m-lud
Stainless
- Joined
- Sep 4, 2016
I posted this and I guess it was the wrong place. All I got was a sort of sarcastic response referring to me as he. As if I wasn't there. It doesn't bother but one line sarcasm is easy. This forum looks civil.
I have had this lathe for about 13 years. It got buried with several other machines in the back of my shed. I purchased them when shops were going cnc and everything else was considered obsolete. The guy that sold it to me called it junk. Now he wants it back and a Kearney tracker 2 D. I bought them both for scrap price. I asked why he would want that old junk. I told him I needed the machines. I just got a building large enough to set them up. The lathe still shows scrapings the full length of the ways.
Anyway the lathe is a 16" about 1942. ( Did these lathes have hardened ways? ) I don't see anything in the description in the publication reprints.
The serial# is 133608
There is also another number stamped before the serial number.
M.C.1555 A-1. Does this second number mean anything that you know of?
I'm wondering if the MC stands for marine corps.
I guess I should buy the 25 dollar card. I read a thread of members criticizing others paying money for the machine history. We're all on a different page with these machines. I am interested in its history.
Do I need to email the serial number to the Wells website to get it on his list?
I.will get pictures soon.
This next post was my response to someone suggesting in the other forum that I was paying for storage for 13 years
I have five acres with a couple old sheds and a new 56x60 building. I had a 24x24 filled up with machines and no room to walk.
I paid for storage once in my life and thought about what I was paying and let the storage company have it. I called them and said its yours. Household stuff that could be bought new for the price of a years storage fees.
I don't people think about that.
I am trying to get set up to play with my toys. It's been hard looking at these machines and not being able to use them.
I did pay a price putting these machines in my work area. I worked on my cars outside because the machines had priority. I think I have a disease when it comes to old cast iron. I have lived on the same plot for 32 years and have collected a bunch. I had no intention of the machines taking up my work space for so long. Stage 4 battle and other health issues got in the way.
Those old machines were going cheap around 2004. You have to pick when the picking is good. There are guys that do prototype work looking for that stuff now. And some that let those old machines go want them back. They thought the real estate in floor space was worth more than the machine. Maybe so.
I would like to find a couple parts to make in my retirement. I'm not set up yet but almost. My body is used and abused and don't move like it use too.
Thanks Mike
I have had this lathe for about 13 years. It got buried with several other machines in the back of my shed. I purchased them when shops were going cnc and everything else was considered obsolete. The guy that sold it to me called it junk. Now he wants it back and a Kearney tracker 2 D. I bought them both for scrap price. I asked why he would want that old junk. I told him I needed the machines. I just got a building large enough to set them up. The lathe still shows scrapings the full length of the ways.
Anyway the lathe is a 16" about 1942. ( Did these lathes have hardened ways? ) I don't see anything in the description in the publication reprints.
The serial# is 133608
There is also another number stamped before the serial number.
M.C.1555 A-1. Does this second number mean anything that you know of?
I'm wondering if the MC stands for marine corps.
I guess I should buy the 25 dollar card. I read a thread of members criticizing others paying money for the machine history. We're all on a different page with these machines. I am interested in its history.
Do I need to email the serial number to the Wells website to get it on his list?
I.will get pictures soon.
This next post was my response to someone suggesting in the other forum that I was paying for storage for 13 years
I have five acres with a couple old sheds and a new 56x60 building. I had a 24x24 filled up with machines and no room to walk.
I paid for storage once in my life and thought about what I was paying and let the storage company have it. I called them and said its yours. Household stuff that could be bought new for the price of a years storage fees.
I don't people think about that.
I am trying to get set up to play with my toys. It's been hard looking at these machines and not being able to use them.
I did pay a price putting these machines in my work area. I worked on my cars outside because the machines had priority. I think I have a disease when it comes to old cast iron. I have lived on the same plot for 32 years and have collected a bunch. I had no intention of the machines taking up my work space for so long. Stage 4 battle and other health issues got in the way.
Those old machines were going cheap around 2004. You have to pick when the picking is good. There are guys that do prototype work looking for that stuff now. And some that let those old machines go want them back. They thought the real estate in floor space was worth more than the machine. Maybe so.
I would like to find a couple parts to make in my retirement. I'm not set up yet but almost. My body is used and abused and don't move like it use too.
Thanks Mike