04-11-2012, 04:04 PM
Hi,
I've said many times once the lathe bug bites it becomes an addiction.
I'm a lost soul having taken delivery of lathe #5 on Friday. It's time I got a grip on all my lathes; three are projects with two being basket cases. This little Clarke engineering lathe will be used during the restorations of the three lathes; I just hope I don't kill it.
The Clarke has a very good specification given its small size; with a #3MT bore through the mandrel and #2MT bore through the tailstock it will at least hold decent tooling. Variable speed and thread cutting are included as is power feed to the carriage.
My lathe tally so far is two very rare 36" between centers Myford's both of which require full restorations but both beds are already re-ground and painted; a Record Power DML24" woodturning lathe which is fully working and was bought for me over twenty years ago as a Christmas present by my lovely wife Bron. Another very recent acquisition being my Union Jubilee which I'm currently upgrading and will add the story in due course and now the Clarke which once again is a Christmas present from Bron; I've known about the Clarke for a number of years as a friend bought it new and I finally gave in when Bron asked what I would like for Christmas; what a wonderful wife I have in Bron and of course you can't go wrong with a lathe; it beats socks or hankies anytime.
The Clarke is plug and play as it is fully working and sits on the workshop bench nicely; it doesn't walk around due to its rubber feet and is quiet in operation. I can't comment upon it's performance as I have yet to use it but I did buy some 1/4" HSS tool blanks whilst at Rufforth Auto Jumble yesterday. Once all five lathes are running I'll decide whether to sell any of them but confess I was looking at a nice old clock-makers lathe with a low price tag of £75 at Rufforth; it was hard but I resisted buying it and whilst at the post office on Friday I was offered another clock-makers lathe by the postmaster. our bungalow is rapidly becoming the lathe center of West Yorkshire.
Kind regards, Col.
cl300m-instructions.pdf (Size: 1.28 MB / Downloads: 82)
I've said many times once the lathe bug bites it becomes an addiction.
I'm a lost soul having taken delivery of lathe #5 on Friday. It's time I got a grip on all my lathes; three are projects with two being basket cases. This little Clarke engineering lathe will be used during the restorations of the three lathes; I just hope I don't kill it.
The Clarke has a very good specification given its small size; with a #3MT bore through the mandrel and #2MT bore through the tailstock it will at least hold decent tooling. Variable speed and thread cutting are included as is power feed to the carriage.
My lathe tally so far is two very rare 36" between centers Myford's both of which require full restorations but both beds are already re-ground and painted; a Record Power DML24" woodturning lathe which is fully working and was bought for me over twenty years ago as a Christmas present by my lovely wife Bron. Another very recent acquisition being my Union Jubilee which I'm currently upgrading and will add the story in due course and now the Clarke which once again is a Christmas present from Bron; I've known about the Clarke for a number of years as a friend bought it new and I finally gave in when Bron asked what I would like for Christmas; what a wonderful wife I have in Bron and of course you can't go wrong with a lathe; it beats socks or hankies anytime.
The Clarke is plug and play as it is fully working and sits on the workshop bench nicely; it doesn't walk around due to its rubber feet and is quiet in operation. I can't comment upon it's performance as I have yet to use it but I did buy some 1/4" HSS tool blanks whilst at Rufforth Auto Jumble yesterday. Once all five lathes are running I'll decide whether to sell any of them but confess I was looking at a nice old clock-makers lathe with a low price tag of £75 at Rufforth; it was hard but I resisted buying it and whilst at the post office on Friday I was offered another clock-makers lathe by the postmaster. our bungalow is rapidly becoming the lathe center of West Yorkshire.
Kind regards, Col.
cl300m-instructions.pdf (Size: 1.28 MB / Downloads: 82)
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.