jaynboom
Aluminum
- Joined
- Oct 12, 2010
- Location
- Maryland USA
I acquired a SB 11" x 4' bed. The model number on the plate says 33AB. According to the serial number, this is a 1935 vintage. The lathe came with LOTS of tooling and change-gears. The man handling the estate was planning to scrap this and other machine tools I bought, if a buyer wasn't found soon.
The ways appear to have little wear, although there is evidence of several dropped chucks. I'm not sure how many years have passed since the lathe was last used. The controls are sticky. The paint looks like heck. The thing was covered in chips, oil and sawdust. The photos actually make the unit look much better than it does in person.
I'm doing a complete tear-down to insure that everything is working as it should, and to strip and paint all the parts. I plan to keep this lathe since the sale included most of the tooling and accessories I might ever need.
(That's not rust on the ways) It's just dried oil.
On to the pics:
The ways appear to have little wear, although there is evidence of several dropped chucks. I'm not sure how many years have passed since the lathe was last used. The controls are sticky. The paint looks like heck. The thing was covered in chips, oil and sawdust. The photos actually make the unit look much better than it does in person.
I'm doing a complete tear-down to insure that everything is working as it should, and to strip and paint all the parts. I plan to keep this lathe since the sale included most of the tooling and accessories I might ever need.
(That's not rust on the ways) It's just dried oil.
On to the pics: