Can anyone identify this lathe. I got it for free and it seems to be "Mostly" complete. I'm new to lathes and just wondering if there would be parts available for it. Let me know if you need any pics of a specific spot on it. Thank you!
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Can anyone Identify this old lathe?
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Bill D
Diamond
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- Modesto, CA USA
Give us a hint. What continent are you on. Take off a factory nut or screw and see if it is metric or Inch.
Bill D
Bill D
reggie_obe
Diamond
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- Jul 11, 2004
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- Reddington, N.J., U.S.A.
Really helps when you don't have piles of crap and parts around a machine your taking a picture of. A piece of cardboard helps to hide the crap in the background. That's wood lathe, no marking whatsoever (bedsides casting #'s) on any castings?
plastikdreams
Diamond
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- May 31, 2011
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- upstate nj
Theys probably a good reason it was free...
Its American thread. The handle is 3/8" -16tpi
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magneticanomaly
Titanium
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- Mar 22, 2007
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- On Elk Mountain, West Virginia, USA
Looks like a usable wood lathe, if the spindle bearings are good. Looks like the important parts are there.
If spindle is loose, probably a couple of standard bronze bushings and a reamer will fix it.
If spindle is loose, probably a couple of standard bronze bushings and a reamer will fix it.
Here's one of those good reasons
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reggie_obe
Diamond
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- Jul 11, 2004
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- Reddington, N.J., U.S.A.
That part could be reproduced or repaired by brazing. Finding a replacement, even after identifying the machine, unlikely.
Ok ill giver a shot. Its the hold down for the headstock spindle.
Robert Lang
Stainless
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- Apr 3, 2007
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- Minneapolis, MN
I would braze them. Also this is not a wood lathe.
It is a metal working lathe. It looks familiar.
Rob
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plastikdreams
Diamond
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- upstate nj
Metal lathe, yes working...not so much
enginebill
Stainless
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- Feb 17, 2005
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- Plymouth Meeting PA
Like Rob Lang says, it's a metal working lathe. Maybe from the 1870's so no parts are available. With the lead screw on the back of the lathe, it might have been made in Fitchburg MA.
Are you concerned one of us will sneak up and steal it ?
Robert Lang
Stainless
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- Apr 3, 2007
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- Minneapolis, MN
Looked at some of my files.
Can't make an id of it yet.
I know I have seen those type of bearing caps before. The broken ones.
The apron looks like a Lathe & Morse one, although L.W. Pond used that style of apron too, but this lathe is not a Pond.
Rob
Can't make an id of it yet.
I know I have seen those type of bearing caps before. The broken ones.
The apron looks like a Lathe & Morse one, although L.W. Pond used that style of apron too, but this lathe is not a Pond.
Rob
Haha why you gotta make it weird. I was just giving a general area.
dalmatiangirl61
Diamond
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- Jan 31, 2011
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- BFE Nevada/San Marcos Tx
Put the sandpaper DOWN! Easier and more effective results will be had with evaporust for the small parts. If you don't want to buy 10 gallons for the bed, rust can be carefully scraped with a razor blade.
Thank you for the info
The bed is actually the only thing without rust. Everything else is just surface rust.
