On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 01:43:30 GMT, "Ken Moon"
wrote:

Steve,
It appears that you have a Craftsman 9 or12 inch, circa 1933.
See www.lathes.co.uk/craftsman/page2.html

You should see your model there or on one of those pages. They also have
some manuals for old lathes.

Close, but the ones on the page you cited are all metal lathes. The
actual page, including the very same picture Steve posted is at

http://www.lathes.co.uk/craftsmanwood/page4.html

Here is the description along with it:

1935 to 1936 Craftsman 9-inch lathe.
Unlike the earlier 9-inch lathe, with its ball-bearing headstock, this
model made do with "Oilite" porous-bronze bushes - but the spindle was
bored hollow, took a number 1 Morse-taper centre and could be fitted
with a faceplate on its left-hand end for large-capacity bowl
turning.. Unfortunately, the ring of 60 indexing holes on the
headstock pulley was missing and the bed had lost its mid way foot.
However (and rather surprisingly) the tailstock could be set over for
taper turning and a limited range of accessories - a compound slide
rest, 3 and 4 jaw chucks and a fixed steady - was available to convert
it into a metal-turning lathe.

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