Pat Murray
Aluminum
- Joined
- Nov 25, 2006
- Location
- Santa Fe, Texas
Here's a couple of pics of my 1942 American Pacemaker 16 X 102 and a pic of the mysterious feed rod support device (I think) that hangs on the front of the bed. It could be a device for removing one's head from a very dark place... I'm not really sure... It came with the lathe so It has to be important. Right?
There is a handle on the device that operates on an eccentric, which lifts the lower section up to ride against the lead screw and feed rod... The part also has a handle on top to move it along the bed... Truth is I'm not exactly sure what the heck it does...??? any comments are welcome...
Also I'm aware that there is surface oxidation on the ways... That's due to the extremely high humidity here along the Texas Gulf Coast... I'm working on the shop to possum-proof it some so that it's not as big of a problem...
This machine came out of a local oil refinery's shop and has a US war board approval tag where the US gov. provided the lathe to the refinery during WW2... I was able to aquire this sweet old machine in trade using some parts for my beloved 1969 Mach1 (also under restoration)
I'm in the process of cleaning it up and repainting it light gray... to reflect as much light as possible...for my tired eyes...
One of the things that I really like about the lathe is that the carriage is so heavy that even with a little slack in some of the moving parts, the extra weight tends to really stabilize the tool.
It has a new 5 hp Seimens TEFC motor that I installed...
It runs at top speed (about 1000 rpm) and is as quiet as a mouse...
Anyway hope you enjoy the pics & sorry about the quality (wife's the photographer in our Family)
Pat
There is a handle on the device that operates on an eccentric, which lifts the lower section up to ride against the lead screw and feed rod... The part also has a handle on top to move it along the bed... Truth is I'm not exactly sure what the heck it does...??? any comments are welcome...
Also I'm aware that there is surface oxidation on the ways... That's due to the extremely high humidity here along the Texas Gulf Coast... I'm working on the shop to possum-proof it some so that it's not as big of a problem...
This machine came out of a local oil refinery's shop and has a US war board approval tag where the US gov. provided the lathe to the refinery during WW2... I was able to aquire this sweet old machine in trade using some parts for my beloved 1969 Mach1 (also under restoration)
I'm in the process of cleaning it up and repainting it light gray... to reflect as much light as possible...for my tired eyes...
One of the things that I really like about the lathe is that the carriage is so heavy that even with a little slack in some of the moving parts, the extra weight tends to really stabilize the tool.
It has a new 5 hp Seimens TEFC motor that I installed...
It runs at top speed (about 1000 rpm) and is as quiet as a mouse...
Anyway hope you enjoy the pics & sorry about the quality (wife's the photographer in our Family)
Pat