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DavidA:
Thanks for the compliments.  I do rather like that colour.  For anyone interested it is Blackfriers 'Burgundy' enamel.

As you can see there are still a few bits to paint, But otherwise it is done. 
All I have to do now is connect up the motor and layshaft asembly.

Then I can do some actual work on it.

I also was into motor bikes back in the sixties. But mostly they were black and chrome.I started out with a 1948 Royal Enfield Model G 350.  My last bike (in 1982) was a Moto Guzzi Californian 850.

Dave.

vtsteam:
I think gray is considered a good color for lathes because it's closer to the color of the grime, scratches and wear they accumulate!   :) But I guess the counter argument might be that a highly finished lathe has pride of appearance, and so encourages a greater degree cleaning and surface maintenance.

Yours looks great, to me!

DavidA:
There is one problem that doesn't show in the pictures.

If you look at the tailstock end of the leadscrew you will see that it extends out by about three inch.  When I got the machine it finished flush with the end of the rear mounting bearing.  But as you can see,  the machine has no dials nor a handle to wind the leadscrew with.
So I decided to bore out the rear bearing block and fit the extention.  Then add a handle (done that) and make up a nice big dial.

Problem was,  because I was doing the boring at work in the lunch break I rushed it and the resulting hole isn't quite true. It is a good fit on the leadscrew. But if I  fit the taper doweland tighten up the two bearing retaining screws  I can't turn the leadscrew.

Investigation has shown where the error is,  and I need to put a good fitting piece of bar through the bearing block,  clamp this down to the mill bed and leveling up the block as neccesary,  skim the block back to parrallel with the bar.  Then add a small shim (about ten thou) and things should be ok.

Dave.

Moral: Don't rush things at lunch time. Concentrate on your sandwiches. :coffee:

andythesquirel:
Dave, did you brush paint the lathe, or spray it? -Andy

greenie:

--- Quote from: awemawson on September 29, 2013, 03:51:58 PM ---oooh nice.  :thumbup:

I used to have a motorbike that colour of maroon. A 1954 BSA C11G 250cc ohv single - had the luxury of a sprung frame, no swinging arms then!

--- End quote ---

Must of had it's cousin then, same colour and all, looks like it had been packed of to the penal colony, mine was a ZC11G.

Gutless wonder that bike, frame was far too heavy for the tiny motor's output.

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