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Time to bring this lathe thread back from the dead.... Yes it really has taken me this long to get on with it!! It's not turned into anything for a long time Norm! Thanks mate, you know me... If it's there, use it Hi Alan, I was thinking about using your kitchen chair belt tension-er idea, but where the lathe is positioned the chair would be sticking through the wall Soooo... Fast forward almost 16 months with this lathe project and this is where were at The poor Southbend lathe hasn't moved, it just got buried! The idea is I dig this steel framed bench out from it's hiding place and use this as the basis on the new lathe bench.. To use the new-ish bigger electric motor I need something strong to mount it on.... I just don't trust the workshop walls!! Speaking of electric motors, here's the old one on the left next to the new one.. You can see the sort of weight I need to safely position now! Interestingly the new motor is a 1/4 of a hp less than the old one, but it has a huge amount of torque Looks like a re-wire is needed too... Something has leaked onto the cable while it's been stored under a bench and has turned the plastic into a sticky stretchy mess! A big thank you to Rob at this point for your help in this huge rearrange of the workshop.. Thanks mate Lathe, be gone... As luck would have it the wooden bench and the steel framed bench were both near enough the same length, which made swapping them around easy This bench and I have a long history, I remember collecting it as a bare frame from a friend's yard on a trailer behind my old WH 312-8.. A pleasant 15mins drive across (well around) fields... The holes on the right are where I had a 9 inch cutter mounted, all the sparks, dust etc would shoot down the hole, through a funnel thingy made from old computer cases into a collection box.. The said funnel thingy.. Off comes the top, two MDF boards bolted through the frame skinned with stainless which was stuck down with "No more nails" back in the day when it first came out and was dirt cheap! The bare frame.. And the mess the rest of the workshop is now in Leg extensions as modeled by Rob..... The bench that is not Rob A test fit of the catch tray and a bit of a measure.. HHmmm... The results of the measuring.. You might say the bolt hole don't quite line up a lot! The easy way would be to grind the flat plate down so the lathe legs would sit level on the tray, but I'm a bit worried about removing strength from the tray at a stress (bolting down) point.. The other way is to make a couple of rather big shims/plates that would bring the tray base level with the flat bit and bolt the lathe down through that.. It's something to think over.. By that point yesterday I was quite tired so I did a little gentle cleaning instead.. It's nice to see what colour the paint is and some shiny bits

Another unknown make O&R tool found in the completed listings search on ePay, It has a reduction gearbox driving a pump described as possibly being hydraulic. David

The Cadet 81 that has featured on this forum a bit has found a new home in sunny Sussex I collected it from Johns this morning, lovely to see him again and meet Alan for the first time We had a good look around but nothing else caught my eye Tractor now home and will go to Tractorfest tomorrow Thanks again to John and Alan, and to Mr Showman for his input Photos show the Cadet as loaded at Johns, then on the way home, then at home, I have already found a gear knob that fits and cleaned the tractor up a bit

No, it was in Florida, I do look on the US site occasionally. I have also seen two O&R's in Germany in the past, but I don't look there very often, one bare engine and the other was a Little Wonder hedge trimmer. David

That's a bit different David, was that in the UK ?

Very odd - short of spinach? I fitted lots of Sprints over the years and never experienced any issues - just a good steady pull with no snatching. Even the Professionals with the 5HP BS require just a steady pull . I've just sold a tidy 3.5hp BS one dated 1969 with points ignition and the fuel tank below the carb - from standing over night, two slow pulls with the ignition killed to lift the fuel, and then one on 1/4 throttle and away she went. I find that the cutting disc works for you rather than against you.

A new record has been set today. 39 users in 24 hours.

I should have said members and it's 40 now.

Very sad

I had a very similar TW Monoturn years ago which friend John and I found to be fairly accurate given its age. Bought as part of a job lot of machinery and tools by my old place of work. They didn't want it so it ended up in John's garage. Came with a large and heavy 1hp motor which we just clamped to an old kitchen chair and moved to tension the drive belt. A temporary arrangement that stayed temporary as things often do. Had quite a bit of use before being loaned to another friend who moved house and we lost touch with. Never did track him down.

good upcycling as always!

That's turned out quite well.