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Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Restorations => Topic started by: AirSpyder on March 25, 2023, 07:14:50 pm
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Man, that thing is beyond cool - I wouldn't know how to use half of it but boy would it be cool to have. People would think I was some kind of a skilled machinist having one of those!
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Thanks for the suggestion Paula,
I'll stick with pulleys and keep it closer to original. ;)
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Looking good Bill, thanks for the update!
You know what would be perfect for this would be a Sherline variable-speed DC motor. This is what I used to power my die filer:
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Zero to 6000 RPM, and a healthy torque curve. Of course, originality goes right out the window...[attachimg=2]
Paula
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Hello,
Small update
I reassembled the newly painted disc and table for the sander and gave it a try, it actually worked pretty well for the lower rpms I was running.
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I also drilled a hole in a piece of aluminum. I will need a better selection of speeds if I want to do any real work with this tool.
By "real work" I mean use it as it was intended, some light turning and wood working to construct a model boat or other small model.
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Very cool.
Thanks for posting.
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While I'm waiting for the paint to dry I thought I'd share this.
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I found this copy of Model Craftsman Magazine from April of 1939 with what appears to be an Early Guilder Lathe.
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More progress!
Thanks for the update Bill.
Looking forward to seeing your progress.
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Thanks for the comments Nick, Gil, Charlie Bruce and Paula.
I've cleaned up some of the rust and grime from the steel parts.
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And started painting the casting,
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got to hit the other side again and I'll reassemble.
There are still plenty more parts to clean and paint but I'm whittling it down.
Cheers.
Bill
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I love it Bill, just keeps getting better.
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Bill, that machine is so cool! [attachimg=1] Such a rare item, and you're doing a beautiful job with it. There was a time in my life when I would have given anything to have a machine like that. (Who am I kidding? I still want one!)
Paula
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Great Progress Bill.
What's left to do?
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Hi all
My second cam works pretty well, I've made a couple of test cuts with the scroll saw, a 1/8" thick piece of hard pine salvaged from a 100+ year old piano, cut pretty well.
although a bit slow going as the big pulley turns the spindle at a rather low speed.
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My next steps will be to set up my de-rusting station, clean up the scroll saw and do a little painting.
Here are a few of the other major attachments that still need some work.
Disc sander
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Picture is out of order but here is the cam I made
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and the milling attachment
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This is the drum sander
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Cheers
Bill
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Nice one Bill ...... a multitool like that would be the cat's meow in most any hobbyist's workshop!
Glad you are bringing this little wonder back to life for us all to enjoy!!!
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Hi Bill, It's great to see you posting again and this is a great project!
Gil
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Slow progress is still better than a lot of my progress 😂 thanks for the update Bill! Always good to hear from you.
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Thanks Bruce, thanks Charlie.
I intend to keep updating but my progress will likely be pretty slow.
Cheers
Bill
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I had been wondering if you had made any further progress on this project Bill.
Nice to see the progress.
Cheers,
Charlie
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Nice work & neat looking machine Bill.
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It has only taken me ten months or so to get back to this project, not too busy just too lazy.
I've put a new cord on the the old Diehl motor and made a few belts and other small parts which were missing.
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I am working on the scroll saw attachment now,
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Kind of flying blind on a couple of parts like the cam to move the blade up and down.
But I'm making some progress.
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Excellent Progress Bill~
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Thanks Gil,
Thanks Bruce,
Next task will be to replace the cord on the motor and source some belting.
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coming along nicely Bill, this is going to be really nice when your done.
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Hi Bill, What a great project..!
Thanks for the progress update!
Gil
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I cleaned up and repainted some of the parts and started to put it back together.
There is still a lot of work to do, wire brushing some parts and derusting others, and I have to make a cam to run the scrollsaw with.
It will be a while before it's completed.
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That is quite a project you have there .
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This is a very fancy lathe - even more versatile than the little unimat
and nice looking - perfect for the shelf
Arnold 8)
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Wow, a do all toll. Kind of like a small Shop Smith tool only for metal, not wood.
Keep us posted.
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I just want to say thanks for your interest in this project, I like it for it's "uniqueness" its kind of a unicorn and deserves to be put back together, and I am interested to see if it can do any real work, (small scale hobby work) and it will be a conversation piece regardless.
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http://www.lathes.co.uk/guilder/
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Whoa Yeah .... that looks like a wonderful setup that takes care of most needs for the model builder!
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That is an awesome setup! 8)
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Thanks Guys, Good to be back.
The Puzzle above is most of a "Guilder Model Builder Lathe"
These were produced in the 1940s, a combination-tool for the model maker, the lathe could be ordered seperately or with attachments such as Scrollsaw, Drill press, Table saw, milling attachment...
This one still has most of its bits.
(Below photo borrowed from Lathes UK) If interested You can read up on the history of the Guilder there.
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There is one on Ebay now with fewer attachements for an enormous price.
I will do my best to put my puzzle back together and make any missing bits along the way.
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Looks like quite the puzzle! :D
I was up at my brother’s near your place this afternoon and was just thinking I hadn’t heard anything from you in awhile. Good to “see” you again 😉
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I know .... I've got it ..... it's going to be something truly amazing!
Okay, so I don't really know, but I'm sticking with the above statement!!!
Does look like parts that could go a long way to building a lathe, just as Bruce said.
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looks mostly like lathe parts, we've missed you, Bill.
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Hello,
I've been away for quite awhile, mosstly due to work and the fact that I forgot my password. :-\
Anyway, I have a new project.[attachimg=1]
Any guesses?