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DavidA:
Fergus,

Sorry to disappoint you, but it's not the same machine. Mine differs in a few respects, not the least being that the bantam carriage seems to be driven by a rack and pinion mechanism whilst on mine the handwheel connects directly to the leadscrew. A very inconvenient idea as it makes the gearing very high (about three turns sends it all the way from end to end) and it action is counter intuitive. I.e. clockwise turning sends the saddle towards the chuck. As this is opposite to all the machines at work, and to my Rufold, I must not forget that. I engage the leadscrew and turn it by hand if I need to feed carefully.

Also the bedways are completely different.

I will need to move it again soon, taking care not to smash the tailstock, and will get some decent pictures when I get it outside. The lighting isn't really good enough to take them in the workshop

DavidA:
Here is (I hope) a picture of the lathe as originaly obtained by me.

I'll try to find some more detailed, and hopefully in focus, pictures.

Dave

DavidA:
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Sorry about the quality of these pictures. Must have been one of my bad days.

Dave

andyf:
Hi Dave,

From the changewheels point of view, it would be helpful to have an end-on photo of the headstock to show the spindle gear, tumbler reverse gears, the 54T and the banjo, but with that big gear (or handwheel?) on the end of the leadscrew removed.

Quite understand if you don't want to lug the lathe out into daylight. If your camera's flash is kaput, maybe you could borrow one that works.

Andy

DavidA:
Andy

I'll go have a try. Hope I can find some decent batteries for the camera.

I may be gone for some time....

Dave

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