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  1. caprottivalvegear

    Can anyone ID this piece of equipment

    Possibly a Carding Machine for wool production judging by the large drum and surrounding rollers.
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    Setting up my new to me Rivett 504

    Well after a lot of head scratching and lifting of heavy objects, the Rivett is up and running. I’ll leave it in this condition for a while but eventually it’ll get repainted. It’ll make parts for this, my model of a GWR Rover class locomotive made using contemporary tools including this lathe.
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    First Post in a Long Time - I got the Steam Locomotive Running!

    The LP side on that engine is very similar if not identical to that on that on the preserved Tod engine, however the LP cylinder is completely different as the preserved one uses a different type of valve gear the name of which I forget. An interesting illustration though, the first I've seen of...
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    Lineshaft Machine Shop Photos

    Did that come from a book or was it an online image? I've been trying to find photos of the inside of Napier's works for years.
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    Watts Campbell important News

    I have a decent idea of who got them but I'm not allowed to say his name. While it's out of the scrappers hands for the moment the guy who more than likely has it is not much better.
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    Watts Campbell important News

    Well that means that theoretically you could still build a Watts corliss.
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    Setting up my new to me Rivett 504

    Fear not, the motor is connected to a variable speed controller for DC. I'll look into getting a T-rest, I do a lot of freehand turning of brass so probably would be quite helpful. Douglas
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    Setting up my new to me Rivett 504

    Larry, here’s a photo of my countershaft. It uses an original Rivett casting to support to the cone pulley, but is held up on giant steel angles fabricated by the previous owner. The v belt pulley has a mate on the motor of a smaller diameter. The high obtainable speed should be 1800 while the...
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    Setting up my new to me Rivett 504

    Hello all, Recently I was gifted a Rivett 504, which is now my first proper lathe. For the full story go check out rivett608's "A Gift of a Rivett Lathe" thread which has all the details of how this came to be. So we got it back to Tulsa Saturday night and then Sunday spent the day cleaning it...
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    A Gift of a Rivett Lathe

    Hi Guys, I'm Douglas receiver of the lathe. I'll be starting a thread soon to show my journey in getting it working.
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    Lineshaft Machine Shop Photos

    Not quite line shaft, but at least line shaft driven. These are two lovely illustrations from the second edition (1895) of Joshua Rose’s famed “Machine Shop Practice.” The first shows two chucking lathes, I’m guessing both by Niles. The second are some nice early turret lathes which are also...
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    Lineshaft Machine Shop Photos

    The works of Willans & Robinson of Rugby, England, makings of large stationary steam engine primarily for generating electricity. Taken from Engineering Magazine March 1901-October 1902. Probably printed in September 1902, so roughly 120 years ago. Douglas
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    Watts Campbell important News

    Yes that's true. Perhaps the patterns might exist.
  14. caprottivalvegear

    Watts Campbell important News

    Indeed, its incredibly sad to see. I wonder if at least someone could go in there and get the plates off the machines. Any takers?
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    Watts Campbell important News

    Ah i wasn't aware it was that long ago, not sure Conrad was either.
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    Watts Campbell important News

    I have news from Conrad Milster, former chief engineer of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He told me that Chad Watts has now died, I believe he said of a heart attack. He couldn't comment on the state of the building though, but going off of the comments above I'm guessing nothing exists of it now...
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    Very nice tool set with an un-known purpose, any ideas?

    I'm not certain but I think that is harp maintenance kit.
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    Looking for an old workbench to mount a lathe too, Tulsa, OK area.

    I will definitely come back to this post if I ever have to design a concrete workbench, that made for very interesting reading. Also Joe, I was reading some of your posts earlier today about Conrad Milster and was wondering if you heard anything from him recently. I know he was at least alive in...
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    Looking for an old workbench to mount a lathe too, Tulsa, OK area.

    Considering the garage is a twin bay and serves as the foundation walls for a large part of upper level of the house I don’t think so.
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