11-02-2014, 10:14 AM
Hi,
Many thanks Colin for adding both links. The "Lathes" website is very well known and rightly so as it holds a vast amount of useful information; there isn't a more comprehensive lathe site on the web than this one. I view it each time I buy a lathe and posted the details in post #1 on the thread;
http://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/...p?tid=3996
Your first link Colin showing the Lorch catalogues I've been viewing trying to find details of a similar lathe to mine; I thought I had posted this link but I'm mistaken although I did send the link to David because David has a delightful Lorch watchmakers lathe. Thanks in particular Colin for adding the Lorch catalogue link . Also it is very decent of you to offer to translate German into English (Yorkshire) for me and if needed I'll gladly accept your kind offer. I'd be very pleased indeed just to obtain an exploded drawing of my lathe to work from because at the moment I need to be careful whilst removing items and have to make notes/sketches; it is incredibly easy to remove an item then forget how it was installed? A single spacer sitting on the bench after a full restoration can prove highly frustrating. I take lots of digital images but never to date have used these during a restoration; I prefer pencil sketches and notes because these can sit on the bench; somehow dirty hands and a digital camera don't work for me? Surely anyone can remove a big item from a lathe such as a large stepped pulley and not have problems remembering how it was originally installed; what happens though in a months time when everything is fully reassembled and the pulley has been installed the wrong way around; what a shame to destroy the new paint job?
Thanks Gary for adding the picture of the restored Lorch Lathe which is delightful; these lathes are so well regarded and sought after that they are well worth the time and effort not only to keep them in good order but to restore any that have had a hard life; they are without doubt extremely desirable lathes and as such command high prices when for sale but not many owners would want to part with a nice example; mine at the moment looks like scrap but I'm hoping to expose a thing of beauty; at least to me anyway and because my lathe is such a good size it is one I'll be keeping because I'm sure it will cover any turning jobs which are likely to arise in my workshop.
I agree with you Gary in that the lathe in the picture you posted does look daunting with all its knobs and levers but if you suddenly had this lathe appear on your bench (in your dreams) you would very quickly find your way around all the various controls. It's easy to overlook the basic function of a lathe when viewing a lathe such as this but a lathe simply spins things; the knobs and levers allow adjustments and tooling to be brought to bear on the revolving work; on bigger lathes the work can be secured on the cross slide and the tool gripped in the head-stock chuck these tools being items like drill bits or a fly cutter. The Lorch in the picture though is gorgeous as are so many of these Lorch lathes.
I don't want to add too much lathe detail here so will resume my Lorch endeavours at the above link in order to keep the information in one place but I do very much appreciate all input on the subject; I could go on about lathes forever as lathes are a passion of mine and one I've never tired of over the last 50 years.
I'm rained off today; if I pull the car out of the garage it will get soaking wet and because of active burglars I dare not leave it out overnight; still it could be much worse; I've just been watching a bit of news and one distraught flood victim down south not only is faced with having her home flooded but thieves have actually stolen her sand bags; my weather problems are insignificant to hers? I'll tidy the spare bedrooms today and the final two radios I'm disposing of are being collected.
Once I start to use this Wilmac bandsaw I'll run some test pieces through to check for accuracy of cut; initial setting up has been carried out with the aid of a steel rule and square but this for safety is carried out with the bandsaw unplugged; under power things tend to change slightly?
Kind regards, Col.
Many thanks Colin for adding both links. The "Lathes" website is very well known and rightly so as it holds a vast amount of useful information; there isn't a more comprehensive lathe site on the web than this one. I view it each time I buy a lathe and posted the details in post #1 on the thread;
http://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/...p?tid=3996
Your first link Colin showing the Lorch catalogues I've been viewing trying to find details of a similar lathe to mine; I thought I had posted this link but I'm mistaken although I did send the link to David because David has a delightful Lorch watchmakers lathe. Thanks in particular Colin for adding the Lorch catalogue link . Also it is very decent of you to offer to translate German into English (Yorkshire) for me and if needed I'll gladly accept your kind offer. I'd be very pleased indeed just to obtain an exploded drawing of my lathe to work from because at the moment I need to be careful whilst removing items and have to make notes/sketches; it is incredibly easy to remove an item then forget how it was installed? A single spacer sitting on the bench after a full restoration can prove highly frustrating. I take lots of digital images but never to date have used these during a restoration; I prefer pencil sketches and notes because these can sit on the bench; somehow dirty hands and a digital camera don't work for me? Surely anyone can remove a big item from a lathe such as a large stepped pulley and not have problems remembering how it was originally installed; what happens though in a months time when everything is fully reassembled and the pulley has been installed the wrong way around; what a shame to destroy the new paint job?
Thanks Gary for adding the picture of the restored Lorch Lathe which is delightful; these lathes are so well regarded and sought after that they are well worth the time and effort not only to keep them in good order but to restore any that have had a hard life; they are without doubt extremely desirable lathes and as such command high prices when for sale but not many owners would want to part with a nice example; mine at the moment looks like scrap but I'm hoping to expose a thing of beauty; at least to me anyway and because my lathe is such a good size it is one I'll be keeping because I'm sure it will cover any turning jobs which are likely to arise in my workshop.
I agree with you Gary in that the lathe in the picture you posted does look daunting with all its knobs and levers but if you suddenly had this lathe appear on your bench (in your dreams) you would very quickly find your way around all the various controls. It's easy to overlook the basic function of a lathe when viewing a lathe such as this but a lathe simply spins things; the knobs and levers allow adjustments and tooling to be brought to bear on the revolving work; on bigger lathes the work can be secured on the cross slide and the tool gripped in the head-stock chuck these tools being items like drill bits or a fly cutter. The Lorch in the picture though is gorgeous as are so many of these Lorch lathes.
I don't want to add too much lathe detail here so will resume my Lorch endeavours at the above link in order to keep the information in one place but I do very much appreciate all input on the subject; I could go on about lathes forever as lathes are a passion of mine and one I've never tired of over the last 50 years.
I'm rained off today; if I pull the car out of the garage it will get soaking wet and because of active burglars I dare not leave it out overnight; still it could be much worse; I've just been watching a bit of news and one distraught flood victim down south not only is faced with having her home flooded but thieves have actually stolen her sand bags; my weather problems are insignificant to hers? I'll tidy the spare bedrooms today and the final two radios I'm disposing of are being collected.
Once I start to use this Wilmac bandsaw I'll run some test pieces through to check for accuracy of cut; initial setting up has been carried out with the aid of a steel rule and square but this for safety is carried out with the bandsaw unplugged; under power things tend to change slightly?
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
