Here's My Newest Project/Toy

[Gary]

Brought her home today and plan on finishing the wiring and setting/leveling her this next week. The two chucks that came with her are very heavy 8" honkers and one of them I think was from Arkansas, she's the one with only three teeth (Jaws). All the tooling included was either Brown and Sharpe; Mitutoyo; Starrett. I'm glad I got her home.

 

[Rick]

Or maybe even Kansas or Nebraska.

 

[Ian]

And it already comes with an outboard spider, too.

 

[Brad]

Rick doesn’t know that the tooth brush was invented in Arkansas.

Had it been invented elsewhere it would be known as a teeth brush.

 

[Rick]

Good one, I hadn't heard that one before.

 

[462]

Arkansas toothpick -- Bowie knife.

 

[Gary]

And it already comes with an outboard spider, too.

Good eye Ian. Also has a Taper Attachment. This Lathe belonged to a Gunsmith that took very good care of it and passed it on to a neighbor of mine that moved out of state and needed to pass it along because he retired. Feelin' kinda lucky.

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

Rick doesn’t know that the tooth brush was invented in Arkansas.

Had it been invented elsewhere it would be known as a teeth brush.

Funny, as being in New England that was always said to be from Maine.

 

[Petrol & Powder]

You did VERY well.
The market for old machine tools is drying up. Finding an old lathe in good shape these days is like finding a gold nugget.

And it has some tooling ! That's a WIN !

 

[Bret4207]

Nice! I just missed a Southbend 13x40. No room for it anyway, but I got's a serious case of the "wants"!!!

 

[Gary]

Dug around a bit more and came up with some odds and ends tooling that my friend included with the Lathe; (2) Starrett Calipers and a Mitutoyo small square. Also, a couple of magnetic bases for Indicators. Just like Christmas in April.

 

[Loren]

That is sweet!!

 

[Gary]

Hey thanks Loren; I have a lot of new "techniques" to learn. My Precision Matthews small Lathe is a breeze to run, pretty straight forward. This one, to engage the Lead Screw you turn a smallish knob, tightening it and it engages the Lead Screw. Little things like that. But for a 70 year old Lathe, she it straight, easy to level and the Ways are without any "divits"; still see the original scraper marks. I've been wanting to build a moderator and in order to do that I will need to master the fine are of cutting precise threads. I still have to run a 220 line (~25' ) and I'm debating what size wire to use. I think I should be able to get it done with 12-3 w ground onto a 20 Amp breaker, however I'm not an electrician. Anybody with helpful advice, please chime in.

 

[Ian]

My 5Kw water heater has been running since 2006 on a 25' run of 10-3 Romex. If you know the HP of the motor the starting load would be easy to look up.

I see a nice steady rest but can't see the fingers. If I.D. threading tubing to a shoulder you'll need to brush up on setting up a steady rest so the work doesn't fret out of the chuck and screw up your pitch.

 

[fiver]

12-3 seems small.
I run 10-3 into my shed for a couple of light bulbs and a couple of outlets.
probably coulda used 12-2 for that [but shrug]

 

[Ian]

I run 10-2 220 to several things, including my air compressor, the neutral is bonded at the box so no le hace. Don't tell the power company I got a bare neutral.

 

[Bret4207]

I'm never going to get the difference between neutral and ground. It's all magic to me.

 

[Gary]

OK !! 10-3 w Ground is it. Thanks for the info fella's.

 

[smokeywolf]

I ran 8 gauge when I wired in the phase converter and from phase converter to machinery at the old house. Went big because of the startup load from the lathe and I also knew that on occasion I might be running both lathe and mill at the same time.

 

[Ian]

I'm never going to get the difference between neutral and ground. It's all magic to me.

Ground is solely for chassis metal to earth connection so if there's a short the electrons have a better path to earth than to your heart muscle.

Neutral is a common return for the alternating current. With multiple "hots" as in two-phase 220 or three phase the single neutral carries the current 180⁰ out of phase from each hot. I'm not sure if normal 220 has the legs 180⁰ out of phase or a lopsided 120⁰/240⁰, but regardless a single neutral carries the other power. The neutral isn't "hot" on the line, which is why it can be bonded to the chassis ground at the electrical box in some situations.