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Hi
New to the forum . Just recently bought an S type and have been giving it a bit of a refurb . Does anybody else have one tucked away in the garage/ workshop ?
Gluv ����
Yeah I've got one as has one of my friends.
Lovely machines.
PDW
They certainly are !
I am currently giving mine a bit of a refresh ( strip down paint ) I would really like to get hold of the boring steady but I'm struggling at the moment �� Might have to end up making one I suppose
Gluv����
I have seen the build before. I think he dropped a clanger not copying the original design though
Gluv����
I agree with your reservations on his design, but do like the idea of using a flange bearing -- only with a though hole and an offset raising screw as in the original.
They certainly are !
I am currently giving mine a bit of a refresh ( strip down paint ) I would really like to get hold of the boring steady but I'm struggling at the moment �� Might have to end up making one I suppose
Gluv����
First thing I did was take it off the machine and park it on the tooling cabinet. It belongs with the machine so I'd not part with it but I haven't needed to do any line boring type work as yet.
Ditto the bigger one - the OA model.
PDW
Could I talk you into taking some detail photos with a tape measure in the pic for scale ?
Gluv
You saw them in training schools and colleges in the main but I have seen quite a few in toolrooms. They were very versatile little machines. Named the “ S “ type after Curtis Sparks the designer I believe.
Regards Tyrone.
Mine is the toolroom model with the optimetric scales. It's all in perfect working order and only a few paint chips. They're absolute gems of machines and highly versatile.
PDW
Will do ! You're a starHappy to take pix & measurements. Remind me in a month. Due to covid restrictions I'm currently some 1000 nautical miles away from my workshop and have no idea when I'll get back.
PDW
Sounds like a training school machine. I went to engineering college on day release for 6 years and I never saw the one in the workshop running or looking like it had been running !
Regards Tyrone.
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