What a great lathe, i'll plough my way through your videos, All The best, Cliff

Takes me back to my 1970’s apprenticeship. Great little machine.

If this is simple, then so is Simon.........a simpler stop is one mounted on the bed tee and using a long rod .

can you make a fight? sorry for that comment. im a german kid in year 11 and my english is not very well. put a rope between the two steam engines and firering up. as you can see, what enegine is stronger. i want to see that because i have only the wilesco steamtraktor.

In 1980 I learned operating a lathe on a Colchester Chipmaster, made in 1948.

Really nice lathe! I'm curious about one thing. When the back gear handle is moved into low speed position, is the spindle drive belt pulley disengaged from the spindle and allowed to idle while the spindle turns at a different (lower) speed within it? Or does the same occur to the pulley on the head stock input shaft? Or something else? Because the speed of the headstock input shaft is unchanged when the back gear handle is operated, yet the spindle speed changes, so the belt cannot be connecting the headstock input shaft and spindle together as before. It is not obvious from photos what happens to the spindle drive belt pulleys when the back gear handle is operated. Any info is appreciated.

Awesome 👍 Sounds like the birds like the Mamod best 😁

Very nice work sir

Looks mint. How have you done the smoke box door or did it come like that

Is this single or three phase? Seems to run smoothly. 👍

i have those two. much prefer Wileso. i think it is better quality, and much more powerful.

Hello, The covers look like they will do the job, It would be great if you could do an update when you been using then for a while and we can hear how they have performed. See you next time. Take care. Paul,,

Hello, Looks like a good job done there. Enjoyable viewing, thank you. Take care. Paul,,

Do you have any dimensions for your mounting and supporting blocks blocks. I'd be very grateful.

Great conversion. I actually am thinking of doing a combination of the first and second versions, so I would like to ask, do you believe the linear rails add much rigidity compared to using a raising block on the original carriage? Do you have some drawings/dimensions for the alu parts you used? Also, where did you purchase the protective covers from? Thanks a bunch

Nice. Just came across your channel and subscribe. I’m interested in steam myself

Thanks for sharing

This is wonderful video, especially the music.....Bravo.....cheers from the US, Paul

if i had someway of getting my engine to next years rally, id be there too!!

I'll take 2 tickets for next year's rally please? 😉

Excellent presentation. Thank you

THIS MACHINE IS CURRENTLY UP FOR SALE NOW

THIS MACHINE IS CURRENTLY UP FOR SALE NOW.

Hi, I love the restoration you did! I keen to see how you reassemble the bearing and the spindle back, hope you will do a video on this topic. BTW, do you have the manual operation of 102-604?

Great idea!

It is missing 1.75mm metric pitch (standard M12). You can cut this pitch with 63 and 36 tooth gears in place of the standard 66 and 33 tooth ones.

Well done, Sir. This video shows why disassembly and cleaning of import tooling is not just beneficial, but absolutely mandatory!

Nice video. I’m curious about the blue paint on the bevel gear. Can anyone elaborate on this?

Nicely produced video... enjoyable watching, thank you.

Great Lathe, if you are leaking oil from the headstock(dripping from the back of the clutch) its the two O rings inside the spindle. And clean out the Oil feed to the spindle bearings it can get blocked with sludge. Mine is very quiet since losing the vairiator for VFD. Have fun Jimi

nothing like a chipmaster ;) a great improvement over the myford. subscribed, and hopw you will as well. best regards

That is a fine lathe and this is an excellent video. Your narration was very professional and Beethoven's 6th brought in a wonderfully pastoral element. Thanks very much.

Nice one, congrats! Looks like a great size with lots of versatility. I really like that turret fixture. All the best! Eddie

Congratulations on the new lathe. She looks like an absolute beauty, especially with the turret attachment. Looking forward to seeing it make some chips. Happy new year. Aaron.

Really nice lathe Dan. There are features I would love to have on the Bantam like a clutch/brake and I'm amazed that you can change feed direction on the fly. One thing to watch is that the dog clutch on the lead screw likes to disengage itself just when you are nearly finished cutting a thread that has taken you ages to do, a grub screw is a wise precaution. Lastly what is the lever to the right of the feeds chart?

Great addition! Do you intend to convert this to cnc? Look forward to more projects!

those dual system dials are cool!

WOW what a nice machine... I do like my Myford but it does have some capacity & functionality limitations... I look forward to see more on your Chipmaster.

Looks like you got yourself a great addition to the workshop, with extra capacity over the myford, look forward to seeing more of it, thanks for sharing Kev

Beautiful lathe, and looks like you've you acquired most of the usual accessories. Big fan of Beethoven, BTW (not familiar with that symphony, but recognized who wrote it almost instantly).

Nice looking machine...

You have a fantastic voice. I like the way you’re doing your conversion, I’ve been wondering how replacing the crosslide with linear rails works out, AND I’ve been wondering how centroid acorn works out with a lathe. Would you say it’s been easy to use, how’s the fusion 360 post you’re using? Subscribed

I've just found your channel and subscribed. Nice pallet build, my only suggestion would be more Beethoven!

So cool your additional part of lathe

A very neat project. Yes we spell it vice over here (Aussie/UK English) and our USA cousins spell it vise. Oh well 🤷‍♂️. Thanks for sharing this with us. Cheers 🍻. Aaron

Hello Dan, Nice work... The design is very similar to how the headstock and tailstock attach to the bed on my IME watchmakers lathe... Take care. Paul,,

Good design Dan. Vise is correct, derived from the French word "vis" for a screw(thread).

Hello, Nice work... I liked that you were using collets... I am a big believer in collets... See you next time. Take care. Paul,,

look forward to seeing the new mill get shoe horned in !!!!!, nice bit of manoeuvring regards mr f

This design has been around a long time. I have a version sold by Grizzly Industrial in the US. My mill was made in 1999. Back then Grizzly sourced from Taiwan. I purchased it from the original owner in 2017. I replaced the single phase motor with 3 phase motor and VFD. I eliminated the middle auxiliary pulley since it was not easy to change the short belts with 3 pulleys. Tramming the head is fiddly due to no screws to adjust the head tilt, just nudge-and-fudge. The single rather long spindle handle was often in the way when lowering the quill for milling. I purchased a car steering wheel. Now even if I hit my head on the steering wheel it is soft so does not cause bruises. Enjoy your mill. I use mine often. Dave.