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My Cowells ME lathe
Rob.Wilson:
It dose Chris
Rob
raynerd:
AHHHH! I see what model lorch you have! Yes, very nice and with the cross slide this makes it a very nice rigid machine, bigger than my Boley and actually more similar I expect to my Cowells.
Chris
Rob.Wilson:
About the same capacity as your Cowells , just no lead screw .
I have been meaning to make a new base for the lathe for the passed two years , I have a nice lump of mahogany I would like to use to make the base out of , something with with a couple of draws underneath for the tooling . :proj:
Rob
raynerd:
Funnily enough, mine came with the originally supplied Cowells fibreglass base but I agree with the previous owner and the current wooden slab that it is mounted to does a better job. A mahogany base and draws seems a nice idea! Good night.
Chris
andyf:
You'll get a lot of use out of that Cowells, Chris; it looks in very good condition.
It's certainly an early one, judging by the single clamp bolts on the headstock bearings. Don't be tempted to tighten those up unless absolutely necessary. The weak points in the casting where the bending stress will occur are the thin bits directly above the spindle, and are further weakened by the oil holes. Mine broke above the outboard bearing, but I managed to repair it; If the inboard one ever lets go, there isn't enough room for a second bolt at the back.
One thing which surprises me is that the dials seem to be fixed, rather than zeroable as on my Perris.
Oh, and another word of warning from personal experience: if you ever dismantle the dog clutch, the interior of the box it sits in connects directly to a void in the foot at that end of the bed. Stuff a bit of rag behind the clutch to stop bits falling down there; you can't get your fingers in to recover them, and will end up inverting the lathe and shaking them out.
Andy
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