phileakins
Western Thunderer
Yup!
Heh young snapper, I am not that old.
Which MRC?When the model railway club was under the floor with trenches to walk around in up at, er, hmm, bah! and it was only 1972.
I lived off Desborough Ave...
Graham
Save yourself a bob or two, find your local roller bearing/seal supplier & have a word in there ear - if they're the same as the SL items, I've purchased BS340 & BS332 O rings for pennies - still using the first pair fitted, after about 8 years (still got another two sets to go at).
HTH
Baz
Yes, looks like a 2B. But not an SL as they are similar but quite different in most details. The obvious difference is the headstock on the SL has degree markings on it and a round pin with hex head to fix it in line instead of the vertical slot and (missing) disk on your 2B. It does look quite unused. I think DB was the US version of the SL.Here are some photos of the lathe... I believe this to be a model 2B, possibly known as a DB or SL - let me know if my opinion needs correction.
Thank you Fraser, re-reading the web-site history that was quoted previously I see that the SL is not a candidate for my model.Yes, looks like a 2B. But not an SL as they are similar... quite different in most details...
Yes please, the missing parts may well be in the box of tooling which is yet to be re-homed.I agree with Overseer - it's a 2B, as seen here.
It would have originally come with all sorts of accessories the most important, in my view, are the post and bracket to convert the machine into a mill/drill configuration. I'll post a picture of my SL so that you can see what I mean.
One of my earlier posts did suggest circa late 1950s. Come to think of it, Phil, you and I are in very good nick given that we are somewhat contemporary.Considering its age, mid to late 1950's possibly, it's in very good nick.
One of my earlier posts did suggest circa late 1950s. Come to think of it, Phil, you and I are in very good nick given that we are somewhat contemporary.
I would be surprised if you do find the parts, I think the milling/drilling pillar was one of the improvements for the SL model. But I have never knowingly seen a 2B so I could be wrong and EMCO were known to change specifications of the various models over time.Do not have anything like that... Phil. I shall have to rummage in the "junk" box to see if the parts got parted from the lathe.
I stand corrected. I had forgotten about the ratchet feed built into the headstock of the SL (and from the photos the 2B) so it can be mounted on the simple bracket on the pole.