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Clausing 12-inch 5400

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Clausing 100 & 200 Series (later Models 4800 & 6300 - Early Production History
   
Model 4800 Photo Display   10" Late-model 4900   12" Model 5400   12" Late-model 5900

14" Late-model 6900 Series   12" Early-model 6300  Clausing Accessories

Clausing 5900 Series Lathes - Serial Numbers   12", 13", 15", 17", 21", 25"   Clausing/Colchester

Late-type 1300-Series, 1500-Series Lathes   Clausing Late-type Variable-speed 14-inch Lathes   

  12-inch Early Model 5300 Series   A History of the Clausing Company - by Don Clausing
   
The Fortis-branded lathe exported to the UK   Clausing "Broadway" UK Model

Clausing Milling Machines   Clausing double-spindle Grinder

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Based on the same flame-hardened bed as the more expensive 6300 Model the Clausing 5400 used less sophisticated ancillary equipment. As with other Clausing lathes, the lineage of this model can be traced back through the original  Model 100 (and the 6300 to the Model 200).
As standard the headstock was supplied with a hardened spindle, threaded 21/4" x 8 tpi, with the option of an L00 fitting at extra cost. A conventional tumble reverse mechanism was fitted to the changewheel drive and the gearbox was of the traditional Norton Quick-change pattern, with a single tumbler and open base, as fitted, for example, to early South Bend lathes.
Fitted as standard with a conventional V-belt drive countershaft unit mounted within the stand the  5400 could also be fitted with a sophisticated variable-speed drive unit identical in layout to that on the 6300. Unlike other contemporary Clausing lathes, the headstock drive pulley was placed between the bearings, not on the left-hand end of the spindle.
Giving ten spindle speeds between 35 and 1600 rpm the ordinary drive could also be equipped with a 2-speed motor that improved the range by giving twenty speeds from 17 to 1600 rpm - a rather better spread than that available from the 6300. The variable-speed drive unit of the 5400 spanned 35 to 1600 rpm, again superior to the 6300 with its 43 to 1300 rpm range.
The lathes illustrated below is fitted with the optional clutch and brake unit, the operating handle for which can be seen protruding from the face of the stand below the screwcutting gearbox..

Clausing Model 5400 headstock spindle showing the conventional "backgear" assembly

Countershaft unit Model 5400
Whilst the variable speed drive on the 5400 was exactly the same as on the 6300,  the conventional drive was a simple 5 speed countershaft unit with over-centre tensioning. The unit pictured is fitted with the optional clutch/brake unit.

Clausing Model 5400 single-tumbler screwcutting gearbox first seen on the 200 Series lathes



Rigidly mounted drive unit with belt to overhung headstock pulley



Manuals, Instruction Books Parts Lists and Reproduction
Catalogs are available for most Clausing lathes


Clausing Home Page 

12-inch Early Model 5300 Series

Clausing 100 & 200 Series (later Models 4800 & 6300 - Early Production History
 
Model 4800 Photo Display   10" Late-model 4900   12" Model 5400   12" Late-model 5900

Late-type 1300-Series, 1500-Series Lathes   Clausing Late-type Variable-speed 14-inch Lathes

14" Late-model 6900 Series   12" Early-model 6300  Clausing Accessories

Clausing 5900 Series Lathes - Serial Numbers   12", 13", 15", 17", 21", 25"   Clausing/Colchester
     
A History of the Clausing Company - by Don Clausing   

The Fortis-branded lathe exported to the UK   Clausing "Broadway" UK Model

Clausing Milling Machines   Clausing double-spindle Grinder

Clausing 12-inch 5400
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