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Lathe Legs

Stillgottimefor1

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Couldn’t pass these up. Don’t know what I will do with them, but they are too cool to not buy. Anyone know what brand or age they are? Roughly twenty inches tall. Can be more precise later.IMG_8137.jpg


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lis2323

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Awesome. You did well. Grab now /figure out the rest later [emoji481]
 
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Oregon rock crusher

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Nice find Stillgottimefor1. Old lathe legs are nice to have but identifying them to a specific maker from a picture without a few more clues would be very difficult. Those have fairly distinctive characteristics such as Straight outside leg lines, Straight cross brace, slight beading on the perimeters inside the legs, and a gentle recurve on inside leg line near top... Still just looking at a few pics from American Lathe Builders Through the early 1900's those features are fairly common. ATW, Carrol Jamieson, Cincinnati, Davis, and Garvin are just a few possibilities. I would say they were likely from a 12" or 14" lathe though just based on how tall they are and their overall robustness. Heavier lathes had shorter and stouter legs. Smaller and lighter lathe legs are generally more spindly. I do like the more spindly legs for their elegance though. Ed.
 

txlonghorn1989

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I think you got a bargain at $60. Nice legs!

Where are you at in Central Texas? I live in Austin.
 
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