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rdstars:
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--- Quote from: rdstars on April 14, 2010, 02:34:58 PM ---Hi Eric, Just wondering what is an SSSA?
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SSSA = Single Sided Swing Arm :dremel:
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Ahh right, its of a VFR 400 nc30. To wide for the frame, some people mod the arm to fit but that puts the arm off center / not square. I modded the frame to fit, it does all ride true but still nothing like a modern machine.
RichardShute:
Well the S&B crosslide or top piece is not original and the compound slide would be great, also the S&B takes up
--- Quote ---loads of room for how little it can swing. Been told it has a rare 3 jaw chuck on it. I dont have hardly any tooling for the lathe eather.
The slide is worn in the center, you can adjust the gib screws so its nice but then its a little to tight far in or out, adjust for the outers and its to loose in the middle. I skimed my ally faceplate that is home made and put a rule accross it and you can see light in the middle. Not sure if the saddle is say correctly as you can see when turning a little movement in the tool post.
I gess with a spair compleate sadle and everything attached it would be a great lathe. I have seen a friends Emco Compact 10 with full DRO and I do like that, or was thinking of following the Myford crowd as in the ML7. Seams like there is alot of parts avalible for them and also able to handle alot of work.
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Ah that does explain things a bit. It's true the original tin base is quite large and in a limited workshop that can be significant. If you decide to sell the machine you might find it relatively valuable to make sure that you include the base as many have been scrapped for just this reason and some people are keen to get one. You are evidently able to assess the machine wear and what you describe can only be resolved by either a re-grind or possibly some hand scraping so you may prefer to take the replacement machine route rather than starting another project. If you wanted to do so, a Boxford or Southbend 9" cross slide should fit straight on and on top of that a compound slide from either of those machines. They come up regularly on fleabay. The chuck is less common than a P-B, but don't expect to retire on the sale proceeds.
You will get a lot more lahte-bang for you buck if you avoid a Myford, they have a cult status and attract disproportionately large price tags. British iron might be a Boxford which is very similar to the S&B, but with a much smaller base for a near identical machine and certainly the older original large Emco's were nice, but I have no experience of the modern Chinese made ones. There are heaps of machines available so that would be a whole thread on its own and I expect my comment above might draw some fire so I'll shut up for now.
Richard
Brass_Machine:
--- Quote from: rdstars on April 14, 2010, 05:22:22 PM ---Ahh right, its of a VFR 400 nc30. To wide for the frame, some people mod the arm to fit but that puts the arm off center / not square. I modded the frame to fit, it does all ride true but still nothing like a modern machine.
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NC30... nice little bike. We unfortunately didn't get any of the 400s here in the US. The ones here are grey market. I think the FZR400 may have been imported, but I am not sure.
I saw a post somewhere where someone did the same type of mod putting a late model R6 swinger on a RD (RZ here). He modded the frame to take it. Would like to see pictures of your work sometime. As you can see... I am a bike nut :med:
My project is to put a hybrid RZ (rd ypvs) engine in a Hawk frame... using some Blade forks and a 600rr swinger. The engine will be a mixture of Banshee and RZ... hopefully 535 ccs of screaming 2 stroke love.
Eric
rdstars:
--- Quote from: Brass_Machine on April 14, 2010, 10:30:21 PM ---
--- Quote from: rdstars on April 14, 2010, 05:22:22 PM ---Ahh right, its of a VFR 400 nc30. To wide for the frame, some people mod the arm to fit but that puts the arm off center / not square. I modded the frame to fit, it does all ride true but still nothing like a modern machine.
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NC30... nice little bike. We unfortunately didn't get any of the 400s here in the US. The ones here are grey market. I think the FZR400 may have been imported, but I am not sure.
I saw a post somewhere where someone did the same type of mod putting a late model R6 swinger on a RD (RZ here). He modded the frame to take it. Would like to see pictures of your work sometime. As you can see... I am a bike nut :med:
My project is to put a hybrid RZ (rd ypvs) engine in a Hawk frame... using some Blade forks and a 600rr swinger. The engine will be a mixture of Banshee and RZ... hopefully 535 ccs of screaming 2 stroke love.
Eric
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Just a quick one, if you want to read over some nice projects then the US RD Forum is a great site, my project is up on there. Also loads of advice on different ways go to with your motor etc.:
http://www.rzrd500.com/phpBB2/index.php
Kelvin
Bernd:
Welcome rdstars to the collective. :borg:
Bernd
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