New Clausing 6913 - Gear box engagement lever fixed!!!!

brino said:
I'd say "busy" not "filthy". ;)

It looks like you got a combination X-Y table and rotary table built into one.....or one stacked onto the other....can they be separated or is it built as one unit?

I'll see if I can find any references.

-brino
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Not sure if it can be separated or not. The guy that gave it to me cleaned it up at my shop so I didnt get to tear it apart. Thank you for looking. Im doing some machining for him that is really over my head but I'm a stubborn bastard and want to see if I can do it for his motorcycle. We'll see what happens.

brino said:
I'd say "busy" not "filthy". ;)

It looks like you got a combination X-Y table and rotary table built into one.....or one stacked onto the other....can they be separated or is it built as one unit?

I'll see if I can find any references.

-brino
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We are busy but I do lack a table to put all the machining stuff I acquired and thats part of it. I feel bad cause the phone seems to keep me occupied all day anymore. Its good, but bad at the same time. Thank you for looking at it and the link. I appreciate it.

chips&more said:
Yes brino got it. It’s a Palmgren X-Y rotary table. Also sold under other names but basically the same thing, handles could be different. Yours has the bigger rotary dial, my memory says that’s the better one with more resolution?
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Sweet! Thanks for the reply. It looks cool and want to figure it out but real life is getting in the way!!!!! NO TIME!!!!
 
The combo of rotary table on top of X-Y table is primarily made for use on drill presses. You wouldn't normally use it on either a vertical or horizontal mill because they already have the X-Y capability.
 
Back to the feed screw repair.

The overriding clutch embarrassingly works correctly(i always wondered if it was correct, but didnt want to jam it up in case it wasnt) This should be in the "goofs and blunders thread" but I thought if this write up ever helped anyone fix a similar problem at least here its in the same thread. I was facing a large piece of aluminum and reached down to grab the vacuum hose next to my foot and hit the end of its travel. The feed screw stopped and I got worried quick!!!!! it jammed the cross slide screw assembly to where I couldnt move it. I had to remove the 2 allen head screws from the base of it and lightly tap it out(thank the lord it has a taper attachment and the handle shaft is splined and not a single piece. Maybe they all are that way, I dont know, but if it was one piece it would have been harder to repair my mess up) Put it all back together and everything functioned as it did before my mistake took place. Whew!!!!!!
 
Can someone direct me to some info on a steady rest for this machine? The 7212 is not available anymore. Are they all the same for a 14 in swing lathes? Any ideas where to find a used one? Can a different style be modified relatively easy? Any thoughts on what to do here? Thank you.
 
Well, if you know that they are no longer available, I assume that you have already called Clausing. But they are not all the same for any brand of lathe that happens to have a 14" swing. Because of at least 2 reasons. First, although several vendors may say that they make a 14" lathe, the actual swing over the ways, meaning the diameter at which the work piece would start hitting somewhere on the ways is never that I know of exactly 14". It may vary from say 14.125" to maybe 14.375". So the spindle center-line height won't be quite the same from one brand to the next. And the steady rest center height will vary.

Second, although most lathes except for the Atlas will have Inverted-V ways (beds), no two brands that I know of are going to be exactly the same, either the exact size of the V will vary or its location relative to the spindle, or both. And some will have one V at the front, one flat at the front, and one flat at the rear while others may also have a V at the rear. The thickness of the bed at the front and rear may vary. Etc. So as a general rule it's safer to assume that follow rests are not interchangeable between brands than to assume that they are.

I would start by asking Clausing for the main drawing on the bottom part of the rest.
 
I would keep a saved search on eBay for a steady rest and just patiently wait. Be sitting down when you look at prices. Sorry, I have no knowledge of a cheap and or easy work around…Dave
 
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wa5cab said:
Well, if you know that they are no longer available, I assume that you have already called Clausing. But they are not all the same for any brand of lathe that happens to have a 14" swing. Because of at least 2 reasons. First, although several vendors may say that they make a 14" lathe, the actual swing over the ways, meaning the diameter at which the work piece would start hitting somewhere on the ways is never that I know of exactly 14". It may vary from say 14.125" to maybe 14.375". So the spindle center-line height won't be quite the same from one brand to the next. And the steady rest center height will vary.

Second, although most lathes except for the Atlas will have Inverted-V ways (beds), no two brands that I know of are going to be exactly the same, either the exact size of the V will vary or its location relative to the spindle, or both. And some will have one V at the front, one flat at the front, and one flat at the rear while others may also have a V at the rear. The thickness of the bed at the front and rear may vary. Etc. So as a general rule it's safer to assume that follow rests are not interchangeable between brands than to assume that they are.

I would start by asking Clausing for the main drawing on the bottom part of the rest.
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It's been a while since I talked to clausing but my terrible memory says NLA. I will call them because I think they will give you blueprints if parts are not available from what I recall. Will see what they say. Thank you.

chips&more said:
I would keep a saved search on ebay for a steady rest and just patiently wait. Be sitting down when you look at prices. Sorry, I have no knowledge of a cheap and or easy work around…Dave
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I had a feeling that they would be somewhat or extremely pricey, but can't decide if I don't have a clue of what it may actually cost, which of course is up to the seller. How do you do a search that is saved? I guess I never saw that option. Thank you.
 
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Clausing is one of the few US companies that has a policy of trying to help owners of their older machines. They do the same for the Atlas machines, although the farther away you get from lathes, the fewer drawings they seem to have. On their pricing policy, they may still have old stock on a few parts but for the most part, their inventory is relatively new. I don't know what their markup over cost policy is but their prices are no worse on parts for the old stuff than their or anyone else's prices on roughly similar parts for current machines. The day of the nickle Coke is long gone..
 
Dhector said:
I had a feeling that they would be somewhat or extremely pricy, but can't decide if I don't have a clue of what it may actually cost, which of course is up to the seller. How do you do a search that is saved? I guess I never saw that option. Thank you.
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On my computer, when I search, there is a little heart shaped symbol followed by the words “save this search”. Just click on it. ebay will then e-mail you when your search parameter has a hit. You can fine tune your search parameter by clicking on “advanced”. Also, I believe you can set-up your smart phone to beep you when a search has come up on ebay. This given info is sourced from my computer with my OS, settings and ebay account. Sorry, if it is not applicable to you. Good Luck!

Also try Craigslist!
 
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