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.
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...
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.
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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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