No. 51 SPEED LATHE
Hos four-spoed moter headstock
with & new safety drum control
OLIWiEIR
OLIVER MACHINERY COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 49502re
THIS LATHE HAS FOUR-SPEED HEADSTOCK . . . BED
The Oliver No. 51-D unit type Motor Headstack Lathe
is the latest, most efficient and rellable Speed Lathe built
Ant the Whas
ample pawer and flexibility for all work within its eapac-
ity. This fow-cost Lathe has many features found in
Oliver's larger lathes
time it & simple and safe to operate.
FOUR-SPEED MOTOR WITH BUILTIN CONTROL
The motor headitack of this Lathe is a 4% hp., 600,
1200, 1800 and 2600 r.p.m. constant hersepewer, ball
bearing wnit type. lt has all motor contro! devices, in:
cluding overload and law veltage protection, built into
the motar housing. The maximum height of the head-
stack above the bed is 12 Inches. The control station is
conveniently located 1st the front right hand comer
NEW SINGLE DIAL CONTROL
The complete motor contro! is built Into a single hand
dial, Pulling the dial when in aff position closes the
magnetic contactor which is then ready to supply the
protected current fo the moter, Turning the dial to the
desired spoed will start the motor, If the dll. is turned.
to a higher speed than desired it can nat be turned back+ TO 8’ LONG
(7) 102 slower speed without pushing the dial which avte-
‘matically opens the magnetic contactor, thus preventing &
plugging of the motor. A hand brake is provided to
‘shut off the current automatically when the breke is oct
ated. All these features provide efficient, trouble-free
‘aperation, and maximum safaty for the operator
MOTOR PROTECTION
The fourspeed motor has low voltage and overlond
protection. A magnetic contactor is bill into the head-
stock casting, and is reedily accessible by remaving the
rear housing cover, Four sels of overload relaya of the
latest automatic resot design are also built inta the heed:
stock, These davices give full motor protection at each of
‘the four speeds. Without individual overloads for multi
speed motors it Is impossible to protect them against
burn-oute and consequent costly repairs.
‘SPINDLE
The spindle is made of steel 1¥2 Inches diameter and
(> hes a Minch hale its entire length to feciitate. the
removal of centers, ‘The front end is threaded for face
plates, and bored io receive No. 2 Morse Taper Shanks.
far end carries an Oliver petented combined hand
wheel and face plate for uie as a rear end face plate,
tind for turing the spindle by hand whan making ed
jusiments. A plungertype positive lock, when pressed
in, engages a disk keyed on the spindle inside of the
motor. This glves an easy yet positive method of locking
pindle for ramavel or tighiening of face plates,
ing 6 inches deep, 61% inchos
wide, and regularly 48 inches long. Can alia be furnished
with bed up fo 8 feat long, The top of the bed is ptonad
‘and ground ‘lat. The incide edges are machined. and
serve as ways for the alignment of head and tallstock
When furnished with a hand feeding carclege, the V-
way is cast on the front of the bed.
ransTock
The failstock js of the opon side design — 7 inches
long, 6 inches wide. itis secured to the bed by a positive
lever clamp. The machine ground stoot spindie is 1%
inches diameter, 8 inches long, bored for No. 2 Morse
Taper, and is held in position by lever clamp. The tail
enter is removed by backing up the screw. On father
with
device for taper work, The spindle has a travers
inches, and on lathes with carriage a setover af 1 inch,
TOOL CARRIAGE
‘Tho hand feed tool carriage with cross feed and com
pound swivel rest can be furnished with bed 4 10 8 feet
long. The apron has a bearing of 10 inches an the: bed,
and 2 travel af 97 inches on 9 bee 60 inches long. I
is freely operated in either direction by a cut steel rack
tend pinion actuated by a handwhecl, The traverse of the
crass feed Is 5% inches.
COMPOUND SWIVEL TOOL REST
‘The compound rest carries the slotled tool past, and
verse of 3% inches. Its socket base is graduated
fand swivels an the cross slide, This mechanisms enables
the operatar to remove the compound rest and su
4 socket fo receive the hand fool rest 30 hend turning can
be done without having lo remove the carriage. The tool
ptt slot is 2 inches high, 19/32 inch wide.
CARRIAGE GRADUATIONS
‘On lathes having too! carriage, the top of the bed and
the guide of the cross slide a
‘The end of the carriat
slide, are provided with little pointers edjustable to any
‘work. The operator can turn work t0 a definite length or
depth withaut fitting and trying.
caraciry
‘The lathe will swing 12 inches diameter over the bed,
‘and 9% inches over the carriage, It will turn 24 inches
long between centers on a 48-inch bed, or 36 Inches on
8 6Q:ineh bed.
EQUIPMENT
Lathe comes equipped with one %élnch apur center,
fone Sésinch cup center, one screw chuck 2\4 inches, one
face plate 4 inches, one each éinch and 12neh hand
fool rest, one complete rest holder and one combined
rear end handwhee! and face plate, builtin positive
spindle lock, knock-out rod, and face plate wranch.FLOOR PLAN
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OLIVER MACHINERY COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH