neilho
Titanium
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2006
- Location
- Vershire, Vermont
Found this in the scrap pile of an old friend of mine, now passed. He'd started a toolmaker's apprenticeship at Pratt & Whitney and very quickly learned it wasn't for him. He was fond of his tools, though, but many of them passed through a fire or were stored in a barn for 40 years, with predictable results.
Dalton lathe Lot 4 sn 119. Missing countershaft/back gear assembly, tailstock quill lock handle, main gear cover, at minimum, most likely more.
It does have a clutched intermediate shaft with a cone pulley on it that appears to match that on the lathe's headstock. Can't quite tell if/how it is supposed to be attached to the lathe. And there's another section of lineshaft and pulleys, maybe related to the lathe, maybe not. The lineshaft items are in quite a bit better shape than the ways.
Rusty. Ways and top of tailstock quill probably have some pitting. The gears are all there, no teeth missing.
Spindle rotates, apron traverse wheel is free, crosslide and compound screws are free, cross slide is free, leadscrew is not, tailstock quill is not. I didn't force anything - the slides may or may not be easy to free.
$50 cash - if you show up here in Vershire, Vermont and take it away. I'm short on time these days, flat out with other things, so don't really want to store, retail and/or ship it, though part it out later is an option. I thought the knowledgable folks here should have a shot at it before the pagans.
Dalton lathe Lot 4 sn 119. Missing countershaft/back gear assembly, tailstock quill lock handle, main gear cover, at minimum, most likely more.
It does have a clutched intermediate shaft with a cone pulley on it that appears to match that on the lathe's headstock. Can't quite tell if/how it is supposed to be attached to the lathe. And there's another section of lineshaft and pulleys, maybe related to the lathe, maybe not. The lineshaft items are in quite a bit better shape than the ways.
Rusty. Ways and top of tailstock quill probably have some pitting. The gears are all there, no teeth missing.
Spindle rotates, apron traverse wheel is free, crosslide and compound screws are free, cross slide is free, leadscrew is not, tailstock quill is not. I didn't force anything - the slides may or may not be easy to free.
$50 cash - if you show up here in Vershire, Vermont and take it away. I'm short on time these days, flat out with other things, so don't really want to store, retail and/or ship it, though part it out later is an option. I thought the knowledgable folks here should have a shot at it before the pagans.