metal working lathe - mystery part??

[SimonT]

Hi guys,

First time posting in this forum. Im into woodworking so i go to the father in law for my metalworking projects. He has an old lathe as shown in pic 3 and 4.

On making a drive centre last night for my woodturning lathe, i came across a few boxed accessories for his lathe which I'd be curious to know what there for pics 3 and 4. They have a bearing which pivots as well as rotates and m97 stamped on the side.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.






answers on a postcard. :wink:

 

[porker]

Sorry can't help identifying that part but is the lathe an "Ideal"? If so there are some good pics on the lathes site which might help. http://www.lathes.co.uk/ideal/

 

[SimonT]

Not 100% sure to be honest but some great pics and info. Thanks

 

[Myfordman]

I notice the address on the brass plate is Guildford. Drummond brothers - one of the forerunners of Myford, were based in Guildford.

The bearing in a link linke that suggests the possibility of it being part of a taper turning attachment. The link would go between the guide bar and the rear end of the cross slide.

MM

 

[woodpig]

Yes, part of a taper turning attachment was my first guess.

 

[dickm]

+1 for MM's suggestion of Drummond. Several of the bits look identical to their equivalents on the Drummond flat bed that I once had. But your example doesn't have the characteristic arched member between the two headstock bearing housings, which makes me wonder. Did anyone, apart from Myford, make versions/copies of the Drummond?
Can't add anything about the odd tool.

 

[RogerP]

Could it be part of a ball turning attachment?

 

[SimonT]

Thanks, it is definitely a drummond lathe as ive seen that stamped somewhere thinking about it.

Its a fantastic piece of kit and has loads of attachments. He has had it a while, it came from an engineering dept on a ship along with a pillar drill and milling machine.

So as part of a tapering jig would it attatch to the tool plate thingy (technical word) are ther any modern day variations i can view?

Thanks again for the input guys, my father in law is great at metalwork and has been teaching me a few things but was stumped when we came across this, he didn't realise it existed let alone he had it. I apparently will inherit his workshop someday (so he keeps saying) and i dread to think of the things ill find as his workshops like mary poppins hand bag!!!

 

[mikebeetle]

If you look at the images on this link http://www.lathes.co.uk/drummond/page7.html just about 1/3rd of the way down, it's part of the old treadle mechanism.

 

[dickm]

Wow.. I'd never looked at the Drummond page on lathesUK before (don't think it existed when I had a Drummond) so was amazed to see that mine must have dated from 1912-20. I bought it for about £100 in 1978 or 9 and it had absolutely no play in it at all. It still had the original treadle base, but no treadle and linking mech (or I might have recognised the mystery part!). A previous owner had fitted a big motor and it was a beauty to use. So let's hope the OP has as much luck.

 

[SimonT]

Mike your a star, how you noticed that is beyond me. Thanks very much. I find it extremely odd that of all the parts they saved with the chucks and face plates was part of the treadle system.

Thanks to all who have replied.

 

[SimonT]

The lathe is lovely to run ****, completely flat bed and all the parts well oiled and looked after. Amazing really considering its possible age. He has had it at least 10 / 15 years and as he says it runs as good as the day he got it. In fact the only thing hes done to it (that im aware of ) is to replace / fix the drive belt.