Denny Graham
Aluminum
- Joined
- Sep 1, 2004
- Location
- Sandwich, IL
Bought my L&S 16" lathe about 25 years ago. I've set it up and moved it a
couple of times, doing some restoration all along the way. At one time before my
last move all the bare metal was polished but the first year in my new place put
me in what was before me, a horse barn. It was so damp in the barn the first
winter that every thing rusted up on me no matter how much or what kind of oil
I wiped the machines down with. In all those years I never got it to the point
where I could use it.
I'm finally settled in at Dun Rovin now, and there won't be another move in my
future as I'm in my 70's. I'd like to finally get it set up and running now that
I'm retired and have the time to work on it.
I'm not sure when it was made, nor the exact model, as I've never seen one
exactly like it. It's serial number is 13788 so my guess is it was made some
time in the early part of the century, maybe in the teens. In the early days
of the internet I searched for a few years but there wasn't much info on these
early L&S lathes available back then. Now a couple of decades later, the
internet has grown up so I thought I'd take another stab at locating some
information on this old lathe. I've recently down loaded a few catalogs and
brochures from 1910, 1915, 1926 but haven't found this model in any of them.
Here are a few pictures of it, in my ad free album:
Lodge & Shipley sn13788 01.JPG photo - dennygraham photos at pbase.com
The stumbling blocks for me have been the top cover where there apparently was
a motor mounted at one time, the clutch at the out side of the head stock and
the missing gears and I assume, cover under the clutch. The clutch drum contains
a ring gear which I assume was driven by either the motor direct or thru some
sort of jack shaft. I'm guessing that it would have had to have a 2hp to 5hp
motor originally? At some time in it's life it looks like a twin groove V-belt
pulley was shrunk on to the clutch drum in place of the gear drive.
In the gear train, there appears to be a bracket of some sort missing as is the
cover?
I'd sure like to see this old lathe run before I run out of time so any help at
all would really be appreciated.
Thanks,
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
couple of times, doing some restoration all along the way. At one time before my
last move all the bare metal was polished but the first year in my new place put
me in what was before me, a horse barn. It was so damp in the barn the first
winter that every thing rusted up on me no matter how much or what kind of oil
I wiped the machines down with. In all those years I never got it to the point
where I could use it.
I'm finally settled in at Dun Rovin now, and there won't be another move in my
future as I'm in my 70's. I'd like to finally get it set up and running now that
I'm retired and have the time to work on it.
I'm not sure when it was made, nor the exact model, as I've never seen one
exactly like it. It's serial number is 13788 so my guess is it was made some
time in the early part of the century, maybe in the teens. In the early days
of the internet I searched for a few years but there wasn't much info on these
early L&S lathes available back then. Now a couple of decades later, the
internet has grown up so I thought I'd take another stab at locating some
information on this old lathe. I've recently down loaded a few catalogs and
brochures from 1910, 1915, 1926 but haven't found this model in any of them.
Here are a few pictures of it, in my ad free album:
Lodge & Shipley sn13788 01.JPG photo - dennygraham photos at pbase.com
The stumbling blocks for me have been the top cover where there apparently was
a motor mounted at one time, the clutch at the out side of the head stock and
the missing gears and I assume, cover under the clutch. The clutch drum contains
a ring gear which I assume was driven by either the motor direct or thru some
sort of jack shaft. I'm guessing that it would have had to have a 2hp to 5hp
motor originally? At some time in it's life it looks like a twin groove V-belt
pulley was shrunk on to the clutch drum in place of the gear drive.
In the gear train, there appears to be a bracket of some sort missing as is the
cover?
I'd sure like to see this old lathe run before I run out of time so any help at
all would really be appreciated.
Thanks,
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL