Pratt & Whitney lathe

oropallo · Aug 4, 2018

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew what model this lathe is, and were I may be able to get info on how to get it up and running? I have a blacksmith shop and picked up this lathe from a Neighbor down the road. does anyone know anything about this cant seem to find one anywere on the net.

Paolo_MD · Aug 5, 2018

A cursory look at Cope's book suggest that your is a "16in weighted engine lathe" (fig. 22, page 130) made in 1897. Personally, I find somehow surprising that P&W would offer at the turn of the century a lathe with raise and fall carriage, non-webbed bed and carriage weight, characteristics that, I believe, were generally abandoned a decade earlier.

The tailstock is definitely different from P&W lathes from the 1880s.

Paolo

PS By the way: unless you have it somewhere, not in the pictures, the tailstock is missing the quill and leadscrew.

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