Harold_V wrote:
Richard_W wrote:
Seems I always crank the carriage over to the spindle and run the gear off the rack. Then have to push the carriage back until the gear is back in the rack. Never had the problem with the hand wheel on the right side of the carriage.
On the LeBlond, the entire top bed slides, so you never lose contact. You also can't get near the chuck, depending on how far the bed is retracted.
Yeah I have run one and seen a few other brands also. Ditto the thoughts on it. A picture of one for those who have never saw one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Leblond-Servo-Shift ... 19c575eb41Harold_V wrote:
I'll never understand why they had the LeBlond at Sperry. The large diameter feature was used for turning bulkheads for the missile---short, but large in diameter. A gap was needed, but it could have been a fixed gap. Anyway, it was one hell of a machine. It would take, in stride, monster depths of cut in chrome moly. The example in point was the chrome moly forgings for the axles for the launcher.
Ahhh! Sweet memories of my youth!
Harold
I single pointed a 316 SS 3" X 2 pitch LH Acme thread on one. It was nice to adjust the length of the bed for the part length. Made a few large pipe bending dies for Albina pipe on it to. As well as a lot of tube sheets. It really shined boring and sleeving motor end bells for spun bearings in large electric motors. They could be done so much faster on a smaller slide bed than a regular 42" swing lathe. Since it was easier to see and reach what you were doing. Ditto the cuts you could make in all materials to.
Richard W.
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