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    Rod Neep
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      @rodneep80388

      Hi all….. Rod from Cinderford, Gloucestershire, and just getting back into ME and lathe work after a break of around 30 years surprise

      I was recently digging around in a dusty drawer and found this little oscillator which I made goodness how many years ago…..

       

      I can't remember whose castings were used. It sort of looks like a Stuart, but I'm not at all sure it is, and at the tender age of 71 I can't remember…. but it set me off again.

      I bought myself a new Warco WM240 lathe (with those new fangled millimetre measurements) and have spent the last couple of weeks re-learning how to use it, and making a few tools and accessories ( and buying some), and now I am (sort of) ready to have a go at making things again. On the cards are a Stuart Twin Oscillator, followed by a Stuart S50.

      I am reading just about every thread on here learning all over again. smiley

      Cheers

      Rod

      Edited By JasonB on 12/04/2016 20:47:18

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      #39872
      Rod Neep
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        @rodneep80388
        #234369
        Rik Shaw
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          @rikshaw

          Welcome Rod, hope you have fun bashing metal again – the copperplate writing is much better than mine.

          Rik

          #234374
          SillyOldDuffer
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            @sillyoldduffer

            Greetings and welcome Rod,

            Nice oscillator and congratulations with your successful publication of a picture.

            Have lots of fun with your new lathe, I'm in love with mine!

            Cheers,

            Dave

            #234385
            Rod Neep
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              @rodneep80388

              Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 12/04/2016 21:04:37:

              …..and congratulations with your successful publication of a picture.

              Well actually, that nice fella Jason edited my post to make the photo show up. smiley
              …. [img] tags don't work on here. I have since sorted out how to do it.

              #234459
              Ian S C
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                @iansc

                Rod, I,v got a couple of ideas about your motor, (1) if the motor is 2 1/2" high with a 1" flywheel, and has a bore of 7/16", and a stroke of 7/16" it, the ST Oscillator. (2) similar size, castings from the late 1920s/ early 1930s, and a bore of 1/2", and stroke of 3/4" it is the vertical oscillator version of the Progress motor. So it's probably number one.

                Welcome aboard.

                Ian S C

                #234468
                Rod Neep
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                  @rodneep80388

                  It is 2-1/2" high, 1-1/4" flywheel, stroke 7/16"

                  Thanks

                  Rod

                  #234476
                  Neil Wyatt
                  Moderator
                    @neilwyatt

                    Hello Rod,

                    That's from the Reeves castings, available in many different formats and can be made double or single acting.

                    Neil

                    #234672
                    OldMetaller
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                      @oldmetaller

                      Hi Rod, I remember you from 30 years ago and Percy V. Rance! Welcome to the forum!

                      John.

                      #234681
                      Rod Neep
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                        @rodneep80388
                        Posted by OldMetaller on 15/04/2016 09:24:41:

                        Hi Rod, I remember you from 30 years ago and Percy V. Rance! Welcome to the forum!

                        John.

                        Ah! That was another life smiley

                        But which "John" ??
                        The one that springs to mind immediately is associated with London Road. That one?? thinking

                        #234721
                        OldMetaller
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                          @oldmetaller

                          John who worked for Nick Staniford sometimes, when I wasn't driving trains or playing around with narrowboats! You taught me how to solder etched brass kits using Coke as flux…I still do that to this day!

                          John.

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