Wilson's Workshop Waffle

[John Stevenson]

Why, it will hold it down on slippery roads. Which reminds me, must go and collect a Harrison 140 from a school that I have bought.

[DavidA]

You bought a school ?

That's got to be a first for this group.

Dave.

[krv3000]

good one rob

[RobWilson]

Suppose  I better remove the lathe from the van now 

Rob

I'd love to see how you achieved this amazing feat of weight transferance.....

Like so John 





Walk in the park .




Anyone out there with a spare travelling steady they wish to part with ?  £££

Rob

[John Rudd]

I'm impressed....

I used an engine crane to lift my lathe onto its stand off the floor.....and thought that was scary stuff....well done...Did you do this all by yourself or did you have help?

So onto the lathe, is it single or 3 phase?...

I've used the bigger version when I was at work, great machines...

[RobWilson]

Hi John ,cheers mate .

Aye all by ones self ,having help  can really be more bother than its worth ,a distraction . And getting good help is very  hard to fined , any way its not that heavy mate .



Yes three phase 7.5 Hp motor I think  , should dim the lights a tad 

I very nearly bought the long bed version ,but at the last minute decided against .


Rob

[John Rudd]

Yes three phase 7.5 Hp motor I think  , should dim the lights a tad 

I very nearly bought the long bed version ,but at the last minute decided against .


Rob

So how you going to run it? Rpc? ( a big one!.....)

[RobWilson]

That's the plan John ,  I will be ordering a 10 Hp Transwave RPC in a week or so 


Rob

[micktoon]

Hi Rob, looks like its all happening  Colchester looks in good nick, looks like Newall DRO to, is the tool post S2 Dixon type ? Canny jack and hoist work getting it out the van mind, do you still have the other Colchester too ?
  Looks like you will be kept busy in the dark nights moving everything about. Are you going for new Rotary converter ?
  Cheers Mick

[RobWilson]

Yes I still have the other Colchester lathe 

Rob

[chipenter]

What hapened to the drill ?

[RobWilson]

Still in the same state that I left it  , thread has wandered slightly   



Rob

This thread needs a rename   

[awemawson]

Thread title re-named at Rob's request

[RobWilson]

Cheers Andrew 


Rob

[RobWilson]

Evening Lads

I picked up another bit of kit for the shop today , something I have been after for some time , a 10" pedestal grinder   




Its a ye oldie Black and Decker , 3 phase , fairly beefy bit of kit .   My 6" bench grinder will be re homed in the other shop for sharpening tungsten electrodes and the likes .


Cheers Rob   

[Manxmodder]

Now, that's a proper grinder. A mate of mine used to have one similar in his old workshop. The wheels on his were about 2" wide. You can't beat having the mix of large circumference wheels and the added high inertial mass that goes with it.....OZ.

[vintageandclassicrepairs]

Hi Rob,
Some time ago I posted about some refurbishment work I did on my Colchester Triumph 2000
http://madmodder.net/index.php/topic,10697.msg123432.html#msg123432

Yours looks to be a tidy machine
I am running mine from a VFD, 220v 3 phase so the motor terminals needed changing to delta configuration

There are a few issues on them that you need to look out for !!
The drive pulleys on the gearbox input shaft can wear (as on mine)
Some versions of the lathes have mains voltage to the control buttons, theres a gap below the chuck where swarf can find its way into the controls (mine now has low voltage controls)

Coolant finds its way easily into the apron gearbox, so when you use the one shot oiler its possible to pump coolant instead of oil

If you locate the lathe against a wall then you need to move the coolant tank to outside of the base so you can access it.

John

[Will_D]

Love that the "MAX RPM" is unspecified!

A bit like "Max Headroom"

[Joules]

I can only assume it's MAD MAX

[RobWilson]

Hi Rob,
Some time ago I posted about some refurbishment work I did on my Colchester Triumph 2000
http://madmodder.net/index.php/topic,10697.msg123432.html#msg123432

Yours looks to be a tidy machine
I am running mine from a VFD, 220v 3 phase so the motor terminals needed changing to delta configuration

There are a few issues on them that you need to look out for !!
The drive pulleys on the gearbox input shaft can wear (as on mine)
Some versions of the lathes have mains voltage to the control buttons, theres a gap below the chuck where swarf can find its way into the controls (mine now has low voltage controls)

Coolant finds its way easily into the apron gearbox, so when you use the one shot oiler its possible to pump coolant instead of oil

If you locate the lathe against a wall then you need to move the coolant tank to outside of the base so you can access it.

John

Cheers for the heads up John   

I will be giving the lathe a good check over when I get it into the workshop , I did notice the rear entry to get to the coolant ,I am still pondering that one as I will have the lathe up against the shop wall .


Rob

[RobWilson]

Love that the "MAX RPM" is unspecified!

A bit like "Max Headroom"

  aye it is a bit random Will  ,especially as its a fixed speed motor 


Rob   

[RobWilson]

Afternoon Lads

Well I picked up a couple more incidentals for the shop this morning , I had a wee run South to Pontefract and came back with these 


A rather tidy  10" Elliott rotary table for the Bridgeport .



and an  Auto reversing tapping head for the   Arborga drilling machine





Rob 

[awemawson]

Did you win the lottery then Rob 

[RobWilson]

Did you win the lottery then Rob 

Nope just good at hunting out a bargain ,,,,,,,,,,or three  Andrew 


Rob 

[RobWilson]

Evening Lads

A wee bit product review   

I had a job on today that required the relocation of a couple of holes in a hydraulic pump flange and a bracket , pump needed to be rotated about 10 degrees so that the suction hose would not foul the engine sump .

The pump is located in a fairly confined space , so I cracked out the transfer screws I purchased wile  at Arceurotrade a few weeks back .

The kits come in two ranges  3mm - 6mm  &  6mm - 12mm





The M8 and M12 saved the day     .


Each kits come with a driver to fit and remove the transfer screws .







Just the job 

Rob
   

http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Measurement/Punches-Scribes/Transfer-Screws