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13 April 2019 at 22:30 #404960
Steve King 5
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Good evening lads

Relatively new to the forum and was just wondering if there's any smart and brown lathe owners on here.

Thanks

Steve
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13 April 2019 at 22:30 #13494
Steve King 5
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13 April 2019 at 23:51 #404966
colin vercoe
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obviously not!
14 April 2019 at 06:47 #404974
Plasma
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@plasma
Hi Steve.

I have a smart and Brown model L capstan lathe.

All original except for the motor.

Still setting it up.

Mick
14 April 2019 at 09:06 #404982
John Gregson 1
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I have emco 8 lathe, can please help with the taper on the headstock as making a new backing plate for my 4 jaw chuck

thanks john
14 April 2019 at 09:13 #404983
Nealeb
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I have a 1024 VSL, a bit scruffy but bought with lots of extra toys. Three-phase but now running from external inverter. After my Myford, the bed of this one looks like the deck of an aircraft carrier…
14 April 2019 at 09:39 #404985
Brian Wood
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@brianwood45127
I have the S & B Sabel, a nice and slightly upmarket version of the US Southbend lathe

Brian
14 April 2019 at 09:44 #404987
Clive Foster
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Another 1024 VSL owner. Also slightly scruffy. Native metric and very accurate. Drives Direct 10 HP plug and play inverter powers everything in the workshop, one machine or one machine and the Hydrovane compressor at a time.

Being clutchless can be a bit irritating but simplicity of design is very attractive on an older machine. Stuff that isn't fitted can't wear out or go wrong. Expanding / contacting pulley pair gives mechanical varispeed drive and smooth flat belt to the spindle. Simples and effective.

One thing that really annoyed me was the general fuss and messing about needed to change from metric to imperial threading. Standard intermediate gear on the banjo is on a nice roller bearing stud. But as built you have to pull the banjo off and change the stud to a plain one for the compound conversion gear. Bolting the 127 gear to the standard roller bearing intermediate gear via a suitable spacer sorted that. Took about 3 DP and 3 fine BA threads off the list but I can live with that. Don't think I've ever seen a DP thread or any of the really fine BA ones.

Clive
14 April 2019 at 10:03 #404991
Bob Stevenson
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At Epping Forest Horology Club we have 5 model 'L' lathes in daily use with a cabinet of collets, chucks, step chucks, etc etc, and also a model 'A' later type, screwcutting lathe.

3 of the 'L's are as orignallly supplied to Hackney College circa 1971 and two others have been restored in house

Edited By Bob Stevenson on 14/04/2019 10:07:33
15 April 2019 at 03:35 #405091
Steve King 5
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Posted by Bob Stevenson on 14/04/2019 10:03:30:

At Epping Forest Horology Club we have 5 model 'L' lathes in daily use with a cabinet of collets, chucks, step chucks, etc etc, and also a model 'A' later type, screwcutting lathe.

3 of the 'L's are as orignallly supplied to Hackney College circa 1971 and two others have been restored in house

Edited By Bob Stevenson on 14/04/2019 10:07:33

Don't suppose you have a spare 48 toothed gear for the model A do you?
15 April 2019 at 09:10 #405106
David Colwill
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I have a 1024
15 April 2019 at 13:09 #405133
Lathejack
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I have a Smart and Brown Model A Toolroom lathe that I have had for over 18 years, it was originally suplied to the Atomic Energy Authority so it probably glows in the dark.

It's rock solid, built like a tank with large vee and flat guideways with a bed the width of a cricket pitch, well almost.
15 April 2019 at 17:03 #405160
Hacksaw
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@hacksaw
I've got a model M
15 April 2019 at 18:42 #405179
Martin Connelly
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Join the two previous posts and you've got a model m that belonged to the Atomic Energy Authority.

Martin C

Edited By Martin Connelly on 15/04/2019 18:43:15
15 April 2019 at 22:38 #405221
Lathejack
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@lathejack
……..Here's mine in a similar shade of green to yours Martin.
16 April 2019 at 05:31 #405240
Steve King 5
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this is mine as i got it. It's running a 160v DC motor with speed controller.
16 April 2019 at 22:17 #405382
Stueeee
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I have had a Model A Mk2 for more than 40 years now. It had been in a REME workshop where they only worked on huge commercial vehicles. So my lathe had seen very little use when I bought it at a government auction. It has done plenty of work for me since.
18 April 2019 at 19:35 #405626
Steve King 5
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Posted by Steve King 5 on 16/04/2019 05:31:23:

this is mine as i got it. It's running a 160v DC motor with speed controller.

Could anybody tell me if my leg is a Mark 1 or a Mark 2 model a
18 April 2019 at 19:35 #405627
Steve King 5
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@steveking5
Lathe not leg
18 April 2019 at 20:03 #405631
Clive Foster
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Steve

Mark 2. The apron control layout is diagnostic. See **LINK** . MK 1 has a simple lever to select saddle or cross slide power feed not the knob and dial that yours has.

Clive
22 May 2019 at 22:27 #410497
Rob Cook
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Posted by Rob Cook on 22/05/2019 20:18:47:

First post. Seems a good place to start

Picked up a very sorry looking model M Mk1 a few years ago.
Started stripping it to sort the half nut engagement and kept going.
Not finished yet but has been put back to work

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Picked up an L last year for the collets and chucks. Couldn't bare to break it so apart it comes. Paint job was misleading. Most of the machined surfaces had been treated to gloss white.
Compound nut was bent like a banana but managed to aquire a new cross and compound to use for parts.

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Also have a capstan tailstock and lever cross slide for it I picked up from Bracehand.
Getting closer to making swarf again.

Edited By Rob Cook on 22/05/2019 22:32:13
23 May 2019 at 02:57 #410513
Hopper
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Wow that's a solid machine. Look at that rear toolpost! Looks good in the new livery.
23 May 2019 at 09:14 #410537
Neil Wyatt
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Hi Rob,

See the website FAQs for advice on posting and linking images.

Neil
23 May 2019 at 19:51 #410642
Rob Cook
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Posted by Neil Wyatt on 23/05/2019 09:14:41:

Hi Rob,

See the website FAQs for advice on posting and linking images.

Neil

Thanks Neil, been spoilt using a zen for powered forum. Drag and drop and auto tagging images. Will read through later.
27 May 2019 at 14:40 #411144
old mart
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We have a model A mk1.5 at The Helicopter Museum, Weston Super Mare. Given to the museum when Westlands left the town.

It has a very worn bed, but still turns pretty true. We have carried out many modifications and repairs over the last few years.
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