hsracer201
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Oct 24, 2015
Found this old gal a few hours away recently. A younger gentleman was selling it but didn't know anything about it. It belonged to his deceased father-in-law whom he said ran it. The asking price wasn't far above scrap value and I have a growing appreciation for the older machines so I thought why not? It is beyond filthy and appears forgotten in the back corner of an old shop for years.
Thanks to some older threads here on PM I've been able to located a manual for a similar lathe, but not one specifically for the 12". If anyone has access to one I would be very grateful. I cannot get the chuck off. It has a series of rotation points on the "back-plate" part of the chuck so is some cam-lock design? The pictures do not directly address this so I will take another and add it later. I figured it was just direct thread but have had no luck busting it loose. I'm not familiar with anything but direct thread and the L-0 and 00 style chucks.
There's one headstock cover screw that someone before me has mostly stripped out trying to remove. There's a little hope so it is soaking in Kroil. I didn't want to run it long without seeing inside but it does run (briefly) in all spindle speeds. The ways show light wear but nothing like what I have seen on some antique lathes. All feeds and functions appear to work, although most of the handles are tight and slow to turn.
The tags say it was used in the Navy, specifically the Naval Ordinance Laboratory in Maryland. Just thought I would share. It'll be something fun to clean on during the dark winter months.
ETA: I have all the covers. I just removed them to lighten the load a little. It was all my little forklift wanted to unload.
Thanks to some older threads here on PM I've been able to located a manual for a similar lathe, but not one specifically for the 12". If anyone has access to one I would be very grateful. I cannot get the chuck off. It has a series of rotation points on the "back-plate" part of the chuck so is some cam-lock design? The pictures do not directly address this so I will take another and add it later. I figured it was just direct thread but have had no luck busting it loose. I'm not familiar with anything but direct thread and the L-0 and 00 style chucks.
There's one headstock cover screw that someone before me has mostly stripped out trying to remove. There's a little hope so it is soaking in Kroil. I didn't want to run it long without seeing inside but it does run (briefly) in all spindle speeds. The ways show light wear but nothing like what I have seen on some antique lathes. All feeds and functions appear to work, although most of the handles are tight and slow to turn.
The tags say it was used in the Navy, specifically the Naval Ordinance Laboratory in Maryland. Just thought I would share. It'll be something fun to clean on during the dark winter months.
ETA: I have all the covers. I just removed them to lighten the load a little. It was all my little forklift wanted to unload.