type of lathe?
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willy3486
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Does it have any name/model number somewhere? I may be mistaken But I am wondering if it is suppose to have a small thin belt on it. Like the old power belts used on some of the older tractors. They would be used to power accesories like sawmills. They use to use the thin belts in old water driven wheel powered shops. It looks like the big wheel on the left would be able to use one and then to adjust the speed put it on a different area. Look on the owwm.com site,maybe you will see a photo of one setup.
rsanter
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a very old one
if its a treddle lathe then its missing some parts
I have never seen a treddle lathe with power feed so I suspect that it was originally powered my a motor off a mainline belt shaft or it could be a model powered my a gas motor/steam engine....???
bob
if its a treddle lathe then its missing some parts
I have never seen a treddle lathe with power feed so I suspect that it was originally powered my a motor off a mainline belt shaft or it could be a model powered my a gas motor/steam engine....???
bob
It is a Barnes # 4 Velocipede lathe. They were made around 1885 and originally were treadle powered. I have a disassembled Barnes 4.5 that needs carriage feed gear machined. See http://treadleit.info/node/72 for pix.
GrantCee
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Good try - but not it. The headstock & tailstock don't match any of the half-dozen Barnes models I could find, nor those in the link you posted.
I'm not sure what it is; I don't recognize it. The tailstock is a unique design, and while at lunch I made a quick run through the U.S. makers at lathes.co.uk but didn't find a match.
Look carefully for cast markings on all the major parts; you may find something that could identify it.
There is also the possibility that it is of foreign make.
stonewellmark
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Southbend??
GrantCee
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Nope.
tigmusky
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try and post the pics at http://www.practicalmachinist.com orhttp://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net
some pretty sharp guys there.
Daye
some pretty sharp guys there.
Daye
GrantCee
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Headstock looks a lot like a Prentice Brothers, but the tailstock doesn't.