RC99
Diamond
- Joined
- Mar 26, 2005
Some of you would have followed the story of the New Visby lathe I was looking at..Well it is now sitting in the shed and I have started to disassemble it for cleaning... It is about a 17" swing...1200mm between centres, 1/2" pitch leadscrew, inch, metric, diametral and module threading, it weighs bit (about 2 tonne I guess) bed is 13 inches wide...Dunno what hp the motor is but it is bloody big..I guess 7.5 or 10..it has a ????? spindle nose, 75mm bore or thereabouts..Came with a 10 inch 3 jaw and a 14 inch 4 jaw...Also has a hydraulic copy attachment and came with an assortment of change gears
The cross slide does not seem to have any tight spots and the cross slide screw has minimal backlash(it has some backlash because it is not adjusted up properly at the cross slide handle..Bed is worn but does not appear very bad...Tailstock looks to have been bored and a steel bush inserted..Headstock gears show no wear, some still have the original grind marks..Top speed is 1500pm and slowest is 23(I think) it has 12 speeds..
Amusingly it says to use Gargoyle oil on the ways...I will have to find out where I can get some Gargoyles
I cannot get the lead screw to to start spinning...I think there is a stuck interlock somewhere..
The pictures are a bit misleading...It is a lot bigger than they show
All in all it is quite dirty but seems quite a nice machine..Quite happy at the moment..
Pictures here
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome017.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome015.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome014.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome013.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome012.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome011.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome010.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome009.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome008.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome006.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome016.jpg
The cross slide does not seem to have any tight spots and the cross slide screw has minimal backlash(it has some backlash because it is not adjusted up properly at the cross slide handle..Bed is worn but does not appear very bad...Tailstock looks to have been bored and a steel bush inserted..Headstock gears show no wear, some still have the original grind marks..Top speed is 1500pm and slowest is 23(I think) it has 12 speeds..
Amusingly it says to use Gargoyle oil on the ways...I will have to find out where I can get some Gargoyles
I cannot get the lead screw to to start spinning...I think there is a stuck interlock somewhere..
The pictures are a bit misleading...It is a lot bigger than they show
All in all it is quite dirty but seems quite a nice machine..Quite happy at the moment..
Pictures here
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome017.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome015.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome014.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome013.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome012.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome011.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome010.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome009.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome008.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome006.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/OzRinger/purcell lathe/purcelllatheathome016.jpg