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Churchill-Redman CUB MKIII Restoration

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krv3000:
well dun brill

sdezego:

--- Quote from: osprey on January 01, 2014, 05:51:05 AM ---Fascinating reading this thread. I served my apprenticeship at Churchill Redman, Halifax. As a first year apprentice we had to assemble these lathes from scratch so you learnt very quickly, scraping, assembly and alignments. In a nostalgic moment I bought two of these lathes and am in the process of rebuilding one. The bed I have had reground as they were "chilled" semi-hardened. All the other slides I have hand scraped. I've had everything apart.....the gear-box is/was a mind boggler even in those days. The company eventually ceased to make these as the bean counter said they were losing money on them, which didn't surprise me, so I was very fortunate to have had this opportunity. Happy days.....

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Very cool.  Would love to see what you have there. 

You should also check out Rob's build as he put on quite a show rebuilding his Cub -> http://madmodder.net/index.php/topic,2624.0.html

sdezego:
^ shame, looks like the pics are gone in Rob's thread.

RayW:
I have a Mk II Cub dated 1943. Works well, but gearbox very noisy. Sounds possibly like a bearing rattling, but I have not been able to detect any play in any of them. I have tried, but failed, to identify exactly where the noise is coming from. Does anyone with experience of dismantling and overhauling these gear boxes have any suggestions please?

awemawson:
Don't be surprised if they were very noisy when new  :(

Lathe gearboxes of that era, and even much later one also, used straight cut gears which can be very noisy - doesn't matter in a clattery factory but becomes noticeable in your workshop  :ddb:

Andrew

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