[TheForge] Fay & Egan Lathe manual

[Bruce Freeman]

Kevin,

Actually, some of us are mathmatically inclined and may be induced to
help "to calculate
the gear ratios/thread feeds".  

I do applied math and word problems for kicks.  (E.g., the calculations
for the design of the eccentric pulley on the Grasshopper Treadle
Hammer.)

Someone more familiar with lathes might be better at this, but if you
were to describe the gearing sufficiently, I could probably put it up in
a spreadsheet.  It's more a matter of knowing what form you need for the
answer.

Bruce
NJ

>>> flyinpig at go-concepts.com 5/19/2004 1:56:17 PM >>>
All,

A little help please ;)  I bought a 1930's vintage 17x54 Fay & Egan
Lathe
last month at an auction.  I'm a ways from getting it setup, due to
total
shop reorganization.  But in perusing the 'net for a manual that would
explain how all the change gears work, I found  machinerymanuals.com. 
I
placed an inquiry with them and they kindly responded that they did,
in
fact, have what I'm looking for... $200 + $7.50 s/h and they will send
a
photocopy with the original for a paltry additional $35, if I order it
at
the same time.

The only other Fay & Egan lathe info I've been able to find are wood
lathes,
shapers, planers, etc.  Anybody have any brilliant insights into
getting by
for less jack?  It might be a nice cold winter nights project to
calculate
the gear ratios/thread feeds, hahaha, arrgh!  A client of mine
mentioned the
Smithsonian might have such...?

Regards,

Kevin Donahoe
Flying Pig Forge
Morrow, OH 45152
flyinpig at go-concepts.com 

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