a bit of this and a bit of that.

[v8pop]

Tidy modified Neil.

Cheers Tim W

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[mygasser]

cheers Tim .
i ordered a second shrinker stretcher today, i thought as it also gives me a spare pare of 'jaws' it's worth the investment.
the minor 'saga' continues..... we're collecting it saturday pm and taking it to a freinds paintshop. he can have it all nice and shiny for when allan's back on his feet and if that's not incentive enough to finish it i don't know what is, lol.
neil.

[mygasser]

so..... you know what i'm like with wheels? well i bought the torque thrust wheels from 'crumble' on here for my nash yesterday and sold the 'pro street' sized centrelines today. the reason is i want the car on the road this year and back halving it with new chassis, tubs, floor etc would make that out of the question. so out with the 14x15's and in with the 8x15's. fronts are the same skinny size so no change there.
neil.

[mygasser]

we started to reassemble the new lathe today. first job was to drill a couple of butch bits of angle iron to bolt one each end of the lathe with a castor each end. fingers crossed they're man enough as they were what i had laying around, we'll see. then lift the lathe up on the lift and slide the 2 'feet' under and lower back down so the 'feet' could be lined up with some big screwdrivers. then lift again and lay the 'drip' tray onto the feet, again lining the holes up before lowering (again) to align all 3 layers. this is where an issue arose. the lift arms were about an inch higher than the bottom of the lathe body but the tray has a 3" lip all round so we couldn't lower it all the way. at least not without cutting 4 sections out for clearance. it's now all sat in place and we'll weld them back in later.
neil.

[v8pop]

Sounds like a tense few moments Neil.

Cheers Tim W

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[mygasser]

we got the lathe all bolted together and welded the cutouts back into the tray. then we lifted under the tray either side and bolted the angle iron and castors under the feet and lowered it to the ground. so far so good, then we tried wheeling it slightly and..... doh! well the castors weren't strong enough, lol. so the lift arms went back underneath and we removeed them. we next got 2 of my hydraulic wheel skates under there, the heavy end had to have a 12mm plate on it to spread the load evenly with more stability. so far so good.... again. so the guy the lathe came from said the motor was a 'bit' underpowered but did what he wanted so left it. luckily i have a spare compressor with a good 3hp motor is all i have to say about how underpowered the current one is, lol.
also the new tyres for the nash arrived, 165/15 and 295/50/15, all nangkang brand.
neil.

[taxirod]

Noice

[mygasser]

today we got both the lathe and compressor motors on the bench. with the pulleys off with a puller it was clear the lathe pulley had a larger centre bore, doh!. luckily the old lathe hasn't sold yet so it was pressed into service making an ally sleeve which was then slotted for the keyway on the shaft. the pulley was then pressed in place (with a 4lb club hammer, lol) . all we have to do now is make new mountings to bolt it to the lathe.
lots of work? yes. but no money so.....
neil.

[v8pop]

Nice one Neil, that's got to be the most frustrating thing ever needing to make a sleeve on the lathe to get the lathe working, stroke of luck you still had the old lathe mate.

Cheers Tim W

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[mygasser]

Nice one Neil, that's got to be the most frustrating thing ever needing to make a sleeve on the lathe to get the lathe working, stroke of luck you still had the old lathe mate.

Cheers Tim W

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yes mate, i'm so glad the old one's still here.
to day we wired the new motor on the floor. the 'box' the wires go in is on top of the motor so would be on the side about 10" off the floor when mounted to the lathe. that would've been very awkward and i've always looked for the easiest way to achieve the same result. dad reckoned i should've been one of those 'time and motion' study men, lol.
anyway wired it up easily as i'd cut the wires in the box with a 2" stub of each still connected so again simplicity is key, remove stub and replace with wire of same colour (wiring for dummies, lol). so a quick test blew the trip in the garage, doh! wiring checked, all ok. then it occurred to me my old compressor with a 3hp motor used to do the same thing before uprating it's supply in my garage. so we ran an extension lead from the socket now used for my compressor and it works just fine. i'll have to press the extra trip into use on the new consumer unit that supplies bigger amperages for the ramp and compressor. now the motor just needs propping in place so the 2 bits of 50mm flat bar bolted to it can be welded to the 2 bits of 50x12mm flat bar that bolt to the adjusting slots on the lathe.
neil.

[v8pop]

Sorted or was that shorted nearly there Neil

Cheers Tim W

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[jsf55]

You might need C trips instead if Bs to delay the tripping frim the surge. Happens with my welder cranked right up

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[mygasser]

You might need C trips instead if Bs to delay the tripping frim the surge. Happens with my welder cranked right up

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it's just that i plugged it in to one of the 'old' sockets which can't handle that big a load. my plasma cutter and compressor need the bigger 'new' supply too. i've only ever fitted one socket where the compressor is and that's the other end of the garage to the lathe. so, time for a second socket at that end too.
neil.

[mygasser]

the motor's mounted and the belt tension is set. it works a treat and i went through all the levers to work out what does what. the 'gearbox' seemed a bit noisy so i checked the oil level through the sight glass. after adding almost half a gallon iy's now much quieter. maybe he drained it for transport? who knows but it's ok now. ashley's here sunday so we can swap them over. i hope to have the bigger power supply run by then.
neil.

[v8pop]

Another job jobbed then Neil.

Cheers Tim W

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[tom.marg]

the motor's mounted and the belt tension is set. it works a treat and i went through all the levers to work out what does what. the 'gearbox' seemed a bit noisy so i checked the oil level through the sight glass. after adding almost half a gallon iy's now much quieter. maybe he drained it for transport? who knows but it's ok now. ashley's here sunday so we can swap them over. i hope to have the bigger power supply run by then.
neil.

what oil do you use in your lathe mate

[mygasser]

i looked on some machinists forums/sites. some say hydraulic oil of varying grades, some say 75/90 gear oil. i had the latter so used that on the basis of something is better than nothing. it's quieter for sure.
neil.

[Happydaze]

Gear oil? S'pose it'd mask the smell of any cat pizz if you'd left the door open! I hate that smell, both of them!

Chris

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[taxirod]

Talking of smelly oil, I just cut the steering column on the Morris, and a load of thick brown smelly oil came out, seemed the same as on the Austin Ruby, hardly surprising, there's only a year between them. They must have loved stinky thick oil back then!

[tom.marg]

i looked on some machinists forums/sites. some say hydraulic oil of varying grades, some say 75/90 gear oil. i had the latter so used that on the basis of something is better than nothing. it's quieter for sure.
neil.

seen a lot of talk about the oil that used to be used is not in production any more and now to use its replacement for my lathe, I can’t remember the name of it but just want it to last. I have a cholchester student and it’s made a world of difference using it. Today I needed to open up some tube ID. Drill in the tail stock and away it went bloody great thing to have. Expensive tool but really handy