So I got this old lathe...

J.Marsillo

J.Marsillo

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...now what do I do with it :D Call it the impulse buy of the year but I had to get it for 100$.The closest image I can find on the net like it is this one
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The legs are a little different and it doesnt have as many features(?)as the one pictured.I'll try to I.D. it this weekend and maybe set it up if I get a chance.
The guy had an all original '29 Packard for sale too but I settled on the lathe ;)
 
Great find Joe! :thumbup: Looks like it could use some TLC, but for $100 who could complain! Fix it up and turn some screws or something! Best of luck with it. -Matt-
 
If it's in that condition it's best to take it completely apart ,clean and inspect.Look for cracks ,bad bearings etc ,replace anything that needs it [if you can get the parts !] .Who made it , how old ?
 
Sort of looks like the one I have in my shop and I also paid $100 for it -- 40 years ago. I run mine almost every day and it still works fine. You should be able to make all sorts of new gagets with it. Good luck
 
I wish I had the time to tinker with it :( All I have managed is a good oiling and a run through of all the (crank) things :o It is one heavy S.O.B ....oooof whats that in my sock :eek: Everything locks up pretty tight and spins.Hopefully I can get an I.D. on 'er this weekend that and ECCKS :D :D

eta:The bearings are all just oil hole type,when I spin the chuck it keeps going for a while.
 
Oil hole type? I'm a technical bearing representative and that is a bearing term that I'm not familiar with.
 
Tell him Scott !! Actually you're probably too young to remember bushings rather than roller bearings !! It's probably an antique machine so he could make 'antiques' with it .
 
J.Marsillo said:
I wish I had the time to tinker with it :( All I have managed is a good oiling and a run through of all the (crank) things :o It is one heavy S.O.B ....oooof whats that in my sock :eek: Everything locks up pretty tight and spins.Hopefully I can get an I.D. on 'er this weekend that and ECCKS :D :D
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Joe,

If you can get a few good pictures of the one you've got, post them up at the forum over at http://www.practicalmachinist.com. The folks there will likely be able to tell you more than you thought you wanted to know about it.

Good luck!

-d
 
Looks to me like my old Sears and Roebuck lathe. Mine is the small model but they look the same. Cool. Rub the bed down but don't sand it. Reset the gibs and put a live center on it. If you take the jaws out of the headstock make sure you number them accordingly with the collet. Will look nice in the shop!!
 
scottickes said:
Oil hole type? I'm a technical bearing representative and that is a bearing term that I'm not familiar with.
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LMAO sometime's I feel like the mayor of stupidville:D
mete said:
Tell him Scott !! Actually you're probably too young to remember bushings rather than roller bearings !! It's probably an antique machine so he could make 'antiques' with it .
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You got me there....uhh bushings:)
deker said:
Joe,

If you can get a few good pictures of the one you've got, post them up at the forum over at http://www.practicalmachinist.com. The folks there will likely be able to tell you more than you thought you wanted to know about it.

Good luck!

-d
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Thanks for the link D
Here are some shots of my new toy(project)
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lathe4.jpg

lathe3.jpg

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lathe1.jpg
 
That's an antique ! You could sell it on ebay for at least 1$million ! Roller and ball bearings are 'frictionless' bearings .Bushings are 'friction' bearings .They used these in ancient times [20 th century and before] and are made from bronze [sometimes prelubricated] or Babbit metal which is a tin alloy.The babbit bushing you can recast yourself to replace them ....Originally yours was driven by wide leather belts rather than V pulleys .It's an old one for sure .It'll be fun to restore .It's light duty but you can learn the basics of lathe work.
 
A million :eek: yipeeee ;)
I would like to try finding or making some kind of pulley set so I can run a flat belt,like in the first picture.untill then I'll keep it like I found it.I am thinking about an old coal forge too but that might land me out on the street,literally I wont have a place to stand in my garage:D
 
I especially like the matching antique cabinet you put the lathe on :)
Joe - I hope this lathe won' t prove to be a distraction, taking you away
from knifemaking as you go about restoring it.

Great many people faced the question of going with old American lathes
vs buying new, dirt cheap Chinese ones. Many figured that restoring old
iron would be a project in itself and drove to hearby HF/Grizzly instead :)
 
this is a little bit off topic, but it does talk about a lathe, bushings and anti-friction bearings.

I had a customer one time that needed a pillow block bearing that had ball bearings mounted in it. He had a six month lead time on the delivery of the bearings from us. His bearing part number just wasn't available any where in the world at the time that he needed them. Instead of waiting that long, he took the old bearings out and scrapped them, and then he turned some old walnut on a lathe, into bushings to fill the gap in the old housings where the ball bearings had been. The walnut bushings lasted the six months until he could get new bearings from us. Those bushings now sit on a shelf in his little maintenance office, as a remembrance of ingenuity, and a source of pride.
 
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