--- On Wed, 6/12/13, Bruce Layne <linux...@thinkingdevices.com> wrote:
> I'm stripping a lot of parts off a neat old Clausing lathe > that I don't need after I convert it to CNC Why couldn't it be a 17" LeBlond Regal roundhead trainer? ;P I'm in need of the brass nut, bushing and dial for the compound slide. >From what I've been able to find, those parts have to come from a 17" because >LeBlond scaled almost every part's size up and down with the swing diameter of >each lathe model. Ain't any used parts on eBay (though someone has listed a >few for a newer 15" squarehead) unless you're into fixing up old LeBlond >Makino CNC stuff. If this old beast was a South Bend I could have had it put together, running and (most important) SOLD ages ago to fund further acquisition of more lathes. The biggest holdup is I cannot find anyone able to put an 8 tpi square thread hole sideways through a 1.25" diameter brass bar. #@%@%#% you LeBlond for not using ACME! As hard as parts are to get, where's the thriving LeBlond aftermarket? I'm thinking of pressure casting some super strong urethane around the screw then turning it down to plug into the 1" hole in the compound slide base. Then there's LeBlond's screwball threaded spindle sizes, almost none of which were made to any sort of industry standard. 2-7/8 x 5 on the 17", almost every swing diameter used a different diameter threaded spindle. I picked up an L00 backplate for $50 which has a small enough hole to be bored out and threaded to that size while having enough iron around for strength. I could make an L0 adapter to screw on, would solve the problem of fitting chucks. A 17x78" lathe made in 1944 would be an awesome (in the original meaning, not the "Awesome! Dude!" one) CNC project but I want to get the huge thing out of my shop. Word to the wise, unless you own a junkyard full of many sizes of LeBlond lathes or live somewhere you can't kick a clod of dirt without finding an old LeBlond, don't ever buy a LeBlond lathe that doesn't have 100% of its parts! Or at least parts that aren't easily replicated... been contemplating a 13" roundhead that looks like its only problem is a broken leadscrew bracket. *should* be easy to make from a piece of bar stock. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
