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SM ultilathe 9 inch, no power feeds.

Hey @YYCHM and @YotaBota - when I was shipping parts for the 9” donor lathe I ”think” Craig and I had a discussion about the clutch and its adjustment. I know I took pictures with the arrangement- perhaps they are still with the 9” Restoration thread? I can check with my Utilathe files ….
 
Brent H said:
Hey @YYCHM and @YotaBota - when I was shipping parts for the 9” donor lathe I ”think” Craig and I had a discussion about the clutch and its adjustment. I know I took pictures with the arrangement- perhaps they are still with the 9” Restoration thread? I can check with my Utilathe files …
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I don't recollect any pictures or discussions? What I received from you was a complete clutch assembly.
 
Here's the pic I have of the clutch pack assy.

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I got it working. Someone torqued the centre nut to the knob. Like really hard. So I could not turn the knob in to pull the clutch in to engagement. I cleaned everything I could, put the selector back on. Put the knob back on and played with it and I got it working. I backed the knob off a bit and the tightened the nut just to that point. I also cleaned up a bit. Changed the oil in the apron and topped it up. I did a practice cut on both the cross slide and the main bed. Worked very well. Super excited to have these functions working properly.

Mike thanks for the pics gave me the idea of how the clutch works.
Craig thanks for the offer of parts. I think it’s going to be working now.
Brent thanks for help as well.
 
Well done. Have you started a notebook for the lathe to keep track how things work? The clutch adjust is one thing that didn't make into my book and just proves that the memory is failing, lol.

Pictures are hard to beat when trying to put things back together.

Enjoy your new found friend.
 
YotaBota said:
Someone has replaced the factory knurled knob, p/n 11 on the parts sheet, with that star knob. You're right though, that is a finger breaker.
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Oooh ok. Well now it makes sense. I'll have to fab a new one as I can not stand this one.
Has anyone converted a twist knob to a floating locking leaver? Or is that unheard of?
 
My Dads Clausing is that style it was jamming at first so I pulled it off and put in a spring to help it disengage I’ve never had a problem since then with it.
 
Another Dave. You should definitely make a nut like the one I have on my lathe its in my picture above. It turns while its running and the 5 spoked handle would not be something to have pinch your fingers, say right when your going to stop the garage from crashing in to the chuck. I can get you some measurements if your interested.
 
djberta said:
Another Dave. You should definitely make a nut like the one I have on my lathe its in my picture above. It turns while its running and the 5 spoked handle would not be something to have pinch your fingers, say right when your going to stop the garage from crashing in to the chuck. I can get you some measurements if your interested.
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Please if you don't mind! That would be great thank you.
 
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