Stuart engineering Lathe

[nfk]

Nice mod!
I need to think seriously on buying a mill...and a few steppers... :wall:

 

[coopertje]

Thanks Nick!

And Noberto, dont forget to buy the breakout board and powersupply :

Have a good weekend, jeroen

 

[steamer]

Well done Jeroen!

Looks fabulous!

Dave

 

[coopertje]

Thanks Dave! Parts are drying from painting, post some pics soon.

Regards Jeroen

 

[coopertje]

The parts are painted and the handwheels modified.

I first put all the castings in the primer, after grinding, filing, plastering and sanding. In the back you can see the wooden base plate drying from the varnish layer.

I selected a darkgreen color for the lathe, matches well with the brass parts and the blank castings colour.

While the parts are drying, I let them dry for at least one week, I followed the advice of George to make slots in the handwheels instead of the 4 holes mentioned in the Stuart plans. I used the CNC mill with 4th axis for this.

As you can see, it makes a difference in appearance...thanks for the tip George!!!

I made a fixture to paint the handwheels. I tried to spray them in the same green color, but the paint would not fix on the edges. So I decided to paint them black with a small pencil.

After the paint had dried I put the hanswheels in the lathe to clean up and polish the outside

I am happy with the way they came out

After the paint has dried for one week I will assemble the lathe and then I just have to make some small tools.

Regards Jeroen

 

[gbritnell]

Hi Jeroen,
Now that's what we're talking about! Excellent looking handles.
George

 

[mklotz]

Yes, indeed! Looking great.

 

[NickG]

That has actually made a huge difference! :bow:

 

[arnoldb]

Looks great Jeroen :bow: - the lathe should look stunning when finished.

HaHa - took me a while to try and remember the Dutch; it's close to my native Afrikaans when spoken, but a lot different to write!

Kind regards, Arnold

 

[nfk]

That`s the way to go Jeroen, beautiful work!
The handles look amazing now!
Keep us posted!

Norberto

 

[hobby]

Jeroen,
As always, your workmanship is so impressive to watch, excellent creativity shown in this build thread.

Keep up the great work..

 

[steamer]

th_wwp th_wwp th_wwp th_wwp th_wwp th_wwp



Oooo.....can't wait! ;D

Dave

 

[coopertje]

Thank you all for your kind comments! I must admit that posting a build really helps to finish it. Normally I am very good in starting projects, not so good at completely finish them. The interest shown by you all almost obligates to show the end result, which is a good thing! I hope next weekend I will have all parts finished and assembled. Why the delay......a new project has arrived..... :

I got myself a Harrison trainer 280 lathe yesterday. Its a very nice and stable lathe but the best part is that you can use it manual as well as CNC. For what I can see up to now the disadvantage is the spindle speed selection, its with 2 rotating wheels. Not very quick to change a gear, on my Emco there are 2 handles (levers) making a gear change a matter of seconds. However, a frequency inverter on the Harrison will mask the gear selection problem....
The machine is 19 years old and comes from a technical school. Below the grease and dirt its practically a new machine, the paint on the inside (where the swarf ends) is not even scratched! Probably just used for aluminum and plastics. Even though its in a good condition I will take the machine apart and clean, check all parts and the reassemble it. I like to know what I have in my garage When the machine is mechanically ok and checked I will convert it so it will run under Mach3. I do not like to put my money on 19 years old electronics, every day more they work you are lucky!

The top slide is ready for remount:

And some work on part of the body panels (they where dented), they are ready to receive the ground layer of paint:

I will do my best to not work on the machine, and get the Stuart finished...... :-\

Regards Jeroen

 

[coopertje]

Just a small update, really finishing the last bits and pieces.....

I made some small tools out of 3x3mm square. Used the mill grinder to have the correct relieve angles in the tool

I made a normal cutting tool and a parting tool. Here they are mounted in the tool post

Needed some fill up for the cabinet beside the lathe so I made 2 hammers. For the handle I used a part-stick (dont know the correct term for this, in dutch its called a "sate prikker"). Drilled a hole of 1.9mm (the stick is 2mm) and after pressed the handle in. It keeps on place very well, no need to glue it.

Here the both hammers, they just need a little paint, one will be black, the round one will get a copper color.

In the meanwhile I am assembling the painted parts, its coming along well. If time allows me I will have it finished this weekend, will post some pics as soon as the great moment of completion has arrived....

Have fun, regards Jeroen

 

[coopertje]

woohoo1 its FINISHED!!!

Got the last pieces together and assembled the complete lathe. Here's what came out:

I want to take the advantage of thanking everybody that took the effort to comment and provide tips and improvements! Its a real pleasure to post a build on this site, there is so much knowledge and experience available. I can highly recommend everybody to post your work here, you will not regret it.

For now I will start on my Harisson and when that machine is in business I will take on another project. Maybe continue on my Stanley steamer car or finished the Otto 4 stroke fuel engine....

Have a good weekend!

Regards Jeroen

 

[NickG]

Wow, it's fantastic Jeroen you must be very pleased. Great to see something different to the norm too, and great build log well done.

 

[gbritnell]

Congratulations on a terrific build Jeroen. The build article was very well documented and the lathe is something to be proud of.
Thanks for all the time and effort that went into this presentation.
George

 

[nfk]

Jeroen, i don`t know sufficient English to express how good it went!
Congratulations for a extremely good looking miniature lathe!

Can`t wait to follow another build thread from you!

Norberto

 

[Jeff02]

I would like nominate this for Project of the Month.
It’s a great looking lathe!
Thm: Thm: Thm:

 

[kcmillin]

Very Well Done Jeroen! This is something to be proud of, and so well finished too!!

Kel