Identify old lathe?
 

This one has me stumped:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2555612296&category=12 72

The oilers on the headtock and some of the tailstock
details (the shape of the lock lever on top, and also the
cross section of the tailstock handwheel) are reminscent
of hardinge stuff. But the bed seems to be two V-ways
and hardinge never did anything like that to the best
of my knowledge.

Does this thing ring a bell for anyone?

Jim

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On 4 Sep 2003 12:07:20 -0700, jim rozen
wrote:

This one has me stumped:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2555612296&category=12 72

The oilers on the headtock and some of the tailstock
details (the shape of the lock lever on top, and also the
cross section of the tailstock handwheel) are reminscent
of hardinge stuff. But the bed seems to be two V-ways
and hardinge never did anything like that to the best
of my knowledge.

Does this thing ring a bell for anyone?

Jim


Its neither a Harding nor an elgin. They used dovetail ways, standard
or reversed, even in the tiny watchmaker lathes IRRC.

Gunner

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Identify old lathe?
 

In article , Gunner says...

Its neither a Harding nor an elgin. They used dovetail ways, standard
or reversed, even in the tiny watchmaker lathes IRRC.

Agree, but the tailstock features are similar, especially
the distinctive handwheel, where there's a solid disc
instead of spokes, and a torroidal rim. Compare the
two:

http://members.aol.com/pswelzen/v1.jpg

and

http://www.geocities.com/noramm10566/59ts.jpg

The clamp screw is also similar, although in the
auction one it does seem to be entering the
casting right dead center through the top. I
wonder if somebody's been doing a mix/match
thing.

I had a Dalton lathe where the original headstock
had been replaced by a 5C cataract one.

Jim

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jim rozen

This one has me stumped:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2555612296&category=12 72


The bed and feet look very early--1880s?
The large pulley step with indexing is not flipped to the left side of the
steps, as was usual for instrument/watchmaker's lathes. And why the horiz slot
on the tailstock?
Frank Morrison

Identify old lathe?
 

In article , Fdmorrison says...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2555612296&category=12 72

The bed and feet look very early--1880s?
The large pulley step with indexing is not flipped to the left side of the
steps, as was usual for instrument/watchmaker's lathes. And why the horiz slot
on the tailstock?

That's right about the cone pulley being flipped around.
Maybe it would be to make the underneath drive easier,
the slots cut in the headstock were apparently designed
to pass the leather belt, at least in two of the pulley
positions.

The slot in the tailstock I would suspect is there to
allow the ram to clamp up, they must be using the
flex of the casting to grab the ram. I've seen
these with a slot that runs out the end of the
casting, never one closed-ended like that before.
The fit of the ram in the casting would have to have
been very precise to allow this to work.

Jim

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