firingpin
Plastic
- Joined
- Jan 3, 2014
- Location
- United States
Hello to all the machinists out there that are looking at my thread!
I just snagged this lathe from the garage of a guy whom I found out today is friends with my brother. It is an 8' long lathe with a 14" swing and is overall a beautiful piece of Americana. It was used here in California by a Cal-Tech professor to make some sort of rods for fancy equipment until his wife nagged him into buying a new lathe.
Some of the lathe is disassembled and will have to take some more apart to get it moved. The original Westinghouse motor is there and it was painted over on a few pieces at an undetermined time (original paint was black). Smooth as silk too.
From what I can see it is a 1926 Southbend lathe but I don't know the model just yet. Does anyone know what it would be? Would love to do some reading! Also would love to know what are some must-have tools are for this machine.
Any help is appreciated!
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I just snagged this lathe from the garage of a guy whom I found out today is friends with my brother. It is an 8' long lathe with a 14" swing and is overall a beautiful piece of Americana. It was used here in California by a Cal-Tech professor to make some sort of rods for fancy equipment until his wife nagged him into buying a new lathe.
Some of the lathe is disassembled and will have to take some more apart to get it moved. The original Westinghouse motor is there and it was painted over on a few pieces at an undetermined time (original paint was black). Smooth as silk too.
From what I can see it is a 1926 Southbend lathe but I don't know the model just yet. Does anyone know what it would be? Would love to do some reading! Also would love to know what are some must-have tools are for this machine.
Any help is appreciated!
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