Running the Regal Lathe

by the R.K. LeBlond Machine Co
reprinted by Lindsay Publications

If, in 1943, you bought a Regal geared head engine lathe (and you probably couldn't have since they were needed for war production), you would have gotten this instruction book with it. Yes, it's very much like How to Run a Lathe by South Bend Lathe, and Running an Engine Lathe by Fred "Mr Machine Shop" Colvin, or Care and Op of a Lathe by Sheldon Machine.

But this book is just a bit different. You'll see much the same information. After all, engine lathes are all very much a like. But you'll get inside information on the special features that were put on the machines that left the LeBlond plant.

You get basic info on setting up the lathe with levels, getting acquainted with parts, and the all the rest but you get photos and mechanical drawings of the headstock, reverse plate, quadrant, quick change mechanism, apron with power cross feed, and more.

You get useful details on adjusting the spindle and lubrication. You'll find surprising detail in the chapters on necessary tooling like dogs, chucks, and the use of calipers. And you'll find all the usual essential lathe info, again in sufficient detail, such as grinding tools for chasing, cutting-off, boring, and turning. You'll learn how to use the compound rest, the follow rest, the grinding attachment, micrometers stops, milling attachment, steady rest, taper attachment and so on.

You'll learn the essentials of cutting threads, mounting work on faceplates, in chucks, with angle plates and more. You get discussions on facing to length, filing, reaming, shoulder and radius forming, tapping, chasing threads, lapping, as well as tables of drill sizes, grinding fit tolerances, standard thread specs, cutting speeds and more.

Like the other small lathe manuals we offer, this provides much the same information. But it also delivers it in its own special way, and that makes it different. And worth having. The price is right. Got a lathe? Gonna get one? Then get a copy of this. You'll like it. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 116 pages

No. 22997 ... $7.95