anyone seen one of theese ?
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Bodrighy
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What make is it? Some of tyhe old lathes are really solid pieces of work. Looks like a small one but if you can let us know make and perhaps model we can find out.
Pete
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dragged it out and gave it a bit of a sweep out
It is indeed a Coronet
dont know what model tho
Centers are about 25 1/2 - but could be upto about 26 1/2 if I re-drill the base mountings.
it has had the motor moved or added.
table saw attachment - and an arbor ? for a polishing mop on the end.]
someone mentiond a problem with single pole bed lathes ... ??? what's the problem ???
is this any good ???
I ve used it a few times and it works ok - but I have nothing to compare it to !
my dad added an extra end center so it can turn 30" so ok for tables.
can I get a longer steel shaft - so the centers are wider ?
I have a face plate with it so could turn bowls - not very wide tho. the face doesn't pivot so cant turn any wider than the center to the bed/pole
so ... you thoughts ... usefull - or old rubbish ? can get a modern one for £100 ish , so not much money if this is holding me back !
some pics...
Ta
Rich
It is indeed a Coronet
dont know what model tho
Centers are about 25 1/2 - but could be upto about 26 1/2 if I re-drill the base mountings.
it has had the motor moved or added.
table saw attachment - and an arbor ? for a polishing mop on the end.]
someone mentiond a problem with single pole bed lathes ... ??? what's the problem ???
is this any good ???
I ve used it a few times and it works ok - but I have nothing to compare it to !
my dad added an extra end center so it can turn 30" so ok for tables.
can I get a longer steel shaft - so the centers are wider ?
I have a face plate with it so could turn bowls - not very wide tho. the face doesn't pivot so cant turn any wider than the center to the bed/pole
so ... you thoughts ... usefull - or old rubbish ? can get a modern one for £100 ish , so not much money if this is holding me back !
some pics...
Ta
Rich
ok - Ive found out it is a Coronet Minor
I can still get spares and attachments for it !
so - back to my original question .... is it any good ?
what makes a good/bad lathe ?
should I weigh it in or tune it up ?
I can still get spares and attachments for it !
so - back to my original question .... is it any good ?
what makes a good/bad lathe ?
should I weigh it in or tune it up ?
Don't want to start an argument, and I'm sure Scrit will have a definitive answer, but I think it's actually a Coronet <Minor>, not the Major, which was a much bigger beast.
It dates from the days when Coronet were in Derby, and made a range of lathes, planers, bandsaws and semi-universals. I've had various of their machines, starting with a lathe almost identical to the one shown, but sold by Gamages as their own brand. The biggest thing I made on that was a spinning wheel (I bodged up an adaptor to hold the toolrest with the head swung forward). For a short time, I had the three wheel bandsaw that fitted on the lathe as an attachment. It was quite a good saw, but an absolute pain to set up on the lathe, so got very little use.
Then I bought a very cheap Minorette, which was the same headstock but with a very short bed and an 8" sawbench (bit bigger table than shown in your pics), basically intended to be used as a small universal. Tidied that up, and sold it at a reasonable profit! Lastly, I had a Consort, which was quite a neat little circular saw (8" blade) with a 4.5" surface planer attachment. It would also take the lathe bed.
As lathes, I reckon they were good (though I did finally trade my Gamages version for a Tyme Avon with a very long bed). Their strong and weak point was the tailstock, which on the smaller models did not locate positively in the vertical position. This meant that lining up head and tailstock was a bit hit and miss. Very handy for some tapers, though!
The earlier ones with a circular saw like your's were distinctly dangerous as the guarding was rudimentary (to be kind). A friend nearly had a very nasty accident bending too near the saw to look at the back of a bowl he was turning.
So, if I was you, I'd ditch the saw instantly, but use it as a lathe and you'll really enjoy it. If you want spares, Derek Pyatt (somewhere near Wolverhampton) keeps quite a lot, at a price. But since Coronet introduced the 3/4 by 16tpi thread for their headstocks, all the modern chucks etc will fit.
It dates from the days when Coronet were in Derby, and made a range of lathes, planers, bandsaws and semi-universals. I've had various of their machines, starting with a lathe almost identical to the one shown, but sold by Gamages as their own brand. The biggest thing I made on that was a spinning wheel (I bodged up an adaptor to hold the toolrest with the head swung forward). For a short time, I had the three wheel bandsaw that fitted on the lathe as an attachment. It was quite a good saw, but an absolute pain to set up on the lathe, so got very little use.
Then I bought a very cheap Minorette, which was the same headstock but with a very short bed and an 8" sawbench (bit bigger table than shown in your pics), basically intended to be used as a small universal. Tidied that up, and sold it at a reasonable profit! Lastly, I had a Consort, which was quite a neat little circular saw (8" blade) with a 4.5" surface planer attachment. It would also take the lathe bed.
As lathes, I reckon they were good (though I did finally trade my Gamages version for a Tyme Avon with a very long bed). Their strong and weak point was the tailstock, which on the smaller models did not locate positively in the vertical position. This meant that lining up head and tailstock was a bit hit and miss. Very handy for some tapers, though!
The earlier ones with a circular saw like your's were distinctly dangerous as the guarding was rudimentary (to be kind). A friend nearly had a very nasty accident bending too near the saw to look at the back of a bowl he was turning.
So, if I was you, I'd ditch the saw instantly, but use it as a lathe and you'll really enjoy it. If you want spares, Derek Pyatt (somewhere near Wolverhampton) keeps quite a lot, at a price. But since Coronet introduced the 3/4 by 16tpi thread for their headstocks, all the modern chucks etc will fit.
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