Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Year 1955
Date 25-Aug
Volume 113
Issue 2,831
Page 210
Category Lathe
Part
Title A Multi-Speed Lathe Drive System
Author Martin Cleeve
Notes Lathe stand, lathe driving motors, snappy reversing, range and speeds most used, vee belt drive to the headstock, the Martin Cleeve workshop, fast and loose pulleys, pulley diameters, resilient mounted motors, overhead drive, tooling the lathe, centre drills ("Slocombe's"), "Bushing type" fixed steadies, boring tools, clear the decks! Excessive power? power rating, motor ratings