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- Joined
- Aug 22, 2011
- Location
- Oregon coast
Dennis Turk recently found evidence that the "Brown Machine Company" of 14-16 North May street, Chicago Illinois had a line of metal lathes for sale between 1937 and 1940 at least. The line included 9" and 10" engine lathes and also a turret lathe.
"Designing and building the best precision lathes that skilled labor and the best materials can produce, has developed an increasing number of satisfied users."
The company started in 1889 but it's not clear to me if they started out building lathes. The example I have has Timken headstock bearings which a plate on the front proudly mentions. Mine has a quick change threading and feed box and is otherwise very similar to other better known brands of the time, like South Bend and Flather.
I've had the lathe for a few years and haven't gotten around to restoring it, in part because I thought it may have been a high school shop project. Now we have two catalogs from 1937 and 1940 that indicate to us that there should be a good number of them left.
So my question is, have any of the readers seen or heard of a Brown lathe? Do any of you own one?
Thanks
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"Designing and building the best precision lathes that skilled labor and the best materials can produce, has developed an increasing number of satisfied users."
The company started in 1889 but it's not clear to me if they started out building lathes. The example I have has Timken headstock bearings which a plate on the front proudly mentions. Mine has a quick change threading and feed box and is otherwise very similar to other better known brands of the time, like South Bend and Flather.
I've had the lathe for a few years and haven't gotten around to restoring it, in part because I thought it may have been a high school shop project. Now we have two catalogs from 1937 and 1940 that indicate to us that there should be a good number of them left.
So my question is, have any of the readers seen or heard of a Brown lathe? Do any of you own one?
Thanks
parts