"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message
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On Nov 11, 4:15 pm, "AndrewV"
wrote:
I went to pick up an engine for my bandmill project and the guy had a 13"
lathe (very old he thought pre 20's) that he offered to sell for scrap.
The
only tag on it says Globe manufacturing, no serial #s on the ways or
anywhere I could see....
Anybody seen/ have one like it? For what he wanted it could easily follow
me
home
Andrew
It isn't even mentioned here;
http://www.lathes.co.uk/
Before the Depression there were over 100, maybe 200 lathe makers in the US.
That list doesn't begin to scratch the surface. It doesn't list my 1917
Taylor & Finn knee mill, either.
I suspect that the only place where you'll find complete lists of US-built
machines is in the archives of _American Machinist_. Even there, they
probably missed some.
Those archives, BTW, may only exist at the National Library of Congress
today, in microfilm and microform. There were two other sets when I was at
_AM_, and I know that one got broken up; the other *might* be at _AM's_
newer offices in Cleveland. Maybe.
--
Ed Huntress