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by Pete.
Sat 23 May , 2020 12:32 pm
Forum: Viceroy
Topic: Viceroy 280 Syncro Back Gear shift problems
Replies: 7
Views: 15362

Re: Viceroy 280 Syncro Back Gear shift problems

This is a common complaint. The original nylon gears swell over time. Mine was ok when cold but would start to bind at high speed as it warmed up then of course once the gear started expanding it would bind more and quickly get noisy. Once it got hot you couldn't move the Low/High lever without cons...
by Pete.
Fri 20 Mar , 2020 17:19 pm
Forum: Machines
Topic: DENFORD VICEROY TDS 1.1 GB Top Lever and fd'shft/ld'scrw selection lever Stuck
Replies: 4
Views: 14877

Re: DENFORD VICEROY TDS 1.1 GB Top Lever and fd'shft/ld'scrw selection lever Stuck

Shamus I think that your problem is that you have sheared off this key circled in the pic. It will be pretty obvious when you get the box apart, just slide the lever to the left to the 'screwcutting' position and you can turn the shaft to see if the key is sheared.
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by Pete.
Fri 20 Mar , 2020 0:21 am
Forum: Machines
Topic: DENFORD VICEROY TDS 1.1 GB Top Lever and fd'shft/ld'scrw selection lever Stuck
Replies: 4
Views: 14877

Re: DENFORD VICEROY TDS 1.1 GB Top Lever and fd'shft/ld'scrw selection lever Stuck

Shamus, This is what your gearbox will look like inside. gearbox.JPG That small gear on the far left is the tumbler quadrant gear. If you just remove the lever to pull the front off the quadrant will fall to the bottom and dis-engage with that gear. You need to avoid that at all costs or you'll have...
by Pete.
Sat 02 Nov , 2019 18:55 pm
Forum: Viceroy
Topic: ML drawings for 5" TDS1 lathes
Replies: 23
Views: 44758

Re: ML drawings for 5" TDS1 lathes

I don't *know* the answer and I can't find a specific drawing but if you look at my post further up "Stud gears A-G for metric gearbox lathes" you'll see that the 24 tooth "D" letter gear is annotated differently to the rest of the set of 7. It doesn't specifically say 'metric' like the other 6 and ...
by Pete.
Wed 23 Oct , 2019 0:30 am
Forum: Viceroy
Topic: ML drawings for 5" TDS1 lathes
Replies: 23
Views: 44758

Re: ML drawings for 5" TDS1 lathes

Actually I've found what I think is an error in one of the drawings. In ML100/512C FEED NUT ENGLISH the thread form is given as 1/2" x 10tpi modified square thread (LH). This is obviously the cross slide nut but in the drawing for the cross slide screw ML100/514 the thread form is given as 1/2" dia ...
by Pete.
Wed 23 Oct , 2019 0:19 am
Forum: Viceroy
Topic: ML drawings for 5" TDS1 lathes
Replies: 23
Views: 44758

Re: ML drawings for 5" TDS1 lathes

Thanks Andy especially for that last one.
by Pete.
Sun 16 Dec , 2018 23:14 pm
Forum: User Stories / Projects / Courseware
Topic: Viceroy TDS1/2 PCS
Replies: 6
Views: 15422

Re: Viceroy TDS1/2 PCS

Ah, you'll have to disregard everything I've written above Steve, I just did a search for the PCS and it doesn't have the full screw cutting gearbox that I'm describing. Yours has 2 round dials for coarse/fine and threading/feeding. It should be a simple matter to discover what's wrong.
by Pete.
Sat 15 Dec , 2018 22:22 pm
Forum: User Stories / Projects / Courseware
Topic: Viceroy TDS1/2 PCS
Replies: 6
Views: 15422

Re: Viceroy TDS1/2 PCS

If you're going to take the front off the gearbox beware that getting the tumbler rack gear back on correctly is a bit of a trial because the gear and the spline have odd numbers of teeth so there are a lot of possible iterations to put it back together and you can't see to do it because the front p...
by Pete.
Thu 01 Nov , 2018 20:46 pm
Forum: Denford Classifieds
Topic: WANTED FIXED STEADY + CHANGE GEARS VICEROY TDS 1.1
Replies: 20
Views: 17104

Re: WANTED FIXED STEADY + CHANGE GEARS VICEROY TDS 1.1

You can't do metric-inch or inch-metric by just changing the stud gears a-g, you need compound gears like 127/100 or 127/130 in the train. There's a lot of info about on it but basically the answer to your question is no.
by Pete.
Wed 31 Oct , 2018 7:05 am
Forum: Denford Classifieds
Topic: WANTED FIXED STEADY + CHANGE GEARS VICEROY TDS 1.1
Replies: 20
Views: 17104

