On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 12:08:07 -0800, Electric Comet
wrote:

On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 08:20:09 -0800
Mac Davis wrote:

Vintage, for sure! Looks like an old baseball bat setup...

you think it is a single purpose lathe
that is interesting
it looks like a production lathe for sure

would those bat lathes be single speed

I have no idea about speed... I would think that most people would
turn at a higher speed than that would sand at...
Just looks to me like it was used for bats or columns some kind...