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Lathe advice and new tool time!
By: Jimr1999 Date: December 9, 2022, 1:10 am
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Morning all and seasons greetings!
Just scored some beautiful small cast iron axle stands from
Marketplace and four chassis punches for a tenner all in. Whilst
collecting these, the vendor was starting to clean up a Clarke
CL430 metal lathe for sale. They didn't put a price on it but it
looked well looked after. (they are downsizing and need to move
soon)
Has anyone got any experience with this machine and its value
(or otherwise) they would like to share?
Jim
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Re: Lathe advice and new tool time!
By: StefanN Date: December 9, 2022, 2:33 am
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Can’t help on the lathe, but fantastic result on the stands and
punches.
I’ve 3D printed dimple dies for use after the hole punches.
Very happy to share the design.
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Re: Lathe advice and new tool time!
By: Jimr1999 Date: December 9, 2022, 2:43 am
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Yes please Stefan, although what medium did you print them in to
make them strong enough to use? ( we need a files section for
useful stuff like this :-) )
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Re: Lathe advice and new tool time!
By: StefanN Date: December 9, 2022, 1:04 pm
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I’ve printed them in PLA and in PETG. I’ve been used them on
aluminium and on steel (1.2mm from memory). They won’t last
forever of course.
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Re: Lathe advice and new tool time!
By: synthpunk Date: December 10, 2022, 3:58 am
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Nice machine if the price is right. Spares shouldn’t be any
problem. We had them at college. Good range of features and
accessories, well built and straightforward to maintain. If it’s
been maintained and has any extras (cutters, chucks, steadies)
then go for it.
The best thing about lathes is that if there’s an accessory you
don’t have, it’s usually possible to build it yerself, using the
lathe it will be mounted on, so you know it will be a perfect
fit ;c)
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Re: Lathe advice and new tool time!
By: synthpunk Date: December 10, 2022, 4:05 am
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Oh yeah- 400 and up for a good machine with some extras. Basket
cases for 200. Maybe more if it’s got the stand and try and get
one with all the change wheels.
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Re: Lathe advice and new tool time!
By: Jimr1999 Date: December 10, 2022, 6:24 am
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Cheers for that Synthpunk! Good show.
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Re: Lathe advice and new tool time!
By: synthpunk Date: December 10, 2022, 7:13 am
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I have a feeling early ones were Korean, later ones Chinese. A
step up in quality from a current production generic budget
chinese lathe that you can buy new for about 400 ish quid with
all accessories, but not a myford. But then, a tenth of the
price of a decent myford.
I bought my lathe for 40 quid. It’s a 1909 Drummond ‘pre B
type’. They later evolved into the M type that was later taken
over by myford. It was probably shagged out by the end of the
Great War, never mind ww2. It came with precisely no
accessories. The table and motor were recycled from a scrap
running machine. I drilled out a faceplate to mount a chuck by
hand, tapped it, and then bootstrapped all the other accessories
one by one by making them from scratch. Took ages, but I
learned a lot. Best modification I can recommend is buy 3 or 4
cheap digital micrometers, drill and tap them onto the bed and
saddle etc and use them as digital readouts for your cuts. Easy
to zero and makes life super easy.
Lathes are brilliant.
I also recommend looking at the archive here for interesting
reading-
HTML http://www.lathes.co.uk/
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Re: Lathe advice and new tool time!
By: synthpunk Date: December 10, 2022, 7:31 am
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A good Drummond B type (200£) or M type(400) would also be worth
looking out for. I fitted myford changewheels to mine, the M
type was fitted on navy ships, and later formed the basis of the
myford. All the accessories seem to fit as well. They are a
quality lathe on a budget.
For instance
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Re: Lathe advice and new tool time!
By: Jimr1999 Date: December 10, 2022, 7:56 am
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A fair shout Synthpunk. As I would almost certainly want to see
it before I bought, second hand local it must be. As I live in a
area rife with engineering types, they come up regularly as an
old boy quits or passes on, however, there are many people
wanting them too so you have to move quick. I will see what
occurs and comes to market. ;D
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