Just picked this lathe up from auction, 14.5" x 6ft, Cat No. 183C, SN. 152657 (1944 I belive)
This is the only decent image I have of it, as the ones I took didnt come out so well.
To get it off the trailer I had to break it down to its main parts. This took about 3 hours and some help, but we got there.
I will insepect it more later, but on first inspection, there is only a small ridge on the bed, the gear train definitely has some wear, and the compound and cross slide are completely frozen in place. None of these things bother me too much, and I'm sure I will find more as I dig into it, but its quite a step from the 9" JR I got last March and I've been thinking about getting something a bit larger when this appeared.
There is however some evidence someone has done some welding on parts while they were in the lathe...how exciting.
What have I gotten into this time?
-Aaron
This is the only decent image I have of it, as the ones I took didnt come out so well.
To get it off the trailer I had to break it down to its main parts. This took about 3 hours and some help, but we got there.
I will insepect it more later, but on first inspection, there is only a small ridge on the bed, the gear train definitely has some wear, and the compound and cross slide are completely frozen in place. None of these things bother me too much, and I'm sure I will find more as I dig into it, but its quite a step from the 9" JR I got last March and I've been thinking about getting something a bit larger when this appeared.
There is however some evidence someone has done some welding on parts while they were in the lathe...how exciting.
What have I gotten into this time?
-Aaron