On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:19:42 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm,
Ignoramus13673 quickly quoth:

On 2008-06-11, Larry Jaques novalidaddress@di wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:43:26 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm,
Ignoramus13673 quickly quoth:

This lathe is advertised as 20 HP:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=300231171003

I do not doubt that the ad is true, but I have to wonder why any lathe
would need a 20 HP motor. I have hard times imagining how even a
fraction of that could be expended cutting metal with a single point
lathe bit.

Go look at pics taken in some of the machine shops during WWII, Ig.
They turned prop shafts for battleships, cruisers, and carriers with
'em. Here is one from more recent years:

www.co.cullman.al.us/.../lufkin_grandopening.htm


Can you post a proper URL Larry?

Hah! I hadn't noticed that it wasn't one. I snagged it from the
"actual URL" on Google's Images. Googling "lufkin_grandopening.htm"
took me right back to it, though:
http://www.co.cullman.al.us/Press/lu...andopening.htm
The second pic shows a beastie, plus there are a few more big boys in
the cluster of pics at the bottom of the page.

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Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of
leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination
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