WANTED: Someone with a lathe!

[DEAN C.]

I am involved with apprentice training but sadly very few schools do any engineering now.
We even have to teach apprentice how to hold a hacksaw and how to stand. Honestly!

 

[Chute55uk]

What about making these?

http://mombat.org/MOMBAT/PartsForSalePa ... ckets.html

I could supply 1 to copy also.

dont think so as it would be hardened in some way maybe heat treated. i can make odd bits but something like a bb axle would take more resources than we have.

 

[Chute55uk]

i teach at an engineering college so lathe work is easy for us to do

MMmm! weird, I manage a GTA centre! Similar lines.

ha! were in the gta consortium

 

[Chute55uk]

i teach at an engineering college so lathe work is easy for us to do

WOW! Students are still taught to use lathes?

I did my O level metalwork practical exam on a lathe, as did one other guy. All the rest of the class were beating bits of copper.

I recently thought I'd find an evening class to brush up my ancient skills, as I have a couple of little EMCO lathes. No such class exists. When I spoke to the Curriculum Manager (who is a close friend), he said the classes were dropped some while ago, due to increasing H&S requirements. :evil:

yep we do lathe, cnc turning, cnc milling, bench fitting. one of our employers is a rail refurb outfit and another is an aerospace company so theres atill a need for it

 

[vinnya77]

Thanks anyway, no harm in asking. New one now on order.

 

[Uncle Monty]

Nice - Did you bin the Cincinatti? Looks like a plain bearing headstock with oil cups. I would assume you could re-scrape the whole thing if you were inclined to.

 

[integerspin]

I sent it to the great machine shop in the sky.
The bed had very little wear, it was pretty large and had inverted V for all the sliding surfaces. The spindle was plain bearing, but the spindle was very badly scored. The cross slide nut went one day, I managed to lock the slide and cut a new nut;-) The rack had some bad teeth that I ended up building up with weld and hand shaping.
The newer lathe is much nicer to use and gives a surface finish that is so much better I spent the first few weeks I had the lathe wondering why on earth I hadn't got rid of the Cincinnati years ago..

I did try and get it a new home, but all the people who showed some interest seemed to be people wanting a first lathe and it wasn't ideal, so I put them off.

So anyone with the lovely looking cnc machines got a cylindrical grinder as well?
I have to make some new spindles for my motorbike forks, I can get them hard chromed for a few quid, but will have to sort pre grind and post grind. They are approx 8" overall length, two at 3/8" diam and two at 7/16" diam..

 

[Uncle Monty]

I have a small cyl grinder and could pre- grind for you but I must admit I have never ground chrome.

 

[Chute55uk]

tadaaa

 

[integerspin]

Looks like an Aeroquip olive to me;-) What is it.