Thanks both of you. I'll give it a shot when it's not so bleeding cold.

Steve

I've sorted a few miscellaneous problems with my TDS1/1GBL as mentioned in my previous topic, and have started thinking about how to cut threads. looking at the chart fixed to the gearbox cover, I've acquainted myself with the dial selector and lever, left right and centre, quad gear in/out, and whi...

Hi again, Thanks for your help. I found that the coolant tank was being held in place by a self tapper with no head! I thought it was missing when I reached down the back and couldn't feel a head. Anyway, I got it off and removed about two inches of treacly sludge from the tank. I was surpised to fi...

Hi again Les. I'd be grateful for a look at any drawings you may have available, what form are they in? If they can be downloaded or emailed to me "shazzbat3<at>yahoo<dot>co<dot>uk, that would be great. . Incidentally, how is the coolant tank removed? I took out a self tapper from the back of the ca...

The other thing I meant to mention is that the left-right lever to engage the shafts is supposed to be engaged with the lathe running, but when I tried it it made the most hideous noise, obviously something amiss there. I can engage it by hand without the lathe running, just a manual turn of the chu...

Thanks both of you. I have been at it again today, and I have definitely made some progress. The shear pin is not gone, I have seen the shafts turning. It powers along, and it powers across. I hope I have got the relationship right now, between the lever and the dial, although the lever and its spli...

Hi, I'm Steve, and I recently acquired a lathe. I've always wanted one, I'm a mechanic, rather than an engineer by trade, but the number of times I've wished I could make a spacer or a bush, turn a bit off something or drill down the centre of something doesn't bear thinking about. Anyway, I've got ...