The Home Machinist!

This is my first lathe and I want to learn how to use it
No work for current time. It is sitting in my home now.
I plane to disassemble and renew it.
It will be hard but I can do It.
I will post it later in separate topics.

Bill Shields wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 6:15 pm Where did you find the lathe?

I find It in scrap yard in Riyadh.
price was 2400 USD

liveaboard wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 6:09 pm Download a program called "gearsvb6"
It's great.

you take half work of my shoulder. thanks a lot.
I will search of it and if I didn't find it I will send you message. thumbs Up

In Wadi ad-Dawasir "Riyadh region"

liveaboard wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 2:46 am That looks like a major size lathe.
I see Euro- 3-phase plugs in the photo; where are you located?

over all 11 feet.
with 5 feet from chuck to tailstock.
I am in KSA.

SteveM wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 4:22 pm
Here's a pic of the N20, which looks like a similar headstock:


The image of the thread chart is too small to see, but you can get an idea of how it is laid out.

Steve

thanks Steve for your time.
that will help me a lot.
It is more like to N-30

If all else fails, you can reverse engineer it...do you know if it is an imperial or metric or dual unit machine? Even back before WW2 Volman was making imperial machines. thanks Bill Shields It is dual unit machine. my plane if I don't find thread charts. I will reverse engineer it by count gears,...

A quick search on vintagemachinery.org "hints' that that name may refer to the motor. There is nothing on lathe.co.UK. Are there any patent numbers anywhere on the machine? yes there is Patent number 66973/1939 I also attached some plates with motor plate that made by HEEMAF after I see chart ...

Bill Shields wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 4:23 pm Try lathe.co.uk

Thank you for your replay
I tried already I find larger module and smaller module with different range of thread that didn't match the one I have.

Hello everyone. I hope you are well. This is my first post :D So I want to share my first lathe. It's called "J.Volman N-25". I plan to repair, clean and paint it. I find many problems in this and I will publish them later. The biggest problem is that thread charts are missing and I've sea...