aametalmaster

Just found this beauty...Bob

Hi Hunterbrow Smithy, I've recently bought a Granville Senior in the UK but haven't been able to find a user manual for it. Do you have a manual or can you suggest where to obtain a copy? Many thanks for any advice.

Muratic Acid and water mix then nutralize with hot water/TSP cleaner or baking soda...Bob

Or you can cheat and make a machine...Bob
http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/f43/motorized-scroller-4397/

A Buttress Thread is what you want for high pressing applications. All of our stamping press's had them...Bob

Buttress thread - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chad,
The taper attachment is the easy part. Unhooking your cross slide screw is the hard part. Because you want your cross slide to float along while being guided by the bar in the back thats set to the angle. How big is your leadscrew? (dia and TPI) because maybe one from ebay off another lathe would work.

My buddy has an Atlas 7" for sale but shipping your way would be pretty high...Bob

I would love to have a bigger shaper but i am out of room in my basement. I had a 24" Cinci for a while in my buddys shop but its gone now...Bob

I needed some 1" thick plate cut all the same size for boring so i stacked them up in my SB shaper and leveled them off pretty quick...Bob

I have the Smith type...Bob

I have used some old tapered drill bits for projects. Just wack off the bit and weld a chunk of steel then turn it to suit. I will be turning some #2 MT blanks soon i can make extra ones while i am set up...Bob

Here is a little info about the oddball spindle taper. A #3 MT will fit but it sticks out too far...Bob

An interesting point concerns the spindle nose: this uses what appears to be a short No. 5 Morse taper but is actually specified as a proprietary fitting with the same taper rate as a No. 3 Morse (0.602" per foot) but with a "gauge line" of 1.629" diameter. The "proper" No. 5 taper has a rate of 0.6315" per foot, and a gauge line of 1.748" diameter. Although calculations show that a standard (but shortened) No. 5 Morse taper 2.5-inches long would be approximately 0.006" loose at the smaller-diameter end in practice a No. 5 Morse does appear fit - though there is always the chance that your lathe may be different. The correct sleeve, to South Bend's specification, can be obtained from Scot Logan at lathe.com

I found a Lewis Mill which was a castings kit from the 30's thru the 50's and for 11 bucks more they would bore the holes and machine the ways then you made the screws, arbors and machined the table. Plus all the other parts that needed machined. The 2nd pic is another one from the net...Bob

Jay, It is in the tailstock. The first pic i have the #2 MT in a #3 MT sleeve to hold it in my headstock while working on it....Bob

Let us know when you get it and grab some pics...Bob

Couple of more pics from today cutting a Tee Nut for a customer....Bob

Couple more pics of a perfect parted part...Bob

Well i revised it today with a normal flat parting blade. My buddy wants me to make him one and i wanted to try out the flat blade. It works great...Bob

Some pics of it in use making a thick washer for a spacer...Bob

Some more pics of a cutting fixture i am building...Bob

Here's a little job i did today on the shaper and it turned out perfect. I made an ER40 collet chuck years ago for my lathe and i never put wrench flats on it, until today...Bob

I finally finished my ball bearing steady rest fingers i started 11 months ago. I used my lathe for all the milling of the slots and Z809 bearings i got off ebay cheap. Oh and i did use my SB shaper to knock off the corners...Bob

I used this rod a lot years ago...Bob
http://www.crownalloys.com/page06.pdf

I have an MLA tee slot cross slide on my SB 10K lathe and have wanted a rear mount cut off tool. The problem is when i was doing the math with the tool left on the clearance between the blade and lathe cutter would be less than 1 1/2" and i wanted more as i didn't want to unbolt it from the cross slide when it wasn't used. So i did a small block that is left on the cross slide with 4 bolts and a 5/8" stud bolt with another block that holds the cutter that goes on quick. I had a 3" found Hardinge cutter i found in a dumpster that i wanted to use. A slot and a regular cut off blade would work just as good. It was alot of work but worth it i guess since it removes easily...Bob