My Clausing 100 mk 3 Serial# 5396

[WEL0058]

Well finally got the iGaging scale mounted to the crossslide. I can now paint the casting and do final assembling. My new (to me) milling machine was put to good use milling flat surfaces to mount chip guard, shield and making brackets.
The hardest thing was drilling 1/8” hole at the end of of the shorten 12” scale. Many hours drill/sharping cobalt M42 drill bits. Was looking at ordering a carbide endmill. Ending up using a 1/8” tungsten carbide cutting bit from Lowes on my DreMel tool. Five minutes job was done.

 

[seagiant]

Hi,
Thought I would show mine.

I have had it about 10 years now and does what I need but not a Machinist just have fun fixing Reloading Presses and light Gunsmithing.

Seem to use it all the time for one thing or another.

I paid $1500 for it which was more than I wanted to pay but was a Friend I bought it from and he had rewired the motor and built a stout bench for it.

Was gifted an Dorian AXA Toolpost and run carbide most of the time, love those Timkin Bearings, she will spin!

 

[34_40]

OOOoo that is nice! Good to hear it's working too. I've got a 108 Clausing but mine doesn't have the clutch setup. Don't use mine daily (or even monthly LOL) but it works when I need it to.

 

[seagiant]

Hi,
The Clutch/Brake, does not work on mine either...

I just lay my hand on the chuck to stop it and never a problem.

Just cut back and recrowned a pistol barrel after boring a jig to hold the barrel.

Would love to have a new PM 13" Lathe but too much $$$ and too late in the game now!

Does what I need and happy to have it!

 

[34_40]

That is so cool! Don't see to many of these ol' girls "doin' stuff" in pictures. Thanks for sharing them.

 

[WEL0058]

Hi SG,

You got a great lathe there. How much wear was on your lathe? Never done any gunsmithing. How hard is the barrel?

Hi Mike - How are doing?

Been a while since working on my lathe. Help another member who had an early 100 with only the basic apron and no powered cross feed. One of his apron gears broken/stripped. Sold him old standard apron with matching saddle and compound to get him going again.

Well I ran into a problem with saddle Q-350. It has more wear in the vee way than originally thought ( 0.030 - 0.040”). Most of the wear is at the left front vee way. With everything assembled (saddle, apron, lead screw) was getting bind by headstock and excessive clearance with the traversing rack/pinion.

Will need to remill the vee way so insert can be installed. I do not know if I am up to this task or be easier to out source the work.

Bob G.

 

[seagiant]

Hi,
My Lathe is not to bad on wear as it was in storage for years, and was always owned by Hobbyist from the story I got.

It does not leave a perfect finish from cutting with the feed, but still looking into that.

Might just be the wear and nothing I can do but is not that bad just not as good as a new modern lathe.

Here are a few pics of a tightening block I made for a old Rock Island Vice.

Was trying to repair the swivel function and it works pretty good now.

As you can see, I'm just self taught, so always learning as I go, but enjoy myself, anyway!

I also have a BP Mill so that helps also.

 

[34_40]

Hi Bob G., nice to see you here once again. And helping another fella out too. NICE!. Sorry to learn of your issue tho. I'm not sure what a good way to fix this might be. have the ways ground? bring it back to parrallel? Seagiant, I've got some bits that leave a poor finish and others that cut like a diamond. I find a lot of it is in the grind and I don't play to much with carbide.. Some..not a lot tho'.

 

[WEL0058]

My Lathe is not to bad on wear as it was in storage for years, and was always owned by Hobbyist from the story I got.
It does not leave a perfect finish from cutting with the feed, but still looking into that.
Might just be the wear and nothing I can do but is not that bad just not as good as a new modern lathe.

Short of ground finish, I use crocus cloth at high speed to smooth out the high spots.

 

[WEL0058]

Hi Bob G., nice to see you here once again. And helping another fella out too. NICE!. Sorry to learn of your issue tho. I'm not sure what a good way to fix this might be. have the ways ground? bring it back to parrallel? Seagiant, I've got some bits that leave a poor finish and others that cut like a diamond. I find a lot of it is in the grind and I don't play to much with carbide.. Some..not a lot tho'.

Mike, My ways have some wear but mostly nicks which had stoned out the high spots. I did not realize how much wear was in the saddle v ways. Need to raise the saddle backup to the original position so everything is back into proper relation.

From what I have read, the proper way to raise the saddle is to machine the saddle’s vee way so inserts can be epoxied in. Common inserts are made of Turcite B, Rulon, Delrin AF. There is also a product called Moglice which is putty resin which placed into the v-way and saddle is placed onto the lathe bed to form the new v-way. Still have to mill out the existing v-way since the Mollice thickness needs to be at least 0.040” thick. You also need to make brackets to precisely hold the the saddle up while the putty hardens in 24 hours.

Bob G.