It has to be easy, you have to supply the materials, and with no time pressure.
But I will work for $0/hour on the right little turning project.
Rick “an old dog learning new tricks” Denney
Close. It’s a 14-1/2” South Bend lathe from 1945. It was first delivered to the electrical maintenance shop at the Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard on June 15, 1945. It’s been overhauled since then, but has also suffered mishaps and neglect, so I’ve already rebuilt about half of it.the elephant wrote:Looks like a 16" swing South Bend lathe from about 1950 or so, with a lot of nice extras. I hope Rick snagged the steady rest with it; those are super handy to have, and hard to find.
It’s a Park, but Park made the Craftsman boxes for Sears.Beyond16 wrote:I have the same exact tool box. I bought it in the late 1970's. Craftsman, right? (even though it didn't follow the Craftsman color scheme).
No, this one was the Redhead’s Uncle’s, which he bought from an aircraft-mechanic friend of his about 40 years ago. I think his friend got it when Beth Steel liquidated it, which I think was in the 60’s, judging from the motor. The motor is a mid-60’s Dayton single-phase 2HP industrial model, not the 550-volt 25-Hz 3-phase motor Beth Steel put in it.bloke wrote:Several years ago, a friend of mine - who was slowly dying - offered me a very similar lathe - also belt driven. I just didn't have any way of getting it here.
I tend to wonder if it's the same one, because at that time he was in Richmond, which isn't all that far from Rick.
The Redhead asked me what I was going to make with it, too.arpthark wrote:Whatcha gonna do with it?
Or more generally, what scope of projects could this thing tackle?
I am standing by my aforementioned "uninitiated, unaware and ignorant" labels here.
(but eager to learn!)