Holy crapballs. Next you're gonna tell us he makes watch parts with it.
Doc.
Bringing this back up for the moment, I've recently finished the last major mod to my 1956 Sheldon lathe: Drawers!
I refitted some feet, and later, added panels and a door to enclose the motor end. Make it look more like a real cabinet lathe, y'know?
When I did that, I also added extra framing at the tailstock end in order to eventually add drawers, and over the last two months, as I've had time, I've finally fitted and finished those drawers.
Threee of which are just miscellaneous storage, with some eBay rubber drawer liner to cushion things a bit, but the third one down I fitted specifically to hold my collection of 5C collets:
It's been effectively my main lathe for a decade now, and it's finally damn near done. I still need to do some repairs to the cross-slide, but apart from that, it's 100%.
Doc.
Here's a 1974 NOS 12x36 Craftsman still in the crate i had few years back. With packing slip which was stapled to the crate.
Nice NOS craftsman lathe wrenchguy. That's sure not something you see every day there and you even have the shipping invoice. Very nice. That big lathe your son came up with is pretty cool too. Not many guys have the work these days requiring something that large. Ed.
Wondering what size motor is on that and what the power requirements are.I posted this when he got it a few years ago. I believe its 42" to ways, it was built for a paper mill and never cut metal when he got it. If it fits
Proud Papa.....nice very nice.1949 South Bend 9A with ALL the attachments..Used by a little old lady on Sundays... [emoji12]
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ifirefight,
That is a heck of a collection, the most highly tooled SB9 I ever saw.
dutchgray,
Thanks, I was VERY fortunate to find this lathe locally. It was very lightly used. I totally took it apart (because that’s how I am) replaced every wick and felt. Cleaned and lubed with proper oils. Not one chipped tooth on any of the gears in the quick change gear box on anywhere else. Came with every attachment that was offered..3 jaw chuck,4 jaw chuck, steady rest,taper attachment,collet set, Palmgren milling attachment,lantern tool posts, 100s of cutting bits,live centers,numerous chucks,etc,etc..
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Thanks for the explanation on toolroom lathes, that is most helpful.
My family's wrecking yard has a monster belt drive lathe that will most likely be available soon if anyone is interested. It's dirty but functional. They used to put full sized rear axles (Ford 9" and the like) into this monster and cut the tubes down to narrow them, as well as making widened steel wheels for racing and other various automotive projects. I'll have to measure it and try to find the manufacturer's tag next time I'm up there, but I'm guessing it has a 18"+ swing and a 8'+ bed. It was originally a line drive machine but it's had a Do-All gearbox added on and is powered with a 3 phase motor and a rotary phase converter. They added an old tire carcass as a safety shield over the chuck in typical wrecking yard fashion.
They also have a small Craftsman lathe that is badly in need of a tune-up (this one is spoken for), and an as-yet unidentified ~1920 lathe that's been sitting under a tarp. I might be bringing the mystery lathe home with me if it's salvageable. I think it could be a Flather lathe, but with an integrated motor:
I like how you color-coordinated with all the jar lids and Buss fuse display rack.
Doc.
, the person I bought it from painted it that color.....I was just happy to find one in my price range.There is not officially an L-000 as far as I can tell-That's interesting... Is there such a thing as an L-000?
Doc.
