Tom A
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Apr 26, 2009
- Location
- NW Florida
I have a Hardinge Cataract BB57 lathe that I've had for some years, but only recently cleaned up and put back in use - It was missing the little cover plate that has the serial number, but I thought that maybe the experts here could ID the year of manufacture.
The spindle is 5C, and the tail stock is MT1 - I understand that this combo wasn't common for a 7" lathe.
Here's a before shot - The lathe was mounted to this board with the control levers sawed off flush, below the bed. I wondered if maybe it was intended for some kind of "man cave" display, although it did still have the collet drawbar, 3 and 4 jaw chucks, 2 faceplates, and a MT1 drill chuck, with it. It has a small shop tag, just a number, on the bottom left of the bed.
It looked to be painted a sort of army green color over a dark gray - I hope you can understand why I didn't really want to keep it completely original - The crackle finish kind of turned me off :~(
Anyway, hopefully, someone can tell me what year - Thanks
The spindle is 5C, and the tail stock is MT1 - I understand that this combo wasn't common for a 7" lathe.
Here's a before shot - The lathe was mounted to this board with the control levers sawed off flush, below the bed. I wondered if maybe it was intended for some kind of "man cave" display, although it did still have the collet drawbar, 3 and 4 jaw chucks, 2 faceplates, and a MT1 drill chuck, with it. It has a small shop tag, just a number, on the bottom left of the bed.
It looked to be painted a sort of army green color over a dark gray - I hope you can understand why I didn't really want to keep it completely original - The crackle finish kind of turned me off :~(
Anyway, hopefully, someone can tell me what year - Thanks