11-17-2013, 11:03 PM
Welcome to the forum and congratulations on a nice old lathe!
You should post an introduction in the appropriate section at the top of the list of forum sections.
I take it you aren't familiar with Dumore toolpost grinders. It's a mice accessory to have for close tolerance, fine finish bores and outside diameters. Yours seems to have a small diameter spindle for internal work. Did it come with any other accessories such as wheels, a guard and more spindles? While they are referred to as toolpost grinders, that one is unusual in that it seems to mount directly to the cross slide. I'd not seen one like that before now.
How about the lathe itself? Do you have any tooling of your own that you had before you came upon this "gift"?
You can probably find change gears and other parts through Jeff @ Tools4cheap.net and Joe @ PlazaMachinery.com. You'd have to visit their websites and send them e-mail, as they don't show 1/10th of the stuff they have in stock. More information on the lathe itself should be available on Lathes.co.uk, if you hadn't already found that site.
Best of luck with it, and again, welcome to Metalworkingfun.com!
You should post an introduction in the appropriate section at the top of the list of forum sections.
I take it you aren't familiar with Dumore toolpost grinders. It's a mice accessory to have for close tolerance, fine finish bores and outside diameters. Yours seems to have a small diameter spindle for internal work. Did it come with any other accessories such as wheels, a guard and more spindles? While they are referred to as toolpost grinders, that one is unusual in that it seems to mount directly to the cross slide. I'd not seen one like that before now.
How about the lathe itself? Do you have any tooling of your own that you had before you came upon this "gift"?
You can probably find change gears and other parts through Jeff @ Tools4cheap.net and Joe @ PlazaMachinery.com. You'd have to visit their websites and send them e-mail, as they don't show 1/10th of the stuff they have in stock. More information on the lathe itself should be available on Lathes.co.uk, if you hadn't already found that site.
Best of luck with it, and again, welcome to Metalworkingfun.com!