Re: WANTED FIXED STEADY + CHANGE GEARS VICEROY TDS 1.1

Walid for Metric sizes just multiply by 25.4

So, for example, for 0.625" ---- 0.625 x 25.4 = 15.875mm
For 9/16" ---- 9/16 x 25.4 = 14.2875mm
by Pete.
Wed 31 Oct , 2018 0:16 am
Forum: Denford Classifieds
Topic: WANTED FIXED STEADY + CHANGE GEARS VICEROY TDS 1.1
Replies: 20
Views: 17104

Re: WANTED FIXED STEADY + CHANGE GEARS VICEROY TDS 1.1

Original gears are just normal mild steel. You'd have to be careful with plastic gears but they might get you out of trouble. You could keep the steel D gear on there most of the time.

Do you have gear cutting equipment?
by Pete.
Wed 31 Oct , 2018 0:00 am
Forum: Denford Classifieds
Topic: WANTED FIXED STEADY + CHANGE GEARS VICEROY TDS 1.1
Replies: 20
Views: 17104

Re: WANTED FIXED STEADY + CHANGE GEARS VICEROY TDS 1.1

All the info is there in the PDF Walid. I guess you were typing your reply when I was posting it.
by Pete.
Tue 30 Oct , 2018 23:50 pm
Forum: Denford Classifieds
Topic: WANTED FIXED STEADY + CHANGE GEARS VICEROY TDS 1.1
Replies: 20
Views: 17104

Re: WANTED FIXED STEADY + CHANGE GEARS VICEROY TDS 1.1

Just in case you really don't have them, here is the full drawing set for getting new ones made. This is for the metric lathe.
by Pete.
Tue 30 Oct , 2018 23:40 pm
Forum: Denford Classifieds
Topic: WANTED FIXED STEADY + CHANGE GEARS VICEROY TDS 1.1
Replies: 20
Views: 17104

Re: WANTED FIXED STEADY + CHANGE GEARS VICEROY TDS 1.1

Hi Walid.

The spare gears should be stored on a bolt inside the gear change cover. Are you sure that they are not there?
by Pete.
Sat 01 Sep , 2018 21:29 pm
Forum: Viceroy
Topic: Help with powerfeed
Replies: 6
Views: 7108

Re: Help with powerfeed

Hi MrKev,

Put up a good photo of the front of the lathe, showing all the controls.
by Pete.
Wed 31 Jan , 2018 1:17 am
Forum: Denford Classifieds
Topic: WANTED FIXED STEADY + CHANGE GEARS VICEROY TDS 1.1
Replies: 20
Views: 17104

Re: WANTED FIXED STEADY + CHANGE GEARS VICEROY TDS 1.1

Gear D doesn't do reversing, except that it sits on the tumbler reverse pivot. The tumbler itself does the reversing. What the lettered gears do is allow you to cut the full range of threads as shown on the front of the gearbox. Look at the gear cutting chart. You'll see letters in the boxes along t...
by Pete.
Thu 25 Jan , 2018 20:13 pm
Forum: Viceroy
Topic: Sharpedge to Single Phase
Replies: 2
Views: 4770

Re: Sharpedge to Single Phase

You might indeed be able to run a sharpedge directly off single phase using a capacitor for the spare leg if the motor can be wired for delta configuration. It doesn't need a lot of startup torque. Might take a shove to get it turning.
by Pete.
Thu 18 Jan , 2018 1:49 am
Forum: Denford Classifieds
Topic: WANTED FIXED STEADY + CHANGE GEARS VICEROY TDS 1.1
Replies: 20
Views: 17104

Re: WANTED FIXED STEADY + CHANGE GEARS VICEROY TDS 1.1

Hi Drew, Sorry to hear about your grandad, it sounds like he meant a lot to you. Your lathe has a gearbox on the front? With a round dial and a lever that you can set to N at the top or one of 5 positions? If so then the A-G gears are usually held on a stud under the end gear cover. If they are miss...
by Pete.
Mon 04 Dec , 2017 22:39 pm
Forum: Viceroy
Topic: Advice on viceroy TDS model maybe a TDS 3...
Replies: 6
Views: 7519

Re: Advice on viceroy TDS model maybe a TDS 3...

I came across one of these on Ebay the other day. I'd never seen a combined wood and metal lathe before. cant find it now so I think it must have sold Indeed it did - £412 BUT it was already converted to single phase, came with two nice wood turning steadies , some timber dog drives and a set of ch...
by Pete.
Mon 04 Dec , 2017 20:26 pm
Forum: Viceroy
Topic: Advice on viceroy TDS model maybe a TDS 3...
Replies: 6
Views: 7519

Re: Advice on viceroy TDS model maybe a TDS 3...

TDS3 CWML. Combination plain-turning wood/metal lathe. £2-300 seems reasonable IMHO.
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