Hi from Lancs

[Graz]

Hi  been looking at the forum over the past week or so, some great information and looks like a good place to hang out.
I live in north Lancs UK run an old Land Rover which keeps me busy, trying to build up my workshop have a Drummond lathe which gets used often, mig welder, just bought an Axminster band saw, been looking at milling machines as that will be my next purchase.
I have been doing a bit of Iron work using scrolls etc for a hobby.

[GordTopps]

Welcome

From an ex-Wiganer

Gordy

[Brass_Machine]

Hi there 

Welcome to the collective

The iron work sounds interesting... pictures?

Eric

[Graz]

Thanks for the replies and welcome 
You escaped to Spain from Wigan Gordy 
Will try to upload a photo of a music stand i just made Eric

[Graz]

Trying to post pic of the music stand and a pic of my Drummond lathe emailed to me by the seller before I bought it.

[Brass_Machine]

It worked.

Nice lathe. Nice stand. How do you join the pieces? Weld, solder?

Eric

[Graz]

It worked.

Nice lathe. Nice stand. How do you join the pieces? Weld, solder?

Eric

I welded the pieces, made a jig for bending the scrolls, I've made a wine rack, small book case and tall candle stick holders for the fat candles, trouble is my wifes friends keep wanting them 

[raynerd]

Hi pal from north west also, bury!

[Brass_Machine]

I welded the pieces, made a jig for bending the scrolls, I've made a wine rack, small book case and tall candle stick holders for the fat candles, trouble is my wifes friends keep wanting them 

I used to collect iron candle holders... pictures again? 

[Graz]

Hi pal from north west also, bury!

Hi I used to deal with Chadwicks in Bury they make foil lids for the food packing industry and a company called Pollytech who specialised in perspex.

I'll take some photos of the candle stick holders and post Brass machine

[Bogstandard]

Graz,

Nice work, nice lathe, even a nice dog. What more could you want?

Just down a bit from you in Cheshire


Bogs & Bandit

[AndyB]

Hi Graz,

Welcome from another Drummond user

I have a bit of a collection as you might see from my introduction

Your B type is a cracker, I have 3 of them. The only thing you need to know is to keep the headstock bearings adjusted and oiled as they are not as strong as the later M.
The bed is as stiff as anything twice or three times its size! marvellous!

Also, Drummond flatbed bits are almost all interchangeable; changewheels are the same for all the three 3.5inch flatbeds as well as the round bed, B and M type beds are almost identical so tailstocks, saddles, topslides etc all fit (except for the pre-A that Graz has got). leadscrews are all different though, same thread rate, different thickness.

There is a Drummond Forum that is packed with useful information at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/drummondlathe/

Look forward to your posts

Andy

[Graz]

Hi Andy, Drummond lathe has done quite a bit of work for me have you got any info on adjusting the bearings etc?
I am a member of the group on Yahoo 

I'm looking for a small milling machine at the moment, was looking on ebay the other night came across a Bridgeport with a buy it now at £400 someone bought it while i was reading the info, it was just down the road from me 
Would of been a bit big for me but at that price 

[AndyB]

Hi Graz,

I have put a post on the Drummond Forum but in case you can't find it...

On the back end of the mandrel are 2 plain collars. The outer has a pin that locates with the change wheel. The inner is threaded with a grub screw in the side. This is for adjusting the end float.



Undo the grub screw and loosen the collar.

On the outside ends of the headstock are screwheads.



These will pull against rings on the inside which pull the conical bearings into the tapers of the headstock casting.



To tighten the bearings, adjust the screws by screwing them in. Be careful!
Make sure that you keep both sides equal!!!! Watch that the rings remain square to the casting!

When you are satisfied with the adjustment, tighten the back end collar to set endfloat and do up the grubscrew.
It is worth placing a small brass or copper end cap to the grubscrew so that it does not damage the thread when you do it up.

I'm afraid that, with a 100 year old lathe, it is a matter of trial and error to find what suits your machine best.
At least, I have not heard of hard and fast settings.

One thing to watch for is heating of the bearings, easily checked by putting your hand to the headstock casting.

My longbed B (the scruffy one in the photos) is a bit temperamental on the left bearing, so needs a bit more slack than the right.

I use cheap new (!!!) multigrade petrol engine oil to lubricate....and for goodness sake, don't forget to lubricate the backgear shaft!!!! You can see the oil holes easily.

Others may criticise the choice of oil but it is cheap and maintains viscosity through winter and summer. (Do not use diesel engine oil as it contains detergent!) My workshop is not heated...and it does not suffer with condensation with plenty of ventilation! Just run the lathe for a few minutes before working in the winter cold to warm the bearings if you are in the same position.

Hope this helps

Andy

PS just seen the photos (thanks guys for showing me how to do this) and I am sorry for the crap quality. That is camera phone too close

If you can't see what I am trying to show you, please let me know and I will PM the pictures to you.

[Graz]

Thanks for the help and info Andy will have a play tomorrow and check the end float.