Identify wooden wood Lathe

The bed of this lathe is made of wood ! It has an emblem on it that is not ledgable any more.
I’ve had this in storage for the last 15 years along with a few other antiques.
Can anybody recognize the emblem? Does anybody collect things like this other than the guy I got it from(deceased machine tool dealer) ?
Any help is appreciated.
Ted

Barnes No. 3 Woodworking Lathe.

RWW 188 Barnes 3 Lathe - YouTube

Barnes anything are much in demand - but incomplete it becomes merely "parts." It has been my experience that Barnes No. 3 legs are a bit scarce, but No. 3 lathe bed & accoutrements are occasionally seen.

Some parts interchange with other Barnes machines. The Barnes 3 legs are unique - but similar to either No. 4-1/2 or 5 (not sure.) The seat and underarm are shared with the metalworking lathes and the seat itself was used also on the "former" (pedal powered wood shaper) and the jigsaw. Pedals are shared with the metalworking lathes.

Some parts have been reproduced. "Timekiller" of this board has reproduced several and parts come and go depending.

One expects, like the metalworking lathes, that a bench top electric powered woodworking lathe was marketed late in the Barnes small tool era. So you may not be that far off from original.

Generally it does not make sense to try to bring an incomplete Barnes tool back to completeness. You'll spend more for the parts IF they can be found, than the complete lathe can be bought as a unit. However, the localized insanity called "Barnsitus" knows no bounds, either in perceived need or financial outlay.

And it's not always about the money.

It is an interesting relic - certainly not scrap.

Joe in NH

Thanks, Joe for your detailed response.

I also have some tooling with it.

Here is a link to a page that has a number of videos listed on foot powered machinery. There is one on the #3 wood lathe.

looks like you have the tool holder and rest as well.

Videos of Interest - Foot Powered Machinery

Thanks for sharing Ed

Here's a poor picture of the Barnes decal that I discovered on a Barnes drill press that I cleaned up. If you look at the two pics side by side, you begin to see some of the same details on your old decal.



Brian