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Started by low_48, September 08, 2007, 09:12:41 PM

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low_48

My wood turning club is doing more outdoor demonstrations all the time. After going to Mt. Pleasant this year, I got the idea of running my mini-lathe with a little hit and miss. Maybe a Maytag? I tried a cordless (treadle), but I'm just not that talented. Never could pat my head and rub my belly :D

farmerdoug

A friend of mine has a garage full of them.

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Jeff

Yes, I am but my interest has had to move aside for now as I have other more pressing interests. I do however still have my baby.  :)

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Tim L

I just went to a show in Dublin NH for old hit and miss . I have gone for a dozen years or so .Today there was a blacksmith that impressed me . I wish I had the time money and talent to do that .
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scgargoyle

I've got several- A Fairbanks-Morse Z, an International LB, and a little model one I built from a casting kit. They all run, when I've got the time and patience to mess with 'em.
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Dave Shepard

Tim, I wish I had known you were going to be there, my father went today, and I could have gone up with him.

I have an interest in the hit and miss engines, but I have a lot going on at the moment, so not much time for that. We have a couple of the small, newer IHs, I think LAs, and an LB, if that sounds right. We had an Edwards1½-6HP twin cylinder ignitor. A very rare engine. We traded it in "sitting for fifty years" condition to my plumber to plumb our addition. I know it has a good home, there are a bunch more there. He is working on a 20HP Famous right now, very cool engine. He just finished a side-shaft Domestic that came out great. He had to machine a bunch of parts on his Bridgeport, so he was happy. :D

There are some brands of little one-lungers that are quite common, and could be had quite cheaply.


Dave
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low_48

So maybe I should have asked a couple more questions. What size should I look for? Any specific recommendations on brands, do you have any for sale, would it even be feasible to run a wood lathe, just any help at all.  Thanks.

Dave Shepard

Maybe a throttle governed instead of a hit and miss? A hit and miss won't maintain as steady an rpm unless it is under an even load, a throttle governed is more rpm sensitive, and may work better for a light load like a wood lathe. A throttle governed engine runs with a steady putt-putt-putt, a hit and miss will fire, and then it will coast until the rpms drop low enough and then it will fire again, although with a steady load, they, too, will fire in a more consistant fashion. I hope I explained this right.


Dave
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Bro. Noble

The 1 1/4 hp are the most common of the watercooled engines and should be big enough to run a lathe.  The enclosed single flywheel engines like the International LA should be about the least expensive.  If it were me ,  I'd go for the double flywheel,  exposed crank,  hit-and -miss governor because they are more interesting to watch and to listen to.
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Dave Shepard

Tim L, blacksmithing is easier and cheaper to get into than most people think. There are people in Africa beating out rudimentary tools with two rocks and a fire. ;) I demonstrate smithing at Hancock Shaker Village, it is a lot of fun. You need a fire, an ASO (anvil shaped object) a hammer, and a scrap of steel you want to pound into something useful. Other than that, it is just practice.


Dave
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Tim L

Dave ,

         I'm going to look into blacksmithing classes (not sure where yet) I would have liked to met you , I probably couldn't tell you too much about Forestall that you didn't already know. I will be at the Deerfield fair on Thursday the 27th late morning.
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dail_h

   Love anything old rusty greasy and noisy. Partial to diesels,and verticals. Favorite brand-----------Lister cs 12/2 If ya got one settin around in the way ,as a favor to a fellow FF member,I won't charge nothin for haulin it off for ya.Also like Fairbanks,Whitte,Gardener,Atlas,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Dave Shepard

My engine friend has a Lister three cylinder 27HP. The model starts with a J, forgotten the rest,  JK maybe? I am pretty sure it was made in 1909. I like diesels myself, anyone seen a Cummins single cylinder? I haven't.


Dave
Wood-Mizer LT40HDD51-WR Wireless, Kubota L48, Honda Rincon 650, TJ208 G-S, and a 60"LogRite!

dail_h

   Dave,
   There's a guy goes to the Rough n Tumble in PA every year with a Cummins in the back of a Dodge truck. Disremember the# of cylinders though
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