Hey All,
Been a long time since Ive been on here, busy working I guess. I have a shop full of CNC machines, an old M head Bridgeport and an Atlas Craftsman lathe for light duty stuff here and there. The Atlas is only a 6" and not real sturdy. Found this Hendey for $500 locally, and figured Id give it a shot. Ive never even heard of the name, Im used to Southbends, Logan, Monarch, etc. Got it back to the shop, made a cart for it real quick (Im 6'4" and it was wayyy to short for me to stand at) and started looking for info. Not a fan of the color, so itll eventually get a full resto with some new paint, but for now at least I can move it around.
Ive seen a bunch of posts where "hendeyman" has chimed in and given info for machines, and hopefully he sees this and can shed some light on this. I know its an 8 speed gear head, 14x6 (not sure what the 6 is for....) and its got a bunch of "add-on" stuff from other owners to drive it with a single phase motor. I fired it up before buying it, it spun nicely and fairly quiet, both forward and reverse, and the power feeds worked in Z but he didnt know how yo get the cross feed to go. He also showed me the 1/4 knob for the power feed. Pretty cool feature!!
Its got the taper attachment, a full collet set with a draw bar, the original (maybe) 3ph GE motor, and a weird toolpost that the previous owner cobbled up, that ill get fixed up with a nice steel platform spacer of sorts. Also, whats the white wheel next to the chuck for? Ive seen a few attatchements mentioned for work on the side of parts? Like a shaper of some sort?
So here we are! Maybe this thing is 100+ years old? No idea. Serial number is 25191.
Been a long time since Ive been on here, busy working I guess. I have a shop full of CNC machines, an old M head Bridgeport and an Atlas Craftsman lathe for light duty stuff here and there. The Atlas is only a 6" and not real sturdy. Found this Hendey for $500 locally, and figured Id give it a shot. Ive never even heard of the name, Im used to Southbends, Logan, Monarch, etc. Got it back to the shop, made a cart for it real quick (Im 6'4" and it was wayyy to short for me to stand at) and started looking for info. Not a fan of the color, so itll eventually get a full resto with some new paint, but for now at least I can move it around.
Ive seen a bunch of posts where "hendeyman" has chimed in and given info for machines, and hopefully he sees this and can shed some light on this. I know its an 8 speed gear head, 14x6 (not sure what the 6 is for....) and its got a bunch of "add-on" stuff from other owners to drive it with a single phase motor. I fired it up before buying it, it spun nicely and fairly quiet, both forward and reverse, and the power feeds worked in Z but he didnt know how yo get the cross feed to go. He also showed me the 1/4 knob for the power feed. Pretty cool feature!!
Its got the taper attachment, a full collet set with a draw bar, the original (maybe) 3ph GE motor, and a weird toolpost that the previous owner cobbled up, that ill get fixed up with a nice steel platform spacer of sorts. Also, whats the white wheel next to the chuck for? Ive seen a few attatchements mentioned for work on the side of parts? Like a shaper of some sort?
So here we are! Maybe this thing is 100+ years old? No idea. Serial number is 25191.