Harrison L5 Lathe Restoration

[Laytonnz]

Well ive brought a harrison l5 lathe from a high school 400km later and 2 broken strops its home!
While im geting my workshop wired up im giving it s clean up and a general tidy up

Im in need of a manual and i can't seem to find one anywhere i believe its a 1959 model the last of the threaded spindle nose if anybody could point me in the right direction or supply a manual it would be much appreciated!
Will try upload a pic shortly!
If i have uploaded this in the wrong section i appoligise. .
Thanks

 

[roverguy]

Welcome to the crazy insane world of L5 ownership !!!!

The manual is easy to find, the yahoo Harrison group has it for download I believe . The manual is very basic

Looks like you have the small spindle version, same as mine .
Did you get any steadies with it ? I had to buy a fixed steady, cost me a small fortune

There is a detailed description of a L5 rebuild on a site somewhere
http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=7321.50

BTW I would be surprised if yours has a quiet clutch
here

Mike

 

[Micke S]

Well ive brought a harrison l5 lathe from a high school 400km later and 2 broken strops its home!

Was it sitting in an Art School?

Great find anyway, good luck with it !

 

[Laytonnz]

Welcome to the crazy insane world of L5 ownership !!!!

The manual is easy to find, the yahoo Harrison group has it for download I believe . The manual is very basic

Looks like you have the small spindle version, same as mine .
Did you get any steadies with it ? I had to buy a fixed steady, cost me a small fortune

There is a detailed description of a L5 rebuild on a site somewhere
http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=7321.50

BTW I would be surprised if yours has a quiet clutch
here

Mike

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I tried joining the yahoo group for the manual and stuff but i find the site so hard to navigate and i cant seem to join up so gave up on it!

You dont happen to have a PDF available?

No unfortunately no steadys im activity looking for them and a 127T change gear... like everybody else!

Haha yeah its horrendous colors i will probably paint it because it really bugs me!

 

[roverguy]

I like the Kermit the frog colours !

I may have a PDF manual somewhere . Will take me a while to find it .

 

[roverguy]

I like the Kermit the frog colours !

I may have a PDF manual somewhere . Will take me a while to find it . On my L5 the clutch handle has a nasty habit of jumping out of its seat and the spindle turns when you dont want it to.......be careful

 

[hermetic]

here ya go! very good machine and from a very good era for machine tools.​

 

[Laytonnz]

here ya go! very good machine and from a very good era for machine tools.​

Thanks!! Saves hours more of trawling the net!

 

[hermetic]

Glad to help, I have a Colchester lathe and a Covmac lathe, but I do have a Harrison H/V Mill. superbly built machines.

 

[Laytonnz]

I havnt been able to view the manual yet as my tablet wont view that pdf for some reason will print off at work when i get a chance.

Are these fittings standard on this model and what greese and or oil are you using? See somebody had a good chuck vs top slide battle..