Hi All - newby with questions.

[ora8i]

Hi.

Firstly let me apologise if I am off topic I may well be.

I've just got hold of a couple of lathes a both old a

Zyto 12" and a Warwick 18" could any body tell me were to get manuals/ for them?

Also it's been some Err.. decades since I used a lathe so I could do with reading up on the subject.

Can you recommend any books or on-line sources to start me off?

Many Thanks Alan

[David Thompson]

Hi Alan

Your first port of call should be www.lathes.co.uk.
He sells manuals as well as maintaining an encyclopoedia of old lathes.

David

[ora8i]

Thanks David.

Lathes.co.uk don't have the manuals for these lathes. With my present level of knowledge I think I'll put them on ebay and get a "one piece" job. Even a Unimat would do what I need assuming I can cut nylon at it's minimum of 130 RPM.


Regards Alan

[Andy Clark]

Once you have found your manuals, there's some useful book pointers on:

www.modeleng.org/bookwsp.htm and
www.modeleng.org/bookgen.htm

Andy

[steammadman]

HI Alan,
Welcome to the fold,
what do you need a manuel for ?, get yourself a copy of
"The Amateurs Lathe by L.H. SPAREY",available from
M.A.P.publications, probabably one of the best books
written for beginners. I've had one for over 30 years
and i still keep giving it a coat of looking at.
Any problems shout up on here ,always someone will
help,we're not a bad lot on here you know!, even if some
of us are a little eccentric.
Cheers ,enjoy your model engineering,it's a great hobby !!!!
Brian,
(steammadman)

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Regards

Jim