My Clausing 100 mk 3 Serial# 5396

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I have a Model 108 Clausing. I am the second owner of this one. When the HL Bouton of Bourne Massachusetts factory was closing to move to Wareham , MA my friend who was their machinist saved this one from the scrapper to get it to me.

 

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I also have a couple Cub Cadets, a model 73 and a 169. The 73 was my FIL's he bought it new in 1970. I got it when he passed.
The 169 I bought some 5 years ago. Started a rebuild/restore. I don't have a good pic of the 73, but here's the 169.

 

[WEL0058]

Being a diesel guy, I have two CCC 782D with the D600 Kubota engine. One is for mowing and the other is for everything else. I love these small Kubota diesels. Have six Kubota engines powering different equipment.

See your 169 is ready for snow duty. Is that the 42” blower. I have the QA42 only used it once in ten years. May be you can send some snow my way this year. ;<)

Bob G

 

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Yep, we have orange equipment all over the farm. Good stuff there!
And yes the 169 is setup for snow duty. 42" snow thrower but we haven't had but 1 good snow a few years back!
But that's alright.. I like throwing the snow around but I don't like being cold anymore! LOL... so if we are getting any snow, I'll try my hardest to make sure you get it all!LOL

 

[WEL0058]

Another update.

Finally finished working on the lathe cabinet and all painting completed. Now working on installing two LED fixture into cabinet. Going the fab a door closure switch to turn the light on when the cabinet door is opened.

Also have finished programing and testing the XSY-AT1 1.5KW VFD on test bench. Will be keeping the lathe’s Allen-Bradley push button switches and add two more for jogging. Also adding a five-turn 10K ohm potentiometer for remote speed control. Also looking to see if can setup a speed sensor on the lathe spindle. Not a lot of room. Will see.

Attached listed of VFD parameter changes to help any one out setting up an AT VDF.

This link at ‘mycncuk.com’ was helpful.

Next will be mounting a used 12x14” enclosure on side of the cabinet for 15a breaker and VFD. Be so glad when the lathe is mated back on the cabinet...

Bob G

 

[WEL0058]

Well another update. This a great point in the project - seeing all the final components coming together again.

Rolled the cabinet to the location where it will be anchored to the floor. Rough leveled the cabinet and rolled the back six feet. Hoisted the lathe onto cabinet, mount the 3 phase motor, installed the VFD enclosure.

Now working on wiring everything back up.

Question: What type of armor flexing tubing is this? I have only seen/used FMC ”Greenfield” style metal tubing. I have only seen this style on this lathe. Is tubing and fittings still available today?

I still have not decide the final layout of the Start/Stop, Forward/Reverse, Jog AB 800T switches.

Does any one have an opinion which prefer switch layouts? The first photo ‘Reverse-Forward-Stop’ was how the switches where original arranged. This is the only lathe I have ever used.

Thanks, Bob G.

 

[wa5cab]

Personally, none of the above. I would go with:

FORWARD.......STOP.......REVERSE
JOG FWD.............................JOG REV

For reference, I am right handed. Most of my vehicles have been left hand drive but for around 20 years, one Land Rover was RHD and the other two were LHD.

 

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I can see your point. Is your lathe controls on tether or fixed? On this lathe, the controls are fixed in the original location on left under the headstock.

This was my fathers lathe which just had holes drill into the cabinet. All the wiring where exposed inside. It also had two 110v AC receptacles with exposed wiring using lamp ripcord. Not sure if my dad wired this way or this was done by previous owner.

I got shocked reaching into back corner once and vowed to fix it. I just welded in an 8x8 junction box for lighting and controls with EMT extending into the enclosure.

I know the rural delivery drivers love RHD. Any of your LR diesel?

Thank you for the response, Bob G.

 

[wa5cab]

Bob,

First, last night (actually this morning) I quit and went to bed right after writing the above and without proof reading it, and forgot that the text editor that this site uses doesn't believe in double spaces or multiple spaces so it soft deleted all but one in each case so destroying the intent, which was to have the JOG REV button straight under the REVERSE button, not as it was shown after saving. So I replaced the spaces with periods as place holders. If If you treat the periods as though they were spaces, it now pretty much looks right.

I have an Atlas 3996 (bought new in 1981 and currently the newest one known to exist). I have never seen any need on it for the JOG feature so the motor switch is a lever operated drum switch mounted up under the edge of the drip pan so as to avoid risk of someone accidentally hitting it. UP is FWD, DOWN is REV and CENTER is OFF. And the switch is of the mechanically more complex type that cannot be changed from FWD straight to REV without pausing in the OFF position. However, I am (or was before getting "retired") an EE and during my 30+ years in the Oil Patch did both Electrical and Electronic design or was responsible for same.

Over the past 51 years, I have always owned at least one LR, two of which were Series IIA 2.25L Diesels. I finally succumbed to having more comfort and the current daily driver is a 5.0L Petrol Disco 4.

 

[WEL0058]

Robert,

I was able to picture what you where describing in the original post. I added the 'Jog' switches since feature is already designed into the VFD and $20 for the two additional AB switches. Have seen the 'Jog' function mostly being used during tapping operations. Another thing about using the VFD, you can program the ramping up and ramping down of the spindle. During testing going between forward and reverse, the VFD is now set to smoothly slowly down, pause and smoothly change direct and ramp up.

Can understand mounting drum switch under the chip pan if not a full cabinet.
Looked up the Atlas 3996 lathe. Watch a demo off the lathe on YT. Can see some of the Clausing influence in the Atlas lathe. They definitely kept the Atlas gearbox.

Used to watch the British 'Junkyard War' and was impressed what one can do with an old Land Rover. Definitely a beast of a machine.

By the way I am left handed for most things. So far I lean to first layout. I like the [Stop] switch being the closest.