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Thread: Alfred Herbert (?) Dividing head
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18th Aug 2013, 11:24 AM #46Senior Member
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18th Aug 2013, 11:27 AM #47Senior Member
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18th Aug 2013, 09:54 PM #481915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.
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23rd Aug 2013, 10:57 PM #49
Well i have had to have some house time over the last week. My wife had 2 wisdom teeth pulled on Monday and she decided that was a good enough excuse to have a slack week.....
Anyway, shed time this arvo!
Spent some time assembling what i could of the head today, now just waiting for paint to harden. I had to replace all the oilers though, out of 6 i think 1 was usable. They are just sprung ball units, but are 1/2" od, with a 5/8" dia lip. Since i have plenty of 10mm oilers i turned some little brass sleeves for them. Before any one asks, i reamed the 10mm holes to size, after drilling them with the bluntest 25/64" bit i could find......
Cheers,
Ew1915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.
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23rd Aug 2013, 11:45 PM #50Golden Member
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Ew,
Nice.
Where did you get the oilers from? They look nice and substantial, not just pressed tin.
Ken
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23rd Aug 2013, 11:51 PM #51
Hi Ken,
The oilers came from Arc Euro trade Lubrication Accessories - Arc Euro Trade
I bought a fair number of them a while back, but now they are becoming an endangered species in my shed though.
Ew1915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.
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26th Aug 2013, 11:46 PM #52
Well i got the head pretty well assembled today. Unfortunately there is some paint damage to fix, i'm a little disappointed with the bond that the high build primer has with anything really, be it steel or the topcoat. The local Dulux place now has the stuff Josh is using on the Deckel, and will mix colours on site. I'm going to try it on the Rivett, and if it goes well use it on the LeBlond.
The 130mm chuck looks tiny on the head, i'd forgotten just how big it is once put together. I made a new oil filler bung tonight, it was missing one. I'd like to make a new brass plaque as per the existing one but it will just have to wait. I really like the font of the number stamping, you don't see punches like that these days.
The sector arms have an engraved scale on them, 0-180. For easy setup maybe?
Now i need to make some new dividing plates, the U channel i bought home a few weeks back will be perfect, the short bits just the right size for making mag blocks, and the large flat just right for some plates. Gotta love it when that happens!
Cheers,
Ew1915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.
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27th Aug 2013, 12:11 AM #53Golden Member
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That looks stunning. Your progress with this has been impressive, and inspires me to get a move along with various projects.
Besides which it has been great to follow the details in the journey from apparently decrepit lump to functional showpiece.
Cheers,
Bill
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27th Aug 2013, 01:51 PM #54Senior Member
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Big plus for the div head Ewan.
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27th Aug 2013, 07:18 PM #55Philomath in training
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Another option is that if you photograph the numerals they can probably be turned into a font for a pantograph type engraver (like I and I think a few others have) or even something that a CNC machine might be able to do. You could then engrave the dividing plates to match.
Michael
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27th Aug 2013, 07:47 PM #56
Hi Ewan,
Looks great! I scrolled back a few pages to see what it was like when you first got it, and the amount of work you've done to bring it back to "as new" condition is very impressive.
Regards
Ray
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27th Aug 2013, 07:56 PM #57.
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Ewan has a talent for making most of us feel like we are sitting on our hands.
Well done Ew.
BT
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27th Aug 2013, 10:38 PM #58Golden Member
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very nicely done EW.
congrat .can't believe you go this far
Peter
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5th Sep 2013, 10:37 PM #59
Thanks guys
I had the BS setup for most of Tuesday arvo cutting up my 250x90 C section. The 250 wide part is being made into 2 dividing plates, and the sides (15mm thick) will probably end up as mag block parts.
The BS needed time and some help, since the cut started so high it the head was about on its balance point...hmmm...bungee cord! I ended up with 2 octagons 210mmish across.
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Gave them a quick hit on the mill to get rid of the remnants of the internal corner radius, then onto the grinder. Now i know why Josh tells me i need auto downfeed......
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I turned a hub up so i could mount the plates once bored
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Then put the plates onto the faceplate to be bored to 1.1875"
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Then i started turning the OD, 60 rpm back gear HSS tool...very slow going whilst the cut was interrupted, but you know you have had a good time when your lathe looks like this and your only half way through!
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I need to pick up some new center drills, i have 18 sets of holes to drill ranging from 15 to 49 i think...lots of holes anyway! Be a pleasure to do on the 8SN though.
Cheers,
Ew1915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.
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5th Sep 2013, 10:55 PM #60Philomath in training
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I've had occasion to have turned lots of bits of flat stuff into discs at some time or other. I've tried 4, 6 and 8 sides and although it is extra work with the saw I find that 12 sided pieces seem to work best in terms of minimising the interrupted cut thing. The other nice part is that they can be chucked up in either a 3 or 4 jaw chuck too.
Michael
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