foxkid
Plastic
- Joined
- Dec 28, 2004
- Location
- Wayland, MA
Hello. I have an old lathe with "P Blaisdell & Co" cast into the legs.
The bed is about 4 feet long, with integral V ways.
It was fed from line shafting with a flat belt about 3" wide. The belt from the countershaft to the lathe is a little narrower. A third belt feeds from the spindle to the gear shaft that drives the horizontal drive rod.
There is no horizontal leadscrew -- there is only a rack mounted onto (cast into?) the main casting.
The tailstock is long, with the usual horizontal offset.
The cross slide does not have a compound slide, but does have a screw that changes the angle of the cross slide with respect to the ways -- possible to adjust the tool height?
There is a taper attachment on the back.
It has a back gear.
The apron also, unfortunately, is completely disassembled.
The lathe may have come from a shop where my grandfather worked. We are certain that it has been sitting unused for at least 50 years.
Need I say that it is heavy? The bed is about 12" square by 4 feet long. With a block and tackle, and two people, we were able to get it into the back of my minivan.
Do you have any suggestions for where to find more information about this lathe?
-- Carl
cmm @at@ alum.mit.edu
www.foxkid.net
The bed is about 4 feet long, with integral V ways.
It was fed from line shafting with a flat belt about 3" wide. The belt from the countershaft to the lathe is a little narrower. A third belt feeds from the spindle to the gear shaft that drives the horizontal drive rod.
There is no horizontal leadscrew -- there is only a rack mounted onto (cast into?) the main casting.
The tailstock is long, with the usual horizontal offset.
The cross slide does not have a compound slide, but does have a screw that changes the angle of the cross slide with respect to the ways -- possible to adjust the tool height?
There is a taper attachment on the back.
It has a back gear.
The apron also, unfortunately, is completely disassembled.
The lathe may have come from a shop where my grandfather worked. We are certain that it has been sitting unused for at least 50 years.
Need I say that it is heavy? The bed is about 12" square by 4 feet long. With a block and tackle, and two people, we were able to get it into the back of my minivan.
Do you have any suggestions for where to find more information about this lathe?
-- Carl
cmm @at@ alum.mit.edu
www.foxkid.net