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Harrison L5 rescue
micktoon:
Hi Rob , I will take photo of the Binns and Berry lathe tomorrow and post, I dont have taper attachment, thats something else I would like for the Harrison to be honest. I am not home tonight but have managed to get to the photos I uploaded yesterday so will put a couple on.
This is the alloy chip guard cover for the crossslide screw, I have attached a steel plate with countersunk screws so you can place magnetic dial guage or suds base to it as there is not much flat space on the lathe before I did this.
This is the top of the crossslide before a clean up
This is it after, the top surfaces that had been abused , no doubt by kids when it was a school lathe dont act as a bearing surface so I draw filed them till they looked decent and made a small stainless steel plate to replace the battered up thing that used to catch as you passed over it.
Mick.
Rob.Wilson:
--- Quote from: micktoon on July 10, 2012, 05:54:06 PM --- Evening all , I have got that jig block done and been stripping the lathe more , here is a photo of the jig and the original one I copied, not that its up to much compared to most things on the forum but will do the job fine.
Cheers Mick.
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Apart from the anodizing Mick i can see no difference , looks great :clap: :clap: :clap: I take it it if for dressing the wheels on a bench grinder ? being angle so that the point can be rotated to a fresh edge ?
Rob
micktoon:
Aye you got it spot on Rob, such a simple idea but it works really well, that recess cut out on the bottom just has to about the right size for your grinder rest. I have got more stripped off the lathe today so will take a couple of photos as I clear up and post later on .
Cheers Mick.
micktoon:
Todays progress , not much done really just scraped lots of old grease /oil off , took a few more bits of and started to work out what needs done to get the new motor fitted. Here are photos of the Binns & Berry 7 1/2 inch centre height, 36 inch between centres 1959 lathe for Rob and anyone else interested, this had clean up and paint years ago now :thumbup:
This is the Harrsion after todays stripping session.
Hope to get the new motor on tomorrow for a trial run :D
Mick
Jonny:
They dont make them like they used to and these machines were about three times dearer than Colchester at the time.
In many ways they are better than an M300, wider cross and top slide, greater cross travel i really miss, not forgetting that superb clutch.
Looks very little change to the newer 11" and later 140 i scrapped last year.
Main difference is the L00 taper, 140 had squarer head stock, 1000 rpm, metric in 1965 thats about it.
Your current motor is physically a bit small, they are massive around 18" diameter with jacking feet.
Shame junked a full set of change wheels, faceplate, 11" 4 jaw chuck, 6 1/4" 3 jaw, specialist C spanners, peg spanners, coolant, etc wanted it out the way. Now lives up County Durham some where.
Normal for 3ph on the 11" is a 2hp motor, its a 1 1/2hp on the rare single phase i had.
Better option rather than faff about with VFD is to lash out on an inverter that will run the Bridgy, Binns & Berry and anything else 3ph in the shop, all at same time if need be.
Lead screw bronze nut should have a slot in it. Two cap head screws pulling or pushing apart to take up the play. Both look original though.
Mick has it the typical Harrison trait of a clutch that rattles. For those that dont know its like a car clutch with proper friction disc, its this you can hear.
ATF in the head stock upon refit.
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