New little project

Picked a new little project up yesterday well pleased with it, made a start on the clean up on it today by stripping and cleaning the tail stock and cross slide, should'ent take to long to sort the rest, and as there is no makers plate or marks would like to find out who made it and possible age any help much appriciated

I want one it looks like it will come up great, are you going to paint the castings or is that silver hammerite I see there?

No mate just clean metal at the moment not sure on what the finish will be it appears by what paint was left on it that the orignal colour was a sort of blue grey colour so could go that route or use the good old blackner on it, will wait and see

blackvanman wrote:I want one it looks like it will come up great, are you going to paint the castings or is that silver hammerite I see there?

Quick update after searching the internet and asking some questions have now found out its a "Portass Model S backgeared and screwcutting lathe" dated circa 1926

Looks great Abes I will now were to come fora bit of lathe work now
Jonesey

abes
a good strip back to bare metal as always with you
keep it up
P.S bet it ends up black to go with the black engine and pump collection you have lol
kev

Abes wrote:Quick update after searching the internet and asking some questions have now found out its a "Portass Model S backgeared and screwcutting lathe" dated circa 1926

I was just about to say that

Nice handy bit of kit there Abes, sure it will look good when up and running. Are you planning on putting an electric motor on it so it can be used as I don't think an engine will keep it turning at a set speed. Then if you want to rally it just belt it to an engine on the day so to speak.

Stu.

Thats the plan Stu but then again plans can change lol, still not sure of the finish it will get but there's no rush

Keep us updated on it's progress Abes.

Stu.

nice little lathe there abes .... is that one richards old one ?

matt

As promised here's a quick update, lathe now fully stripped down removed parts all stripped and cleaned back to bare metal, have now made a start on the main body

Looking good when can I book my first job in
Jonesey

No booking needed just "turn" up

Great job your doing.

Stu.

Cheers gents, good news today a nice set of cast iron Singer sewing table legs came in the yard which when i come to make the new table for the lathe ill use these to support it the top is going to be Mahogany, quick update on the lathe all parts including the main body are now stripped and cleaned back to bare metal tomorrow the rebuild is going to start

Abes wrote:Cheers gents, good news today a nice set of cast iron Singer sewing table legs came in the yard which when i come to make the new table for the lathe ill use these to support it the top is going to be Mahogany, quick update on the lathe all parts including the main body are now stripped and cleaned back to bare metal tomorrow the rebuild is going to start

sounds like will suit the job well ...

we all like a nice peace of hardwood timber makes the job look so much better and professional than a peice of pine from b & q etc

matt

Abes you can Turn your hand to anything.

Sounds like your going to make a first class job of it but more for show then use.

Stu.

Well lathe now almost completed just the rear gears to strip and clean rest of lathe completed pics below

That looks spot on now, I'd be wanting to find something to do on it.

Stu.

Thread gears now fitted lathe now finished, just the stand to do and the jobs a goodun

Very Nice Abes, another quality item well done, ill have a dig around in my stores and see what else i can come up with for you
Ian

Abes is it very heavy?

Stu.

No not at all mate can lift it in to the van with no probs but saying that iam making a cast iron base unit for it but will be made so that the lathe can be taken off for loading

stationary stu wrote:Abes is it very heavy?

Stu.

i just remembered reading through this i have a old singer sewing machine table at mums and still has the pedal and belt too .... or it did

matt