Oakbear
Established Member
Hi folks,
As you may know i'm getting a shiny new lathe next week, and having just cleared out my workshop, realised that will mean 2 too many!
I guess i could flog them, but they're not worth a great deal, and so many kind folks have helped me out i thought i could maybe pass the favour on.
So.....Free lathe number 1!
It's an old Arundel J4 mk2 (more details here http://www.lathes.co.uk/arundel/, but not in the same condition!). I paid £120, but frankly was fleeced!
We have 9" max diameter over the bed, with an outboard attachment making it around 14" max.
The bed is 40" long, and headstock and tailstock are nice and neatly aligned.
The thread size is handily BSP :roll: , and it's 2MT.
The motor is a replacement, not sure of HP, but i've never had an issue with it.
To be honest there's a few issues with it, but it runs and has done me well for the past year.
It's missing the belt housing and motor stand (but runs fine without this), and would need bench mounting.
It has a wooden base for the motor to enable the belt to be changed, and with a bit of positioning and adjustment, drives the belt fine with a range of speeds.
The screw to release the arbour to change belt is stuck fast, and i started to bore it, but bottled it! Again still run fine though.
It's seen better days, but with some tlc and service is a corking deal for the price!
Piccies....
Box of bits included another toolrest, outboard assembly, steady, dead centre, and on the lathe 2 faceplates and 4 prong drive centre.
I'd like this to go to someone who'll repair and use it ideally, rather than nick the motor and sell it for scrap!
Second free lathe...
A Nordstrum (no me neither :? ) generic cheapy lathe. Cost me the princely sum of £24 from an auction!
Never going to win any prizes, but nearly new, and it got me started.
It does 12" over the bed, and around 24" between centres.
5 speed with easily changable belt system, not sure of hp, probably 1/2.
It's 1 MT, and amusingly has a 3/4"x8tpi thread (the only company to make a chuck for this are Vicmarc, which costs 10 times what i paid for the lathe!).
Has a revolving centre with no morse taper on the tailstock!
Comes with a faceplate and 4 point drive.
The plastic handles to advance the tailstock and tighten the banjo have broken off, but a spanner works fine.
It works surprisingly well as i recall, but obviously has it's limitations!
Here's the beauty!
So if anyone wants one of them, please PM.
Collection from the Nottingham area (can't really be pineappled trying to post them, they're pretty hefty!)
As you may know i'm getting a shiny new lathe next week, and having just cleared out my workshop, realised that will mean 2 too many!
I guess i could flog them, but they're not worth a great deal, and so many kind folks have helped me out i thought i could maybe pass the favour on.
So.....Free lathe number 1!
It's an old Arundel J4 mk2 (more details here http://www.lathes.co.uk/arundel/, but not in the same condition!). I paid £120, but frankly was fleeced!
We have 9" max diameter over the bed, with an outboard attachment making it around 14" max.
The bed is 40" long, and headstock and tailstock are nice and neatly aligned.
The thread size is handily BSP :roll: , and it's 2MT.
The motor is a replacement, not sure of HP, but i've never had an issue with it.
To be honest there's a few issues with it, but it runs and has done me well for the past year.
It's missing the belt housing and motor stand (but runs fine without this), and would need bench mounting.
It has a wooden base for the motor to enable the belt to be changed, and with a bit of positioning and adjustment, drives the belt fine with a range of speeds.
The screw to release the arbour to change belt is stuck fast, and i started to bore it, but bottled it! Again still run fine though.
It's seen better days, but with some tlc and service is a corking deal for the price!
Piccies....
Box of bits included another toolrest, outboard assembly, steady, dead centre, and on the lathe 2 faceplates and 4 prong drive centre.
I'd like this to go to someone who'll repair and use it ideally, rather than nick the motor and sell it for scrap!
Second free lathe...
A Nordstrum (no me neither :? ) generic cheapy lathe. Cost me the princely sum of £24 from an auction!
Never going to win any prizes, but nearly new, and it got me started.
It does 12" over the bed, and around 24" between centres.
5 speed with easily changable belt system, not sure of hp, probably 1/2.
It's 1 MT, and amusingly has a 3/4"x8tpi thread (the only company to make a chuck for this are Vicmarc, which costs 10 times what i paid for the lathe!).
Has a revolving centre with no morse taper on the tailstock!
Comes with a faceplate and 4 point drive.
The plastic handles to advance the tailstock and tighten the banjo have broken off, but a spanner works fine.
It works surprisingly well as i recall, but obviously has it's limitations!
Here's the beauty!
So if anyone wants one of them, please PM.
Collection from the Nottingham area (can't really be pineappled trying to post them, they're pretty hefty!)
