Love of lathes.

[AlanBeckett]

Black and Green my life. It will look like a giant Caterpillar

Alan

[Retired]

Hi,

No problem for me Big Al; I'm colour blind. One things for sure; it's going to look different from when I bought it?

Kind regards, Col.

[Retired]

Hi,

What a huge difference a WARM DRY day makes; I've had my happy face on today spending a full rare uninterrupted day in the garage. The Lorch head-stock has been a real pain to get ready for painting taking quite a few hours over the last couple of days. As I intended to use my compressor and HVLP spray gun I thought I'd spray as many items as possible today so stripped both the tail-stock and tumbler reverse.

I've just knocked of after spraying all three items in good quality etching primer blasting plenty on. I forgot to take a picture of the tumbler reverse arm in primer but the pictures show the head-stock and tail-stock; I'm pleased these are at the painting stage and in the next few days they will be glossed then re-assembly can begin; the Lorch is now coming together nicely.

I wish every day would be as good as today. A confession; I sprayed the tail-stock first then carried it onto the bench out of harms way; I needed a bit of timber to stand the head-stock on whilst it was being sprayed and a suitable piece of MDF was on the bench; like a fool as I reached over to collect it my jumper sleeve sat in the tail-stock wet paint right on top where it is most visible; not to worry I simply blasted more primer onto the tail-stock and when it dries it will be rubbed down; nothing silly like this was going to spoil my day?

I like paint spraying but I dislike all the work involved getting everything ready to be sprayed.

Kind regards, Col.

                   

[camallison]

There you are Col - sun for tomorrow and all of next week for you.

Colin

[AlanBeckett]

Col,

Daft question; are the two Gears on the Tumbler Reverse the same size? They look different, or is it just the angle?

Alan

[Retired]

Hi,

Many thanks for the sun Colin; very much appreciated and if it lasts a full week without rain we will be on standpipes this time next week? I must remember not to do any soda/hard media blasting if the sun is out; I got sun-burnt the last time.

Thanks for asking Big Al; yes the two gears are identical size which as you know is standard but it is indeed the angle of the shot which makes them look different. The Lorch will be a lot lighter with all the dirt removed. Most of the paintwork is completed which is a huge step forward; the items I'm now painting are all the odds and ends which appear on restorations such as this. The head-stock guards are solid aluminium so I'm considering polishing these then blasting over with clear cellulose because I have a litre of clear in stock.

I've still plenty of cleaning to do as assembly proceeds but its getting easier. Hopefully I'll soon be sorting the new motor and drive belts out ready for the big switch on?

Kind regards, Col.

[Retired]

Hi,

I'm sighing and ticking as I cool down from cutting the grass in our rear garden on such a beautiful day.

British Summer Time is now officially with us and I'm already making the most of it. I was in the garage very early this morning wanting to gloss the parts I had sprayed in etching primer. However I try to be respectful of our neighbours so set about cleaning some of the head-stock gears until 10 o'clock when I switched the compressor on. Everything on this Lorch is incredibly dirty and even a small gear takes quite a bit of time to clean.

Usually cellulose gloss is mixed 50/50 with thinners for spraying but I wanted to blast plenty of paint on so mixed it much thicker. Spraying is rapid and I thought I had done a good job until I saw two small runs appear on the tail-stock right where they would be in full view so not to worry; rejected by quality control until after dinner. I always take time to give the gun a good clean after each spraying session.

After dinner the paint had dried so the two runs were rubbed down with 240G abrasive paper then the tail-stock was blown over again with gloss and once again I cleaned the gun. Next job was to carefully remove the masking; the masking tape I'm using is poor in that it leaves lots of adhesive behind which is a pain to remove with white spirit. I removed the remaining adhesive on the tumbler reverse and also the head-stock because these two had dried OK but as seen in the picture of the tail-stock the adhesive can clearly be seen; no way was I going to attempt to remove the adhesive whilst the paint was still wet. As say it all takes a lot of time but is so rewarding to see the restoration move forward after each session. The colour of the tail-stock is more accurate than all the previous pictures showing the colour to be much lighter.

Tomorrow I can do a bit more work on this Lorch because I need to remain home as the new Gryphon motor is due to be delivered.

Kind regards, Col.

                       

[Retired]

Hi,

Today's update.

Just this afternoon in the garage but I've now fully re-assembled and installed the tail-stock and the head-stock casting is secured in position; it's beginning to look like a lathe once again and its nice to see the parts moving off the bench.

Kind regards, Col.

   

[camallison]

The chap you bought it off will get quite a surprise if he sees it!

Looks the part doesn't it - newly delivered condition.

Colin

[Nick]

I still think you could have done a bit more with the colours

   

That would certainly surprise him! (Looks wonderful, by the way)