Rollo Elf

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by ryan burton on 19/03/2014 08:47:50:

im not too sure how to post pictures on this forum, but will try later.

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Well done, Ryan

… it sounds like you are doing a great job so far.

Posting pictures here is rather a roundabout process, but it does work.

• Only post jpg/jpeg images
• Create an Album [or several]
• If you want to insert an image within a thread … use the camera icon on the top row of the editing pane; select the image you want <etc.>

MichaelG.

[Russ BParticipant @russb]

Sounds really good Ryan, good luck with it! If you need any parts measuring up for the screw cutting facility let me know – I think I've got just about all the gears and shafts etc.

Regarding the spindle taper, I roughly measured it…… with pin gauges…… aka drill bits reversed……

It appears to be MT0 and I'm confident enough to buy one to blue & try, so I'll let you know. The only thing I'm unsure of – is that the mouth of the taper is not 9.045 which it should be for MT0 but having thought about this I guess with the faceplate installed the centre would be hidden with it being so small, thus it may would want to sit proud so maybe this is correct, I'll let you know

[Russ BParticipant @russb]

It's most certainly not MT0 lol

it hangs out 1/2 of its depth – I'm not sure what I measured….. I blued the taper and it just had a ring around it roughly 2/3rd of the way up, there was a step inside the mouth and it clearly just sat in it, so a morse taper is to steep – maybe it just doesn't have a taper

Back to the drawing board…

[anthony bryantParticipant @anthonybryant10021]

I bought another Rollo Elf as it came with two chucks (5/8 BSF). I am sure that the Elf was designed to fit Brown & Sharp No I or 2 ,tapped tools .The tool post has a slot for round tools, which is tapered

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

On the Lathes site it says that although they had come across one with MT1 taper, they could not identify most of them, could it be a Brown & Sharp taper?

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

It may also so be worth checking against Jarno Taper, which was fairly common once-upon-a-time. … Useful reference table here listing various tapers.

I would be tempted to cast a plug [probably in Wax] from the taper socket … it's much easier to measure.

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 30/11/2014 08:44:06

[anthony bryantParticipant @anthonybryant10021]

Good idea ; I will try to cast a plug today..

[anthony bryantParticipant @anthonybryant10021]

I have had a senior moment ! My second (electric motor) Elf has a round not flat bed. The slot for round tools in the tool post is not tapered (8mm ID) ,on the flat bed hand cranked Elf. but might be on my other one , a 8mm drill will only fit one way; when I have drilled out the broken retaining bolt I will be able to tell

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

I think you'll find that the hole in the tool post on the flat bed lathe is Brown & Sharp taper.

Ian S C

[anthony bryantParticipant @anthonybryant10021]

The 8 mm drill is a tight fit which fits the tool post hole at each end equally well. but on the round bed Elf only on one side.

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