Faithfull FPP WL36 lathe. Missing accessories and manual, help needed

[NikNak]

Morning guys,

I'm helping one of our friends in the village clear out some of her late husbands 'stuff' in the garage.

He had a Faithfull FPP WL36 lathe which i've said i'll clean up and try to sell for her.

Its cleaned up ok and is looking half decent now. And as it happens the young lass next door has said she'll buy it as a birthday present for her boyfriend (he's a tree surgeon, very nice polite young lad) Happy Birthday..!!

It works fine but is lacking in 'accessories' that may have come with it originally. Its got a 4" faceplate and a small tool rest but thats it. Oh, it also has a chuck of some description, couldn't tell you a make or model. Looks as though its operated by a 'C' spanner... which is missing.

Can anyone point me in the direction of obtaining/downloading a manual for it please.?

Any help would be much appreciated....


Nick

 

[Robbo3]

Looks like one of the single round bed bar clones similar to the Clarke CWL12D - manual attached.
If so then the specs were fairly standard. A photo of both the lathe & chuck would be helpful.

 

[NikNak]

Hi Robbo.... thank you for the PDF i'll print that off

photos, yes should have thought about that

here you go....

 

[Robbo3]

The chuck looks to be an old Record RP 3000. I don't have the instructions for it but IIRC someone on the forum does.
This may help. The large circlip keeps the jaw spacing whilst an elastic band holds them together.
- Record RP3000

 

[RichardG]

The chuck looks to be an old Record RP 3000. I don't have the instructions for it but IIRC someone on the forum does.
This may help. The large circlip keeps the jaw spacing whilst an elastic band holds them together.
- Record RP3000

Here we go.

 

[Tanglefoot20]

That’s the same as my old Sealey lathe...standard accessories available from most outlets...
Good starter lathe ...

 

[NikNak]

Thank you all for your replies, it was collected yesterday and he was super excited to start having a go (i've told him to join a local woodturning club, he lives in Henley, and to try and get at least one professional 1on1 lesson)

I printed off the manual and had a read through. It says its got a 3/4" UNF thread, can anyone help... is that the same as the 3/4" 16tpi inserts that are sold.?


As an aside i told him to join this forum as theres a wealth of knowledge to be tapped in to


I dont suppose anyone knows the RAL numbers for the blue and red colours of the 12" clamps i'm trying to restore.?

As always cheers in advance, an amazing forum....!!


Nick

 

[Tanglefoot20]

Hi nick nak... yes your right....I have a 3/4 16 insert for my Rutland chuck....yes it will fit yours.
So anything with that thread will be ok on Faithful.
Enjoy....

 

[Richard_C]

Can't tell you RAL colours but if no one can help, try this.

There is a free app for android called Physics Toolbox, gets data from all the sensors on your phone. There might be an ios one too, never looked.

One tool is colour sensor, which will generate a hex code for whatever you point it at. There is a free converter website, search for hex to RAL, which will find it. You can also convert hex to rgb etc. You need decent daylight, artificial light might mess it up.

 

[paragon428]

Here we go.

Richard that's been the end of a two days search for me, joined the forum this morning and found your post - thanks so much!
Tom

 

[Wiggum123]

I have recently come into ownership of this exact lathe and it came with the manual so have scanned it in, it actually seems like a very comprehensive manual.
I realse its a number of years since this thread was started but it might help someone later on.
This is a black and white scan, the original is in greyscale and very little detail is lost. I have scanned in colour (for some reason my scanner doesnt do greyscale) but its 10mb, not 1mb and I wanted to save space on the hosts servers.