help identifying lathe

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

As Nicholas says, it looks as if the changewheels can be driven, or compounded by pins engaging in the holes min the gears.

This is a similar arrangement to that used on the early Myford ML Series (1, 2, 3 and 4 ) where a 3/32" pin locates in a hole, drilled half way through the gear, and the driving collars that go on the Mandrel and Leadscrew. The driving collars on those machines are secured to the mandrel and Leadscrew by 1/4 BSF grubscrews, and the pin provides the drive between gear and driving collar.

If you think that the lathe is a R and A, go to Lathes UK website and study the pages on the R and A. You will learn a lot about your machine. from there, and understand its construction and operation much better.

Howard.

[James TregaskisParticipant @jamestregaskis13908]

Posted by Howard Lewis on 29/06/2021 18:42:33:

As Nicholas says, it looks as if the changewheels can be driven, or compounded by pins engaging in the holes min the gears.

This is a similar arrangement to that used on the early Myford ML Series (1, 2, 3 and 4 ) where a 3/32" pin locates in a hole, drilled half way through the gear, and the driving collars that go on the Mandrel and Leadscrew. The driving collars on those machines are secured to the mandrel and Leadscrew by 1/4 BSF grubscrews, and the pin provides the drive between gear and driving collar.

If you think that the lathe is a R and A, go to Lathes UK website and study the pages on the R and A. You will learn a lot about your machine. from there, and understand its construction and operation much better.

Howard.

And thank you Howard and Nick,

Yes, I have a learning curve to navigate, no question. Not ashamed to say it. Anyway, after all, I graduated with MFA (Master of Fine Art) Computational Art in 2019, and I am 67!

So old dog…etc. Anyway, I bought "The Amateurs Lathe", "Mini Lathe and "Tool Projects" and "The Mini Lathe"… also the Whitworth documentation from Lathes.co.uk and I am scouring the web for more.

I am getting into the wealth of info here not to mention your replies are really helpful.

Emgee, the brilliant chap is helping me kit out the chuck.

Its so good here and so friendly, thanks all! Keep em coming, I will post progress here, if that's OK.

My website is tregaskis.org (but scarce on the engineering side!), I will put some relevant posts there when things gel a bit more with the Randa.

cheers!

James

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