Lovely machine,quality lasts forever. On my old lathe I mounted my switch on a gooseneck that I picked up at a flea market. You can then have it anywhere that suits.
+Andrew Wilson Ah! I like that idea. I will definitely think on that. I could mount it where the switch is now, then have it come over the spindle so the switch would be next to the clutch handle. That might solve a lot of problems! Thanks! :)
Wow, your Deutsch is way better than my two years of high school German from four decades ago. How do you stay so fluent? Your power going out sent me back to when I was young city kid staying at my grandparents' farm near Atchison Kansas. The power went out and my Grandmother could no longer handle my complete disbelief and anxiety, that something that I had never been without was gone, yelled at me that the power goes out all the time, calm down!
+craigleemehan I watch videos in German sometimes. But I've lost a lot of it. I constantly have to look up words. My Grandma on my Mom's side was always speaking Low German at me when I was growing up. And my Great Grandma on my Dad's side never learned to speak English. My Grandpa can't say the "th" sound very well. He says Trottle instead of Throttle. Lots of German influence out here. And yep, power outage is just another part of life out here. :) My daughter has gotten used it now. She no longer gets too upset when she can't play the Wii.
I thought it something to do with that. Kind of like a fan! Oklahoma had tornadoes I think the other day too. That Rockford makes the South Bend 10k look tiny. Funny that have the clutch drive for the longitudinal feed without the screw. Does it have cross feed drive too? Jim
Nice! Also, I lived in Miami and we lost the power almost every other day but only for a few minutes. It was thunderstorms that would trip breakers in the power stations. I think if I lived where you live I would have to hook up a whole house generator. My wife would love me more if the power stayed on........
+jster1963 Going out that often would be annoying! I had my house wired with an inverter and a battery bank. It would run the lights for at least 8 hours before needing charged, so that was handy. Unfortunately the batteries died a few years ago, and I haven't spent the money on new ones.
Not a clue. I've been trying to figure out what year mine is. I get the same answer as you. "Looks to be a 20's or 30's model." If you figure anything out, let me know!
All them old lathes use them cheese head screws are stupid,And trying to find replacements is nearly impossible..I had to get some one to machine me one because it was wreaked..So just for future reference there cheese head machine screws...Absolute horrible replacement for a proper bolt..But that's what you get with them old lathes and they always seem to work them self's lose..:D..
+Muhaa Haloa I was worried it was bent when I put it back in. I wouldn't be upset if I had to machine a new one, but I didn't want to wait until power came back to do so. :) I am hoping the locktight holds. If not, I guess there will be another video!
Thanks for sharing. That's some fine American Engineering on the Rockford Lathe, clutch wise.
+Stanwood Dave They definitely don't make them like this anymore!
Very cool to see inside that beast of a machine.
+eviltwinx Yes it was. I almost didn't want to put the cover back on!
Lovely machine,quality lasts forever. On my old lathe I mounted my switch on a gooseneck that I picked up at a flea market. You can then have it anywhere that suits.
+Andrew Wilson Ah! I like that idea. I will definitely think on that. I could mount it where the switch is now, then have it come over the spindle so the switch would be next to the clutch handle. That might solve a lot of problems! Thanks! :)
Wow, your Deutsch is way better than my two years of high school German from four decades ago. How do you stay so fluent? Your power going out sent me back to when I was young city kid staying at my grandparents' farm near Atchison Kansas. The power went out and my Grandmother could no longer handle my complete disbelief and anxiety, that something that I had never been without was gone, yelled at me that the power goes out all the time, calm down!
+craigleemehan I watch videos in German sometimes. But I've lost a lot of it. I constantly have to look up words. My Grandma on my Mom's side was always speaking Low German at me when I was growing up. And my Great Grandma on my Dad's side never learned to speak English. My Grandpa can't say the "th" sound very well. He says Trottle instead of Throttle. Lots of German influence out here. And yep, power outage is just another part of life out here. :) My daughter has gotten used it now. She no longer gets too upset when she can't play the Wii.
Enjoyed the video Matt.....
WOW that is some spindle! Clever the way it works. You will have to show the rest some day.
That whole power out all the time must suck wind!
+phooesnax It is a spindle, for sure! You know why Kansas is so windy? Oklahoma sucks and Nebraska blows. ;)
I thought it something to do with that. Kind of like a fan!
Oklahoma had tornadoes I think the other day too.
That Rockford makes the South Bend 10k look tiny.
Funny that have the clutch drive for the longitudinal feed without the screw. Does it have cross feed drive too?
Jim
+phooesnax Yep, it has cross feed. I'm hoping to get Grandpa to talk about it, and then I'll show it more in detail.
Awesome. Looking forward to that.
cool video.
Nice! Also, I lived in Miami and we lost the power almost every other day but only for a few minutes. It was thunderstorms that would trip breakers in the power stations. I think if I lived where you live I would have to hook up a whole house generator. My wife would love me more if the power stayed on........
+jster1963 Going out that often would be annoying! I had my house wired with an inverter and a battery bank. It would run the lights for at least 8 hours before needing charged, so that was handy. Unfortunately the batteries died a few years ago, and I haven't spent the money on new ones.
Those old machines are made so simple... Hard to program obsolescence into something with so few parts..... lol
+pierre beaudry Exactly! And those arms are so elegant. I don't think anything is made with style like this machine either.
clutch centre there is a small plate it runs up remove the screws and turn it round it will work like new then
+Bleu Wolf OH! I hadn't thought about that! Thanks! :)
wondering if you can tell me where I might be able to find info on my Rockford lathe. I believe mine is between 1920 and late 1930s
Not a clue. I've been trying to figure out what year mine is. I get the same answer as you. "Looks to be a 20's or 30's model." If you figure anything out, let me know!
I will. thank you
vintagemachinery.org might help you all
that socket was called a drag link socket iirc
+b299loc I just googled it, and yep, that's it! Thanks! :)
All them old lathes use them cheese head screws are stupid,And trying to find replacements
is nearly impossible..I had to get some one to machine me one because it was wreaked..So
just for future reference there cheese head machine screws...Absolute horrible replacement
for a proper bolt..But that's what you get with them old lathes and they always seem to work
them self's lose..:D..
+Muhaa Haloa I was worried it was bent when I put it back in. I wouldn't be upset if I had to machine a new one, but I didn't want to wait until power came back to do so. :) I am hoping the locktight holds. If not, I guess there will be another video!