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Re: Roundbed tailstock (was Celebration!)

Richard Smith — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:47:55 GMT

... Mine is one of the newer ones with bearings bored in the casting and a pinch bolt to adjust. It's pretty straight. ... I'll be checking both although I've

Re: Celebration!

malcolm peakman — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:03:47 GMT

The same problems occur on most lathes, but if the tailstock has lateral offset adjustment (my flat bed does) a quick check is to put the tailstock centre

Re: Celebration!

Brian Drummond — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:50:33 GMT

... Excellent! ... No, unfortunately there are several possible causes of this shift, depending on things like wear on the bed. I found it fairly easy to get

drummond M Type

terijay57 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:49:55 GMT

Hi I'm looking for any backgear parts and change gears for a small M type i have recently purchased or can anyone supply me with dimensions of the shaft /

Re: items for sale

maureen copping — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:38:29 GMT

I have a note of various Drummond Items for sale from a friend of mine. contact me off line if interested. included is a tailstock for a flat bed, a screw

Celebration!

mole42uk — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:34:12 GMT

Yesterday I successfully bored a 3/8" hole right through the headstock spindle on my Roundbed. Simply held a quality long-series HSS twist drill in the

Re: M type lead screw from a 1947 machine

hatofknowledge@... — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:12:36 GMT

Hi Andy I will get it posted out to you this week - we can discuss cost later By the way you might like to know my NEW em address -- the old one closes on the

Re: A nice one on fleabay if anyone's interested

Stan Gordon — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:11:26 GMT

WoW!!!!!!!!!!! not me Stan ________________________________ From: jackofalltrades.masterofnone To:

Re: A nice one on fleabay if anyone's interested

jackofalltrades.masterofnone — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:04:22 GMT

Blimey! £1,031.11! Who paid that?

Re: A nice one on fleabay if anyone's interested

Chris M — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:36:52 GMT

AND NO ONE IS BUYING THIS THING!!! If anyone is disposed to pick it up and set it on a raft en route to New Jersey, I'd feel indebted to them :).

Re: A nice one on fleabay if anyone's interested

geoff.walker12@... — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:21:28 GMT

... Large apron almost certainly will be housing an improved r&p gearing system. I have an extra gear on my 1948, which certainly is an improvement on the

Re: M type lead screw from a 1947 machine

hatofknowledge@... — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:05:51 GMT

that's fine let me have an address and I will deal with it! David Price ... From: drummondlathe@yahoogroups.com [mailto:drummondlathe@yahoogroups.com] On

Re: M type lead screw from a 1947 machine

Rob — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:51:02 GMT

Damn too slow Been looking for one for my clapped out M-Type for a while Mind you the half nut has also gone toothless on mine due to the previous owners

Re: M type lead screw from a 1947 machine

jackofalltrades.masterofnone — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:18:49 GMT

Hi David, I have got a 1948 M. Would be great to have a spare leadscrew for it if you want to part with yours. I am on the Norfolk/Suffolk border so would

M type lead screw from a 1947 machine

David Price — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:57:54 GMT

I owned an M type up to a couple of years ago - We had a new lead screw and half nuts made for it because the old one was worn at the head end. In a workshop