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Boley 4LV
RotarySMP:
Reassembled the spindle this weekend. It went smoothly, except I messed up on the back gear and had to pull it out and start again.
Once it was all back together I ran it for about an houe without any load, increaseing the speed along the way. Finally put the whole machine back together. I haven't finished scraping the topslide, as I still need to do the tapered surfaces, and clean up the top.
Mark
RotarySMP:
In the sales Brochure for the 4LV, I read that the level tailstock has the Boley 358E collet nose. Never notice that before, I thought it was #2 Morse.
Looks like previous owners of this lathe, didn't have access to a tool for turning a tommy bar down to the correct diameter to fit the collet draw tube :doh:
Mark
JHovel:
Just found this thread.
What a beautiful lathe! Great restoration work!
There are a couple of things that puzzle me:
I don't understand how the chuck works or how it is operated. Can you explain that to me please? It looks like it would be 'swarf proof' - am I right?
Secondly, I can work out how the tailstock works. It seems to have both lever and screw operation at the same time.... how is that done? Can you perhpas sketch the construction or show me a drawing?\
Both very interesting!
i have "built up" my lathe from an old special build (no maker's name) double ended connecting rod boring machine, using a Southbend tailstock and I would like to modify that to have more travel and maybe a handwheel (not lever), but I don't really want to loose option of the fine and forceful handwheel movement if required....
Thanks for showing us your work!
Alles Gute.
Joe
RotarySMP:
Hi Joe,
The chuck is just a regular 110mm Klopfer, with a backing plate to mate with the spindle screw thread.
Mark
RotarySMP:
Hi Joe, Sorry it is not a fancy mechanism. It is two separate tailstocks. The lever operated one has a collet nose, and collet drawbar. The regular tailstock has a #2 Morse nose, and also has provision for set over.
Please start a thread and post pictures of your lathe. It sound like an interesting one.
Mark
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