Hi guys, new to the forum and was referred by Tony at Lathes UK, nice fellow.
I have a lovely HLV, came out of Rolls Royce via an ex- employee who owned it until health became an issue, I have owned it since the March and have since added my own control panel and done some re-wiring and re-motoring, all of which has added to the experience of these grand machines, its not an 'H' but its my first lathe so happy to be able to enjoy the engineering.
It came with a 4 jaw chuck (both independent and normal) but alas no 3 jaw, been on the look out for a proper Hardinge chuck and bought a used one recently with 2 sets of hard jaws and 3 sets of soft, the chuck works fine and it will be stripped and cleaned before being put to work. Having done some quick checks the locating pin is damaged and worn, its slightly bent too, with the pin removed the taper is solid so the fit is good, just need the pin, question is can you still find them and if so where or is it a make it yourself and if that is the case does anyone have any dims of the part? If push came to shove I could copy the one in my 4 jaw.
For reference here is the lathe for those who may like to see my control panel conversion and the lathe, sorry the panel is not rotated right still getting to grips with this forum.. appreciate any help or support.
Marc
I have a lovely HLV, came out of Rolls Royce via an ex- employee who owned it until health became an issue, I have owned it since the March and have since added my own control panel and done some re-wiring and re-motoring, all of which has added to the experience of these grand machines, its not an 'H' but its my first lathe so happy to be able to enjoy the engineering.
It came with a 4 jaw chuck (both independent and normal) but alas no 3 jaw, been on the look out for a proper Hardinge chuck and bought a used one recently with 2 sets of hard jaws and 3 sets of soft, the chuck works fine and it will be stripped and cleaned before being put to work. Having done some quick checks the locating pin is damaged and worn, its slightly bent too, with the pin removed the taper is solid so the fit is good, just need the pin, question is can you still find them and if so where or is it a make it yourself and if that is the case does anyone have any dims of the part? If push came to shove I could copy the one in my 4 jaw.
For reference here is the lathe for those who may like to see my control panel conversion and the lathe, sorry the panel is not rotated right still getting to grips with this forum.. appreciate any help or support.
Marc