stuff that came with my lathe …

[BASS 666Participant @bass666]

guys i'm very grateful for all the advice from yourselves because obviously you know far more than i will ever know but i bought my lathe for certain tasks that i know i will need to do regarding motorcycles …. my massive passion is motorbikes and iv been working at them for 40 years .. i used to just build engines but as the years go by iv been doing everything ie restoring and remodeling ..

the lathe is for when like someone buys a new set of aftermarket wheels and i need to make the correct size of spacers and the simple stuff i know i can do and already have done in the last couple of weeks ….

i can't see myself getting that far with the lathe that i use it for what you guys do and if i'm wrong then i'm wrong but i have needed a lathe so many times and iv paid my local engineer a small fortune for parts i can make with my eyes closed it's madness ..

so again thanks for all the advice but i just know in my head the lathe will be used for simple tasks regarding motorbikes …. Gary …

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

That makes sense then. Although, I use mine for bike stuff too (old Harleys and Nortons) but sounds like a bit more advanced than your needs.

So if you do sell all those gears, your best shot would be to sell that Sparey dividing head in the pic I posted, with all those gears as a set. They go together and would be useful to someone that way. I think that is why the old boy who owned the lathe painted the vertical slide, the dividing head and all those gears a nice pale blue so they are clearly a matching set. Some model engineer would find the whole set very useful. The individual bits, not so much at all.

If you Google Sparey Dividing Head you will find a little bit more info on it, but not a lot. The orignal drawings were published in his book The Amateur's Lathe which is still commonly available. It was a DIY project, not a commercially made unit. Hemingway Kits sell kits to make it still, and Sarik Hobbies still sell the drawings.

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

As already said, DON'T dispose of anything.

You may not know what the various items are now, but as you learn you will (I hope not! ) think "I could do with that thing now" when it bis too late.

You have a high quality 4 jaw chuck, the four way toolpost (and ratchet wheel (DON'T lose the pawl and spring in the base of the toolpost! ) and the changegears will be necessary when you come to use the G H Thomas Dividing device.

You may not imagine for what, now; but one day you will!

You have LOT of good kit there. Keep it and learn how to use it.

Buy some books from which to learn what the items are, their use, and most importantly HOW to use them.

You may be into motorcycles, but find and join a Model Engineering Club. You will learn a lot from other members.

Whereabouts are you located? There may be others on here who are near and would be prepared to help you.

When you bought your first bike, you needed to learn clutch control and how to change gear.

With the lathe, you are at the same point. Gather experience.before doing anything that cannot be undone.

Howard

[Tim StevensParticipant @timstevens64731]

And – if you sell, you will need to know exactly what you have got, and what if fits. A box of assorted gears is almost worthless – bought (if ever) in the hope that something in the box might be useful. But a box of change gears for a Myford lathe, complete with metric conversion gears, for example, is going to appeal to several of us.

Secondly – put pictures up here by all means, but if you want us to identify things, put a letter or a number with each item, and we will know what we are describing, and so will you.

Cheers, Tim

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Posted by BASS 666 on 20/03/2022 22:42:15:

some more stuff that came with my lathe … i had a few inquiries about the first lot i showed and sold a few things so if you have any interest let me know .. thanks guys …

Too many pics lumped in together to easily identify each one for you. But thing at the top is a Coventry die head for cutting threads on repetition production work but handy for home use for making threads.

Next is a hand held knurling tool, very handy for making grips and footpegs and things with a knurled pattern on them.

The a pair of brass oilers for the lathes headstock bearings. Very nice old ones they are too.

Next is a Myford 4 way toolpost with ratchet mechanism. I would buy that from you if shipping to Australia was not so extrotionate and slow right now.

Next is two unrelated items. Left is a hand tool steady rest used for wood turning, steel graving or to support the handheld knurling tool above. Right is Myford angle plate for use on the faceplate (like a chuck only big slots in it).

Next is a live centre and a drill chuck. Now here is why you should not be selling all this stuff just yet. You will need these for making motorcycle spacers that need any kind of hole drilled up the middle of them or for axles and engine bolts etc that are long and thin and need supporting while being machined.

Then there is some stuff I cant identify from the pics.

Starting from the bottom, first is a box of centre drills you will definitely need is you drill a hole up the middle of a spacer.

Next up is a Myford "clog" type of toolpost clamp in black, with a bunch of junk above it.

Random spanners then a Morse taper adaptor that you will most likely need to hold small chuck or centre in the tailstock.

You should put it all for sale individually in the classified ads on this forum, at the right of the page. None of it is worth very much. But it might find a good home with a model engineer here if you are open to offers.

I would buy that Sparey dividing head and gears just as a curiosity but again shipping is prohibitive. There might be some other old Luddite closer to you who might be interested in it.

[Brian MorehenParticipant @brianmorehen85290]

I think you must keep everything , Why because the first thing you get rid off you will need it next . Time has told me that because everytime i sell someting I always requre same within a few days .

Best Regards Bee>M

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