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micktoon:
Hi vtsteam , I will just echo the other lads comments, WELL DONE and well posted :clap: :clap: :bow: :bow: , Very interesting about the wood burning melt too.
Thanks for posting :thumbup:.
Cheers Mick :beer:
vtsteam:
Thank you micktoon and doubleboost!
After I built my lathe I happened to read a copy of Guy Lautard's Machinist Bedside Reader. In it was a description of a lathe built in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. It was amazing for me to read, having built the Gingery lathe, under of course, extremely different circumstances. There is an uncanny resemblance in the machine -- though theirs was far more sophisticated than mine in the end, and better built.
It seems to be reprinted here on the net:
http://machineshop.olin.edu/resources/documents/Prison%20Camp%20Lathe.pdf
jcdammeyer:
Nicely done. One of the things I did on my Gingery Lathe is run two rows of counter sunk screws to hold the 1/2" CRS ways to the bed casting. I found that solidified the ways a lot. There is a photo here:
http://www.autoartisans.com/gingery.htm
I now have an ELS running the Gingery so I can thread and taper without gears.
John
mattinker:
VT,
I'd like to encourage you to continue this thread as it is well written with great photos and full of use full things!!
An example, reading back over it, I saw your idea of casting in bronze bushes, I think I missed it first time round, worth noting!
Regards, Matthew
vtsteam:
Thank you jcdammeyer, and mattinker :beer:
My Gingery lathe is stored waiting for shop space right now. Maybe I will have it out by again this fall as I will be making more space.
I have wanted to work on it and dress it up/improve it for some time. Now that I can cast iron, for example, I'd like to make a new saddle and cross slide. Also aluminum gears for screw cutting and back gears maybe. I have already added home made QCTP and a 3 jaw chuck. The QCTP shares holders with the Craftsman lathe I am using now.
So it may continue in the future. Thanks for asking! :beer:
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