got me a new toy too; 1920?? lathe

thanks Ted,
yes I need to educate myself
propper terminology would a logical place to start

 

Castor oil is what to use.

Congrats on the find. There was a lot of manufacturing and machine work in Ballard at one time.

My first job was on 49th & 9th, right next door to Cappy's Towing, cutting electric motor commutators on a much, much smaller lathe.

That's where I learned about dressing flat belts with castor oil.

-bill

 

These guys have good prices, and a location a mile from my office!
http://www.wttool.com/
These are two great magazines with lots of projects, excellent photography.
http://www.homeshopmachinist.net/
I know of lots of links to home machining info, let me know if you are interested.

 

Paul,
I am glad that you guys got that thing picked up. I buy a lot of tooling bits out of boeing all the time, and other machine shops around the area. They are still good for our standards. I will start saving the good ones for you. Hope to see you tonight.
Steve

 

That'd be cool Steve,
I've been out there playing with it every night, starting to get a feel for it
but man I have a lot to learn..

I'm going to try to make it over tonight,
probably not till about 8:00.. if you are still around

 

http://66.96.26.83//auction.cgi?a=42388306&d=lots&lot=324284303

Found this at bf goodrich being auctioned out, its huge!

 

very cool lathe.what rpm does that thing max out at?

 

have a monark similar to yours, 16 inch swing by 6 foot bed, has a 4 speed box over the belt pulleys and a 5 hp single phase mtr. all for 250 dollars.the licence says 1918 built like a rock. georgep lex ky

 

Go here, you can find out anything and they're eager to help

 

very nice looking machine........

looks 90% the same as the one i helpd my neighbor drag home......VERY heavy....we used my cherry picker and it was all it wanted.....

very smooth running machine......the ole' fella p***ed on, he used it for woodworking.........the ole' guy had rigged a motor on the wall.....but i'm sure they all used to run from the line shafts........your's seems to have a couple of updated features.......if i remember right, my neighbor thought his was around 1912 or 1915........

 

Speaking of old lathes, here's my G.L. Cady from Lowell, M***. 12" swing, 27" between centers. How old? I dunno, haven't been able to find out anything about this make. But I sure love the design of those main gears.