Heavy facing lathe, 1810.

Made:
1810 (earliest) in Charlestown

Lathe with faceplate, 8 feet in diameter, from the Charlestown Foundry, St. Austell, Cornwall

This lathe was used from 1845 until 1975 at the Charlestown Foundry, St Austell, Cornwall. It was built at a time when developments in engineering required larger, more strongly built machine tools than had previously existed. The lathe was best suited to machining large wheels, pistons, and similar shaped castings.

Details

Category:
Motive Power
Object Number:
1979-629
Materials:
cast iron, wrought iron and brass
type:
lathes, mandrel lathes and facing lathes
credit:
presented by English Clays Lovering Pochin & Co.

Parts

Electric motor

Electric motor

Electric motor

Measurements:
overall: 622 mm x 570 mm x 865 mm,
Object Number:
1979-629 Pt2
type:
electric motor
Lay shaft wall bracket

Lay shaft wall bracket

Lay shaft wall bracket, 5 piece cone pulley, loose and fast wheel on shaft with striker arm and shaft mounted on plumber blocks with eccentric crank for feed indexing. 1 no. iron tool stool

Object Number:
1979-629 Pt3
type:
bracket
Components for Heavy Facing Lathe

Components for Heavy Facing Lathe

Headstock frame and spindle complete with brasses and caps. Part of lathe with faceplate from the Charlestown Foundry, St. Austell, Cornwall.

Object Number:
1979-629 Pt7
type:
components
Slide Rest for Heavy Facing Lathe

Slide Rest for Heavy Facing Lathe

Slide rest (complete) part of lathe with faceplate from the Charlestown Foundry, St. Austell, Cornwall.

Object Number:
1979-629 Pt8
type:
slide rest
Bearing Rail for Heavy Facing Lathe

Bearing Rail for Heavy Facing Lathe

Bearing rail (one of two), part of lathe with faceplate from the Charlestown Foundry, St. Austell, Cornwall.

Object Number:
1979-629 Pt9
type:
bearing rail
Bearing Rail for Heavy Facing Lathe

Bearing Rail for Heavy Facing Lathe

Bearing rail (one of two), part of lathe with faceplate from the Charlestown Foundry, St. Austell, Cornwall.

Object Number:
1979-629 Pt10
type:
bearing rail
Stool for Heavy Facing Lathe

Stool for Heavy Facing Lathe

Stool (one of four), part of lathe with faceplate from the Charlestown Foundry, St. Austell, Cornwall.

Object Number:
1979-629 Pt11
type:
stools
Stool for Heavy Facing Lathe

Stool for Heavy Facing Lathe

Stool (one of four), part of lathe with faceplate from the Charlestown Foundry, St. Austell, Cornwall.

Object Number:
1979-629 Pt12
type:
stools
Stool for Heavy Facing Lathe

Stool for Heavy Facing Lathe

Stool (one of four), part of lathe with faceplate from the Charlestown Foundry, St. Austell, Cornwall.

Object Number:
1979-629 Pt13
type:
stools
Stool for Heavy Facing Lathe

Stool for Heavy Facing Lathe

Stool (one of four), part of lathe with faceplate from the Charlestown Foundry, St. Austell, Cornwall.

Object Number:
1979-629 Pt14
type:
stools
Dog for Heavy Facing Lathe

Dog for Heavy Facing Lathe

Dog (one of four), part of lathe with faceplate from the Charlestown Foundry, St. Austell, Cornwall.

Object Number:
1979-629 Pt15
type:
dog
Dog for Heavy Facing Lathe

Dog for Heavy Facing Lathe

Dog (one of four), part of lathe with faceplate from the Charlestown Foundry, St. Austell, Cornwall.

Object Number:
1979-629 Pt16
type:
dog
Dog for Heavy Facing Lathe

Dog for Heavy Facing Lathe

Dog (one of four), part of lathe with faceplate from the Charlestown Foundry, St. Austell, Cornwall.

Object Number:
1979-629 Pt17
type:
dog
Dog for Heavy Facing Lathe

Dog for Heavy Facing Lathe

Dog (one of four), part of lathe with faceplate from the Charlestown Foundry, St. Austell, Cornwall.

Object Number:
1979-629 Pt18
type:
dog
Components for Heavy Facing Lathe

Components for Heavy Facing Lathe

Connecting components parts of lathe with faceplate from the Charlestown Foundry, St. Austell, Cornwall: eight bolts, nuts and four keepers; bolt and nut with keeper; bolt and nut with two keepers; eight nuts (not original) for holding down stools (non-original bolts removed during dismantling); six nuts and washers (to fix headstock).

Object Number:
1979-629 Pt19
type:
components
Heavy facing lathe: auxiliary components

Heavy facing lathe: auxiliary components

auxiliary part

Object Number:
1979-629 Pt20
type:
components