Hi,
First let me say I have no experience with lathes, I’ve never owned one and never used one, however, I just recently picked one up from a coworker. It’s a late ‘40s, serial number 174xxx. I guess they changed serial number format in early 1948. The story is it was my coworker’s wife’s grandfather’s (did you follow that?) surplused from his naval station posting in California. I’ve been cleaning it with super fine steel wool and WD40 and it’s looks really good under the grime and light rust. I’m familiar with the basic function but I also got three crates of accessories, many of which I have no idea what they were for. I’ll post some pictures.
So the big question is where to get a replacement drive belt. It’s looks like there a many many places but I didn’t know if there was a goto source?
Thanks
Jason
First let me say I have no experience with lathes, I’ve never owned one and never used one, however, I just recently picked one up from a coworker. It’s a late ‘40s, serial number 174xxx. I guess they changed serial number format in early 1948. The story is it was my coworker’s wife’s grandfather’s (did you follow that?) surplused from his naval station posting in California. I’ve been cleaning it with super fine steel wool and WD40 and it’s looks really good under the grime and light rust. I’m familiar with the basic function but I also got three crates of accessories, many of which I have no idea what they were for. I’ll post some pictures.
So the big question is where to get a replacement drive belt. It’s looks like there a many many places but I didn’t know if there was a goto source?
Thanks
Jason