replying to irox, irox wrote:
Answering my own question. I seems that the Smith Drum Extension Gap lathe
was nearly identical to the Fay & Scott extension gap lathe. I would guess
that Fay & Scott made them first, when they couldn't meet demand during WWII
the government contracted another company to make more from the same design.
Of course, it could have been Smith Drum's design give/sold to a bigger
company which could meet demand. They even have similar (the same?) model
numbers.

Anyway, here is the "War department Maintenance Manual and Parts Catalog,
Lath, Engine Extension Gap Electric Motor powered Model HK 14" - 28" Fay and
Scott" from 1943:
http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/306/5085.pdf

Hope that helps some folks with their Smith Drum Lathes!

Ian.


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On 2017-05-11, irox wrote:
replying to irox, irox wrote:
Answering my own question. I seems that the Smith Drum Extension Gap lathe
was nearly identical to the Fay & Scott extension gap lathe. I would guess
that Fay & Scott made them first, when they couldn't meet demand during WWII
the government contracted another company to make more from the same design.
Of course, it could have been Smith Drum's design give/sold to a bigger
company which could meet demand. They even have similar (the same?) model
numbers.

Anyway, here is the "War department Maintenance Manual and Parts Catalog,
Lath, Engine Extension Gap Electric Motor powered Model HK 14" - 28" Fay and
Scott" from 1943:
http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/306/5085.pdf

Hope that helps some folks with their Smith Drum Lathes!

Ian.

Looks like a nice machine. The only complaint that I have from
a first look through is that the spindle bore is just a little too small
to accept a drawtube for a 5C collet -- and the MT-4 taper is just too
small, too.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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On 13 May 2017 02:54:02 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:

On 2017-05-11, irox wrote:
replying to irox, irox wrote:
Answering my own question. I seems that the Smith Drum Extension Gap lathe
was nearly identical to the Fay & Scott extension gap lathe. I would guess
that Fay & Scott made them first, when they couldn't meet demand during WWII
the government contracted another company to make more from the same design.
Of course, it could have been Smith Drum's design give/sold to a bigger
company which could meet demand. They even have similar (the same?) model
numbers.

Anyway, here is the "War department Maintenance Manual and Parts Catalog,
Lath, Engine Extension Gap Electric Motor powered Model HK 14" - 28" Fay and
Scott" from 1943:
http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/306/5085.pdf

Pages 8 and 9 are missing!


Hope that helps some folks with their Smith Drum Lathes!

Ian.

Looks like a nice machine. The only complaint that I have from
a first look through is that the spindle bore is just a little too small
to accept a drawtube for a 5C collet -- and the MT-4 taper is just too
small, too.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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replying to Larry Jaques, irox wrote:
Yeah, I noticed the missing pages, and they are lube procedure pages I was
wanting the most.
Also, taking a closer look at the parts and comparing them to my Smith Drum
HK145, there looks like some differences in the head stock gearing set up.

I'm working on getting another version which is Smith Drum specific. I'll
post here once I get it.

For what I'm wanting to do, MT-4 will be fine. Although it would be nice if
it was big enough so I could use an R8 adapter.

Thanks,
Ian.

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replying to Larry Jaques, irox wrote:
Yeah, I noticed the missing pages, and they are lube procedure pages
I was
wanting the most.
Also, taking a closer look at the parts and comparing them to my
Smith Drum
HK145, there looks like some differences in the head stock gearing
set up.

I'm working on getting another version which is Smith Drum specific.
I'll
post here once I get it.

For what I'm wanting to do, MT-4 will be fine. Although it would be
nice if
it was big enough so I could use an R8 adapter.

Thanks,
Ian.

https://www.ebay.com/p/?iid=302305940602&&&chn=ps

Usually lathe collets and drawbars are hollow to accept long rod
stock.