EW COMPONENTS AND WORKING DRAWINGS
THERE ARE NO EW SPARES THAT I`VE SEEN FOR SALE, THE ONLY WAY TO OBTAIN THEM IS TO BUY AN EW LATHE WITH ALL THE ACCESSORIES AND SPLIT IT UP INTO IT`S COMPONENT PARTS AS THE DEALERS DO.
HOWEVER I`M PROPOSING TO START SMALL SCALE MANUFACTURE OF PARTS SO THAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE EW LATHES THAT LACK PARTS CAN COMPLETE THEIR MACHINES.
REMEMBERING THAT J.F. STRINGER MARKETED HIS LATHES AS A BASIC MACHINE THAT COULD BE UPRATED BY BUYING THE KITS FOR LEADSCREW, BACKGEAR, COUNTERSHAFT, GEAR GUARD, SCREWCUTTING CHUCKS, etc.
LOOKING AT ALL THE PHOTOS THAT I`VE SEEN, THE ACCESSORY THAT WAS NOT PURCHASED VERY OFTEN WAS THE COUNTERSHAFT AND THESE LATHES THAT DID NOT HAVE THE ORIGINAL COUNTERSHAFT FITTED HAVE SOME OF THE MOST AWFUL HOME MADE DEVICES THAT I`VE EVER SEEN FITTED TO THEM.
NOWADAYS PEOPLE HAVE MORE DISPOSABLE INCOME THAN THAN IN THE 1950`S AND PERHAPS WOULD LIKE TO OBTAIN ACCURATE COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL PARTS TO COMPLETE THEIR LATHE.
HOWEVER I`M PROPOSING TO START SMALL SCALE MANUFACTURE OF PARTS SO THAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE EW LATHES THAT LACK PARTS CAN COMPLETE THEIR MACHINES.
REMEMBERING THAT J.F. STRINGER MARKETED HIS LATHES AS A BASIC MACHINE THAT COULD BE UPRATED BY BUYING THE KITS FOR LEADSCREW, BACKGEAR, COUNTERSHAFT, GEAR GUARD, SCREWCUTTING CHUCKS, etc.
LOOKING AT ALL THE PHOTOS THAT I`VE SEEN, THE ACCESSORY THAT WAS NOT PURCHASED VERY OFTEN WAS THE COUNTERSHAFT AND THESE LATHES THAT DID NOT HAVE THE ORIGINAL COUNTERSHAFT FITTED HAVE SOME OF THE MOST AWFUL HOME MADE DEVICES THAT I`VE EVER SEEN FITTED TO THEM.
NOWADAYS PEOPLE HAVE MORE DISPOSABLE INCOME THAN THAN IN THE 1950`S AND PERHAPS WOULD LIKE TO OBTAIN ACCURATE COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL PARTS TO COMPLETE THEIR LATHE.
THE COUNTERSHAFT ASSEMBLY
WHAT I`M GOING TO DO IS TO GET A COPY OF THE LADDER FRAME CAST IN ALUMINIUM TO SEE WHETHER THIS WILL BE MAN ENOUGH TO RESIST THE FORCES IMPOSED ON IT. THE ORIGINAL WAS CAST IN CAST IRON.
ABOVE ARE PHOTOS OF AN ORIGINAL LADDER FRAME WHICH I`VE PREPPED TO ENABLE IT TO BE USED AS A PATTERN FOR THE ALUMINIUM CASTING.
ABOVE, THE CASTING OF THE COUNTERSHAFT AND THE ORIGINAL SIDE BY SIDE. ALL THAT REMAINS IS TO MACHINE UP THE CASTING AND FIT IT TO THE EW TO SEE IF THE ALUMINIUM IS MAN ENOUGH FOR THE JOB!
DESIGN DRAWINGS FOR EW TAILSTOCK
SOME TIME AGO I PURCHASED AN EW LATHE WITHOUT A TAILSTOCK AND HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO HOW I CAN MAKE ONE FOR IT. i ALSO HAD AN ENQUIRY FROM SOMEONE THAT HAD SAVED A VERY WELL EQUIPPED EW FROM BEING SCRAPPED THAT ALSO WAS MISSING IT`S TAILSTOCK.
THE FIRST STEP IN THIS PROJECT WAS TO MEASURE UP AN EXISTING TAILSTOCK FROM ONE OF MY EW`S AND DRAW IT UP. YOU CAN SEE SHEET ONE OF THESE DRAWINGS BELOW. THE MATERIAL IS CAST IRON. I WILL DRAW UP SHEET TWO DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THE FIRST STEP IN THIS PROJECT WAS TO MEASURE UP AN EXISTING TAILSTOCK FROM ONE OF MY EW`S AND DRAW IT UP. YOU CAN SEE SHEET ONE OF THESE DRAWINGS BELOW. THE MATERIAL IS CAST IRON. I WILL DRAW UP SHEET TWO DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO RE-DESIGN THE TAILSTOCK SO THAT IT CAN BE FABRICATED FROM CAST IRON AND STEEL IF MAKING A PATTERN AND HAVING IT CAST IS TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM. WE COULD LOOK INTO MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FUNCTION OF THE TAILSTOCK AT THE SAME TIME.
DESIGN DRAWING OF THE EW CHUCK BACKPLATE
ABOVE THE DRAWING. IF PRESENTING THIS TO AN ENGINEERING COMPANY TO HAVE ONE MADE THEN IT WOULD BE WISE TO ALSO GIVE THEM THE SPINDLE SO THAT THEY CAN CUT THE THREAD TO SUIT.
THIS IS FOR JUSTIN WHO BOUGHT A MUCH MODIFIED EW BUT WITHOUT CHUCKS.
THIS IS FOR JUSTIN WHO BOUGHT A MUCH MODIFIED EW BUT WITHOUT CHUCKS.
EW LEADSCREW NUT POSITIONING PLATE
I BOUGHT AN EW LATHE THAT LACKED THE LOCATING PLATE FOR THE LEADSCREW NUT SO HAVE MADE A DRAWING SO THAT I CAN MAKE A NEW ONE.