lathes would be a new experience to me but again I'll be adding another thread on my latest acquisition.
Please; please Santa let me find the Lorch lathe shown in the above link on my workshop bench on Christmas morning; I promise to be a good boy and will treat it with the respect it deserves.
Kind Regards, Col.
Making the nameplate for your collet box was a pleasure David and kept me amused for a few hours; it was just an experiment for me to play around with at the time. Glad you like it.
Your Lorch lathe is an example of true engineering; it was made in the days before the silicon chip and CNC had been dreamed about; a time when true engineers turned cranks and handles to put on a cut not simply press a few buttons. How times change; I've just bought a VFD (Variable frequency drive) which I'll post about shortly; 2.2Kw simply plug into a 13A socket and run a 3 phase motor; of course me being a dinosaur I find the instruction book as intimidating as I find a TV remote to be.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/lorchschmidt/page2.html
Hopefully David you might find your Lorch to be one of the lathes with the hollow mandrel allowing the collets to be used in the head-stock as well. Lorch made lathes with both solid and hollow mandrels and visiting the above site shows a Lorch with the draw-bar inserted in the head-stock. On a clock making lathe I can see just how useful tail-stock collets could be; clocks have many gears/cogs (correctly called "wheels") that require extremely accurate spindle holes and a collet will hold a very small drill bit better than a small chuck affording great accuracy.
You are so right about me being used to the big stuff; I've worked on lathes that could easily peel away 1/2" at one pass (1" on diameter) during roughing cuts without the lightest trouble. Working on very small lathes would be a new experience to me but again I'll be adding another thread on my latest acquisition.
Please; please Santa let me find the Lorch lathe shown in the above link on my workshop bench on Christmas morning; I promise to be a good boy and will treat it with the respect it deserves.
Kind Regards, Col.
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