whitcomb-blaisdell lathe

meco3hp · Mar 6, 2010

Hello,
A buddy of mine has a Whitcomb-Blaisdell lathe that looks to be missing parts. Does anybody have any info on this lathe?
Here are some pictures.

I think its missing a quick change gear box.

Thanks!
Richard

johnoder · Mar 7, 2010

Richard - I have the early twenties catalog (some of the planer pages are dated 1920) that shows a little more complete and likely later unit.

Your photos may show a "semi-quickchange" with but rudimentary ways to make selections. A little study of the tag still there may shed some light.

I.E., it appears on the left that you have a "slip gear", positionable by pulling or pushing, and on the right a "pull rod" that may select the various visible gear sets by a "traveling feather" or movable key.

The later unit in my catalog appears to use a capstan wheel on a more or less vertical shaft to do some of this selecting.

Here are a few links to those page scans:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/johnoder/WB16HD/specshtAsm.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/johnoder/WB16HD/specshtBsm.jpg

John Oder

restore49 · Mar 7, 2010

Looks like my 1914 version without the covers?

johnoder · Mar 7, 2010

Lots more gears (well, 7 instead of 5) lined up in QC

John Oder

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