IrbyJones
Stainless
- Joined
- Jun 9, 2005
- Location
- Poquoson, Va
I know a few of you have an old Hardinge Cataract wooden bench with pipe legs. I'm thinking of making a bench for my Cataract lathe that is similar to the Hardinge ones with the iron pipe legs. Can't make it exactly the same I know, but just close in looks. Tony writes they were made of 1.25" diameter gas pipe and the braces were 1/2" rods. The Hardinge patent on them doesn't give a size. If I scale a few of the photos I've seen here, I get about 1.25"-1.4" diameter for the legs. That is about the same OD as a nominal 1" schedule 40 iron pipe these days. The OD for the next size up, 1-1/4" nominal pipe size, is 1.66". So maybe the pipe used was a nominal 1" (1.3" OD). It's hard to scale the dimensions of the sockets at each end of the pipe and the other fittings.
So if someone who has such a bench could kindly post a few dimensions for the sockets at each end of the legs and the other fittings, and even some photos, I would be very grateful.
The bench I am talking about is like the one Larry posted back in 2009:
Thanks guys!
Irby
So if someone who has such a bench could kindly post a few dimensions for the sockets at each end of the legs and the other fittings, and even some photos, I would be very grateful.
The bench I am talking about is like the one Larry posted back in 2009:
Thanks guys!
Irby