Lathe itself
Lathe itself, comprising bed, standards,headstock, tailstock, saddle, topslide, leadscrew, feed shaft, knock-off rod
Engine lathe by Wm. Muir and Co.
- Made:
- 1889 in Manchester urban district
Engine lathe by Wm. Muir and Co., no. 2374, 1889. Serial no. 2374, with accessories
Details
- Category:
- Hand and Machine Tools
- Object Number:
- 1995-620
- Materials:
- most, cast iron and some, wrought iron
- Measurements:
-
overall: METRES
- type:
- lathes
- credit:
- Adams, P.C.
Parts
Cone-plate pedestal
Cone-plate pedestal (no cone-plate or boring rest to fit) with improvised wooden collar
- Object Number:
- 1995-620/2
- type:
- components
4-dog chuck
4-dog chuck, probably original equipment, complete with 4 extra biters and their screws; and another of the same pattern disassembled, one screw broken but both parts present, lacking pins to retain screws and extra biters
Small 3-jaw geared-scroll self-centring chuck
Small 3-jaw geared-scroll self-centring chuck, both sets of jaws, mounted on a backplate that may have been a driver. Not original equipment
Driver plate
Driver plate, perhaps the backplate of a Clement's driver
- Object Number:
- 1995-620/5
- type:
- components
Large 4-jaw independent chuck with 2 keys
Large 4-jaw independent chuck with 2 keys; not original equipment
4 carriers
4 carriers
Original winch for topslide
Original winch for topslide, the end of the handle shortened
Pipe of original rack winch
Pipe of original rack winch (the remainder of the winch missing)
Cast-iron tee
Cast-iron tee. There is no hand-rest pedestal and the stem is too large to fit the socket of /2
Parts of the quick-withdrawal motion
Parts of the quick-withdrawal motion: click wheel in two pieces lacking some teeth and click on stem
3 winch handles and another handle
3 winch handles and another handle; some of these may have been fitted to handwheels
3 drill chucks with taper shanks
3 drill chucks with taper shanks, tailstock drill pad, large female centre, 5 male centres, 2 reamers with taper tangs to fit tailstock, 2 taper adapters (one fits the tailstock, the other, perhaps no.3 Morse taper outsie, accepts shanks that fit the tailstock) and a stub drill that fits the tailstock
23 change-wheels
23 change-wheels, the numbers as follows: 20, 25, 30, 50, 2x60, 2x65, 70, 74*, 2x75, 79*, 80, 81*, 2x85, 90, 95, 3x100, 110. * denotes wheels very obviously not of the set; for the rest, there seem to be wheels from two standard "Manchester" sets, one set with the number stamped on the boss and the other with it cast into one arm, but all these are painted with the same brown paint
Countershaft assembly with two hangers
Countershaft assembly with two hangers, fast-and-loose wheels, speed cone, striking fork on rod. One bearing keep has been repaired
Countershaft assembly
Another countershaft assembly with two pulleys and two bearings. The motor drove to this one by Fenner belt and this gave motion to /15 by flat belt
Electric motor with pulley
Electric motor with pulley
Improvised striking rod
Improvised striking rod and two loose pieces believed to belong to it
2 flat belts and 2 Fenner belts
2 flat belts and 2 Fenner belts
4 cast-iron pulleys
4 cast-iron pulleys
2 tipped tools and 2 cutter bars
2 tipped tools and 2 cutter bars
