sowen
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'67 Boxford Lathesowen
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Dec 23, 2012 21:37:02 GMT
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Dec 23, 2012 22:26:51 GMT
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Nice toy :-)
I've had a Myford, 2 x Denford CNC's and now a Chester. If I'd found a Boxford first off I'd have kept it as good machines.
Paul H
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OOOOOOOOO!!!!!
As the saying goes.
That is really nice.
I think some decent time spent just cleaning it right back to the original colour would be a great start..... they do look good cleaned up.
I did metalwork at school and may have been one of the "Swarf Brigade" with you, except for doing project work.
Look forward to more updates and pics.
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Dec 24, 2012 10:14:42 GMT
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awesome. is it single phase?
that should look nice when you have cleaned it up. try and find a manual online which should tell you oil type and capacity and also how to check/set the gib on the cross slide. you did well to get the keyless chuck thrown in.
have fun!
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Dec 24, 2012 10:21:23 GMT
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Used loads of lathes like this in previous years when i wasnt a music student.
Id love one, did you pay much for it?
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sowen
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'67 Boxford Lathesowen
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Dec 24, 2012 11:27:21 GMT
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OOOOOOOOO!!!!! As the saying goes. That is really nice. I think some decent time spent just cleaning it right back to the original colour would be a great start..... they do look good cleaned up. I did metalwork at school and may have been one of the "Swarf Brigade" with you, except for doing project work. Look forward to more updates and pics. I only have one of my school projects that didn't go 'missing' when they were marked:   I also made a screwdriver, we cast an aluminium handle and turned them down on the lathe, which unfortunately I don't have  awesome. is it single phase? that should look nice when you have cleaned it up. try and find a manual online which should tell you oil type and capacity and also how to check/set the gib on the cross slide. you did well to get the keyless chuck thrown in. have fun! It is three phase, but I have a spare single phase motor. My pillar drill is three phase running off a transformer so initially we think we'll run it like that. I'll find a manual and work out get to grips with the features soon enough  Used loads of lathes like this in previous years when I wasnt a music student. Id love one, did you pay much for it? Not much ;D The workshop has been half painted so far and more lights are being fitted so we can see what we're doing, and half a bucket of old swarf and crud has been dug off the bed. The paintwork looks fantastic, aged and cracked in places, and there is a small wear ridge on part of the bed, hopefully it won't be an issue. There is lot's of play on the handles and some of the pulleys on the back, most of it looks like a mixture of dismantling and shimming, and tightening grub screws to take up the slack, need to get it running to see if the motors any good. |
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Dec 24, 2012 11:38:02 GMT
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You can pick up ex industrial lathes quite cheaply if you go "straight to horses mouth" rather than wait until somebody else (dealer etc) gets them as stock. Factories are closing down everywhere and it upsets me to see all the amazing machinery that just ends up in scrapyards as worth more by weight ! My local college were having a revamp and asked for written bids on two brand new Denford CNC lathes they had in storage. I bid £50 on each - and got both as only bidder ! Somebody else then approached me and offered enough for them so I could buy a few month old, £1200, Chester - which I still have. That means by a little wheeling and dealing my lathe actually only cost me £100 :-) Moving such machinery is another matter. Short lengths of scaffolding pole as rollers, engine crane, wheel skates etc have all been used  BTW I also bought an Edwards 48" Guilotine for £25 and a 48" Keetona folder for £75. Both proper industrial items out of cast iron. Sadly lack of space at home, and getting rid of rented storage, means they have since had to be disposed of. Paul h |
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sowen
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'67 Boxford Lathesowen
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Dec 24, 2012 11:59:13 GMT
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That's pretty much how I got this one, through the back door before the dealer could lay claim to it! The company has moved production overseas, and had plenty of good equipment laying around, it was a shame the dealer had already done the deal on everything else as I would have filled the car and trailer to the top if I'd had the chance!
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Dec 24, 2012 12:28:32 GMT
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re moving lathes etc, I hired some moving kit from my local HSS. they do catapillar track thingys and also a huge crowbar with some wheels which we found really usefull for moving stuff about.
it is also handy to have a load of 6mm ish bits of steel say 2" or 3" square you can stack up. Put your crowbar under the raised lip the lathe or milling machiine tends to have , shove in a bit of steel under one corner of the lathe. put a bit of steel under the crowbar, lift the lathe again, and shove another bit of steel on top of the previous bit - in no time you have the lathe off the floor enough to shove the catapillar tracks under.
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Dec 24, 2012 13:54:47 GMT
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^^^^^^^^^^
Machine moving skates is what they are.
They do shifting skates which come as a set of 3 and are nylon wheeled.
Roller crowbar is also a good item ..... we used a couple to move a stuck forklift ......
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markbognor
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'67 Boxford Lathemarkbognor
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Dec 27, 2012 22:43:17 GMT
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Great machines - I have three slightly newer - different headstock - machines in pretty much daily use in my classroom.
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10mpg
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'67 Boxford Lathe10mpg
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Dec 30, 2012 16:10:44 GMT
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Lovely!, I have a little Boxford as well, not as nice as yours though, mines just a 'student' one, with the motor in the base and no reverse or thread cutter/auto feed...
cant imagine the stuff you'll turn out with this...
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The Internet, like all tools, if used improperly, can make a complete bo**cks of even the simplest jobs...
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ohh Boxfords, they used to be based just stones throw from where I live (less than 200 metres away). slightly off topic though, heres some old pictures (pulled from the net) of where your lathe was built the original factory  and this is the enterance to the factory under a railway viaduct. its looking to wards the car in the picture above from the right hand side of the picture.  if you use the postcode HX3 5AE and use google maps etc look at Riding lane and thats the factory location. its looking like the factory has been demolished very recently as its still on google maps / streetview  but they have relocated to a new purpose built factory last year, that was started in 2011 www.boxford.co.uk/boxford/docs/downloads/downloadfiles/Technology%20in%20Education%20new%20factory%20article%20Feb%202012.pdf |
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Last Edit: Jan 5, 2013 18:22:21 GMT by optima21
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sowen
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'67 Boxford Lathesowen
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Feb 15, 2013 18:40:36 GMT
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. The plan is to resurrect our old workshop that has become a rubbish hole into a minature machine shop, freeing up a little much needed space in the garage 
