Hi Paul,

The layshaft triple mirrors the headstock pulley to keep that belt the same length.

The layshaft input pulley on my old T&LM was 12" the motor pulley was 2" slowest speed was around 100rpm. A 4" motor pulley proved too fast for the plain bearings.

All picador A section parts parts.

Paul,

Brian has given you the best link available to try to establish which lathe is in question. The fact that it would come with tooling and accessories has to be a big plus-point in deciding whether to purchase or not. From a brief look at the lathes.co.uk site link, it would appear that the lathes are all roughly Myford size and I would be very surprised if you couldn't utilise a secondhand Myford layshaft, with or without the clutch, without too much jiggery-pokery.

I am assuming that you are UK based as that will make a difference to the validity of the advice you receive in terms of availability of suitable parts. I surmise that original replacement parts will be extremely difficult to source, if not impossible, as you appear to have found.

The drive system used in the designs shown on Tony Griffith's site were very common and similar for a large number of lathes of that era and I'm sure that a lot of them could be modified to fit. As Dave Halford has said, keep the drive and driven pulley sizes mirrored for the reason stated and use the motor to layshaft pulleys to obtain an acceptable speed range overall.

Good luck and let us know how you get on.

John

Ye Olde layshaft, just a straight bar that happens to fit ball races in the wooden blocks and the pullies

Edited By Dave Halford on 11/02/2020 13:13:35

Dave Halford you have left the chuck key in the chuck! Here is picture of my Drummond M Type it nay give you an idea or two.

David