Many thanks all. I will take more photos of the cross slide and other 'tasty' item from photo 2. Label up all that has been identified and see what is left. I think the best thing to do for now is keep the lathe things as our plan is to get people to come and see the 2 other lathes when the rest of the workshop has been mostly cleared. There are a lot of metal turning things and many stock tap and die sets so maybe keep everything metal working related until we get people to see the metal lathe. Does that sound like a good plan?
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Definitely a good plan. If they do belong to one of the lathes, an enthusiast may recgnoze them, it will add to the value and/or saleability of the lathe. And they are unlikely to be unrelated to the lathes already there. The tap and die sets are unrelated and can be sold separately (and will easily sell on eBay but not for staggering prices). Lathe tools may not be specifically related to a particular lathe, but will add to the attractiveness of a lathe to a buyer. Can we see pics of the lathes?
sploo
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Hi Lindas,
Where in Yorkshire is the kit? I don't think I can help identify more than what's already been done, but if it's not a big trek I'd certainly be interested in seeing parts you might be selling.
Where in Yorkshire is the kit? I don't think I can help identify more than what's already been done, but if it's not a big trek I'd certainly be interested in seeing parts you might be selling.
Hi all, yes of course photos of the lathes. I am still a bit cautious as I don’t want to get into trouble for trying to sell on the site. Am I okay posting the photos just for your curiosity?
One tiny success today when I was taking out the parts you have all kindly identified and labelling them up was finding 2 bright discs at the bottom of one of the photos were blades for the Scot Goliath hand metal shearer. I was very pleased not to have scrapped the lot??!! Will post a photo of both
One tiny success today when I was taking out the parts you have all kindly identified and labelling them up was finding 2 bright discs at the bottom of one of the photos were blades for the Scot Goliath hand metal shearer. I was very pleased not to have scrapped the lot??!! Will post a photo of both
Blockplane
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Lindas said:
novocaine
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Picture 1,2 and 5 all have parts of the same wood lathe in. You have the headstock in picture 2. Banjo tool rest, tslot nuts and possible intermediate pulleys in picture 1 and tail stock on picture 5. It also looks like you have a grinder attachment in pic 1 too.
Whats missing is a bed but that might be as simply as a thick sheet of iron somewhere or it might be a t track of some sort. Quite possible it was bolted to a cabinet top thats rotted away. Not worth much im afraid but could be fun for someone to play with.
Whats missing is a bed but that might be as simply as a thick sheet of iron somewhere or it might be a t track of some sort. Quite possible it was bolted to a cabinet top thats rotted away. Not worth much im afraid but could be fun for someone to play with.
I hate to admit this but I think the lathe bed was scrapped in April in our first clear out. We had advice from a local woodturning club who said the lathe bed and legs were just scrap. It's gone now but such a shame. That is why my sister and I want to try to be careful and everyone here has helped so much. We would rather not go to scrap things that people might use even if they don't have a sale price.
novocaine
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Was just about to add a name springs to mind after posting. They bear a resblence to an old dunlap clipper which was a wooden bed ( basically 2 4x2 planks). Might be worth having a search with that.
I looked it up and it does look very similar. The wooden lathe bed is very interesting. I would be happy for anyone at ukworkshop to have the parts for free who might like to try putting it together. What would be the best way to go about asking if anyone might like these parts?
