On 2010-07-10, Wes wrote:
Went to an auction today with uncle, his interest was piqued by mention of hit and miss
engines. Uncle got out spent on the engine he wanted but at least he likes the guy that
bought it.

I had my eye on this lathe.

http://www.garage-machinist.com/usenet/rcm/Lathe_AV.jpg
http://www.garage-machinist.com/usenet/rcm/Lathe_FV.jpg

Close up of obliterated decal if it helps.
http://www.garage-machinist.com/usen...athe_Decal.jpg

Hmm ... I can't tell from the decal, but it sort of looks like
an early Hardinge. A jeweler's lathe on steroids -- even more so than
the Derbyshire lathes with 'D' collets.


Uncle was curious as to what series of collet this thing uses. Note there is something
you can use to scale for size in image.
http://www.garage-machinist.com/usen...he_collets.jpg

Look like 3C, too small for 4C or 5C, but if it is a Hardinge,
it certainly is a C (Cataract) series collet. A 3C looks pretty close.

The lathe sold for $160.00 and I didn't buy it.

Sure is cute though.

I think that a Hardinge collector would have paid a lot more
than that for it.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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