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Offline John Hill

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I bought another lathe!
« on: October 19, 2010, 08:24:42 PM »


Drummond,  c:1908,  originally treadle but converted to electric, the stand looks original (in fact the entire machine looks very original) but I do not think the treadle is available.

I will be picking it up in a few weeks.
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Re: I bought another lathe!
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2010, 08:27:52 PM »
Nice score John. I hope that I get something like that sometime!

Are you going to be restoring it to a treadle?

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Re: I bought another lathe!
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2010, 08:46:21 PM »
Hi Eric

They do not have the treadle components and I probably would not convert, more likely set it up for occasional use, with those T slots on the saddle I can probably do a few things on there I can not do on my 12x36 generic Chinese lathe.

I will probably take the ugly clutch and reversing gear that has been added to the back and convert it to under slung motor drive.
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Re: I bought another lathe!
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2010, 08:46:53 PM »
Pretty Awesome!!! I love this old stuff :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:
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Re: I bought another lathe!
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2010, 11:35:04 PM »
John

Looks like nice piece of equipment that you have got your hands on but...   If you keep doing that you are going to overload that container.  :lol: :lol:  Good luck with it John.  :D

Cheers   :beer:

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Re: I bought another lathe!
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2010, 12:28:30 PM »
I have a Drummond lathe gets lots of use :)
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Re: I bought another lathe!
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2010, 01:05:07 PM »
The thing I always find fascinating about those old machine is the way they always look like someone had an old anvil and thought "I wonder what I can make with this"...
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Re: I bought another lathe!
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2010, 03:01:23 PM »
Quote from: kwackers on October 24, 2010, 01:05:07 PM
The thing I always find fascinating about those old machine is the way they always look like someone had an old anvil and thought "I wonder what I can make with this"...

.... and so many seem to have been painted with what was left over from doing the front fence!
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Re: I bought another lathe!
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2010, 03:02:10 PM »
Quote from: Graz on October 24, 2010, 12:28:30 PM
I have a Drummond lathe gets lots of use :)

Similar model?  I will not get to see this one for a couple of weeks yet.
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Re: I bought another lathe!
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2010, 03:57:00 PM »
John,

Nice looking lathe there John. Just right for when you don't want to fire up 'big boy'.


I also bought another lathe recently, a very long story, but I paid 200 squid for it.





Its a Pultra 17/70.

http://www.lathes.co.uk/pultra/page20.html

Unfortunately, I have priced up everything that came with it on the second hand price market, and it came to well over 2,000 squid.

Maybe not a bad investment.

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Re: I bought another lathe!
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2010, 05:25:17 PM »
Oh dear Bogs, that is a terrible investment! :doh:
Can you really justify 2 kilo squids sitting in your shop!

Congrats on a great acquisition! :ddb:

My little Drummond cost about 130 quid, maybe a little more as I dont know the current exchange rate.

I think I will dismantle that clunky (to modern eyes) motor and lay shaft ensemble and mount the motor under the bed, that way it will not take up so much of the valuable new shop floor space.
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Re: I bought another lathe!
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2010, 08:26:14 PM »
The Drummond is a beauty, John.  Lovely old lathe.  Looks like it will withstand the ages!
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Re: I bought another lathe!
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2010, 10:01:48 PM »
John,

One of my first major lathes was a Myford ML3. Which was very similar to your Drummond.

It gave me many years of service after I did a bit of a refurb on it, and now resides and is used daily in my friends workshop.

These small lathes are really bombproof, and yours, with a bit of basic maintenance, will last another 100 years.


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Re: I bought another lathe!
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2010, 11:57:37 AM »
Quote from: John Hill on October 24, 2010, 03:02:10 PM
Quote from: Graz on October 24, 2010, 12:28:30 PM
I have a Drummond lathe gets lots of use :)

Similar model?  I will not get to see this one for a couple of weeks yet.
Think mine might be a later model as it has power feed for screw cutting, I have a pic in the introduce yourself thread "hi from Lancs". They are a good little lathe very handy to have in the workshop.
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Re: I bought another lathe!
« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2010, 04:15:51 PM »
Quote from: Graz on October 26, 2010, 11:57:37 AM
Think mine might be a later model as it has power feed for screw cutting, I have a pic in the introduce yourself thread "hi from Lancs". They are a good little lathe very handy to have in the workshop.

This one has full screw cutting feed etc, a shaft down the centre of the bed is geared to the handwheel.
There is a very good description of the models on Lathes.co.uk

[Later]  I took a peep at your lathe in the picture you posted,  yes, I am fairly sure that is a later model and it sure looks more sturdy than mine!
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Re: I bought another lathe!
« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2010, 04:26:30 PM »
Very nice John  :thumbup: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

A man can never have too many lathes  :dremel: :)


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