Old Smith Drum Sliding Bed metal lathe help

[Randy]

Smith Drum sliding bed HK 808. I took this lathe as payment, don't know a
lot about it but want to learn. The tail stock doesn't advance or retract,
you can spin the hand wheel all day and nothing. Does anyone have a parts
breakdown of whats suppose to be in the tail stock. I know I'm missing
some parts. I just don't know which ones. The carriage engages sometime
and sometimes it doesn't. When it does its moving it toward the chuck, I
cant figure out how to get it moving the opposite way. I need a manual or
a copy of one or a old machinist that lives close.

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[irox]

replying to Randy, irox wrote:
I've tracked down a copy of the Smith Drum Lathe manual, scanned it, and
uploaded it to vintagemachinery.org:
http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=17047

Hoping to have the parts manual (with diagrams) in the next few weeks.

HTHs,
Ian.

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[Junior585]

replying to irox, Junior585 wrote:
Irox - I can't get that link to work. I did find a manual for a mobile
machine shop that had some info on VintageMachinery, however. Is that the one
you posted or is there another one around? Thanks! Stacy

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