Love of lathes.

[Retired]

Hi,

I'm starting to feel old Joe with all this vintage technology; I can still vividly remember the old magneto/dynamo units on my motorcycles the ones having the fiber gear which would strip its teeth leaving a row of gums; good old days but no money at all then in my pocket.

http://archives.jampot.dk/Technical/Elec...ctions.pdf

The above sure brings back happy memories of my old Norton ES2 500cc bike throwing me gracefully in slow motion over the handlebars if I forgot to retard the ignition before attempting to kick it off; many of these big single cylinder bikes were also fitted with a valve lifter; again I'm showing my age.

Thanks Refugee regarding your suggestions; I'll see what the motor looks like once re-assembled and cleaned before making a decision as to its finish. Good idea to use the Graduate to make spindles with slots but I think the easiest and compact solution to storing these gears is to mount them onto a single upright spindle pyramid fashion as seen in many old pictures.

Strange how I remembered using an hacksaw blade for undercutting the com Alan D; I must have done this years ago because it's coming back to me that an hacksaw blade fitted perfectly into the com slots and as you rightly state the blade was pulled away from the winding's taking care not to let it slip?

I don't want to turn this Lorch into a showpiece because after all I want a working lathe but I do want it to look much better than it did; I don't think an inch thick patina adds to the value when it comes to vintage lathes?

Now where's the sunshine because I want to get stuck into this lathe before another year slips quietly by.

Kind regards, Col.