Grayson Lathe Refurbishment
Posted: 15 Feb 2016, 21:45
hi all,ive been reffered here by a freecycle member who says you could help me out ( i hope)
im after either retired or working engineers,ive been given a vintage grayson lathe http://www.lathes.co.uk/grayson/index.html
on a condition,the condition is that i restore it to what it was before when it was first made,about 1935.
i got no tooling with it,no dead centres, etc etc and wondering if anyone has anything spare that will help me with my quest
ive been given a few things like a square toolpost which i believe could be a dickson type toolpost,and a few mt1 taper drill bits
and a myford 7 faceplate.
i do believe that myford 7 parts will fit this lathe...anything will be a bonus to me and specialy to the old guy
ive spent a few hours stripping the lathe down,then its spent a few days in a electrolisis bath which i made using a wheelie bin,
200 ltrs of water,and some washing soda,and a 12Vdc battery charger
got all the old paint off,it was like a orangey colour which was painted over the original colour ( aqua blue i think)
ive gave it a coat of zinc phosphate primer,and gonna give it another coat this week, and hopefully if the funds will let me
i will order the paint this week,ive spent hours using a dremel to polish the ball handles,lead screw,feed rate handle,and anything else that was ment to be bright coloured.
so i do hope that someone can help me on these bits please
ive upload some pictures of my project (comments and that are welcomed)
ps if this post is in the wrong area of the forum please move to the correct section thanks
im after either retired or working engineers,ive been given a vintage grayson lathe http://www.lathes.co.uk/grayson/index.html
on a condition,the condition is that i restore it to what it was before when it was first made,about 1935.
i got no tooling with it,no dead centres, etc etc and wondering if anyone has anything spare that will help me with my quest
ive been given a few things like a square toolpost which i believe could be a dickson type toolpost,and a few mt1 taper drill bits
and a myford 7 faceplate.
i do believe that myford 7 parts will fit this lathe...anything will be a bonus to me and specialy to the old guy
ive spent a few hours stripping the lathe down,then its spent a few days in a electrolisis bath which i made using a wheelie bin,
200 ltrs of water,and some washing soda,and a 12Vdc battery charger
got all the old paint off,it was like a orangey colour which was painted over the original colour ( aqua blue i think)
ive gave it a coat of zinc phosphate primer,and gonna give it another coat this week, and hopefully if the funds will let me
i will order the paint this week,ive spent hours using a dremel to polish the ball handles,lead screw,feed rate handle,and anything else that was ment to be bright coloured.
so i do hope that someone can help me on these bits please
ive upload some pictures of my project (comments and that are welcomed)
ps if this post is in the wrong area of the forum please move to the correct section thanks