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Restored Cataract Bench Lathe
Here is the website of how I restored a Cataract Bench Lathe.
http://www.wcnet.org/~jinstone/CataractLathe/ Jim Instone |
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In article , Jim and Jackie Instone says...
Here is the website of how I restored a Cataract Bench Lathe. http://www.wcnet.org/~jinstone/CataractLathe/ Terrific job! It looks just like mine, which is a "59" cataract - 5C collet, 9" swing: http://www.metalworking.com/RCM-gallery/files/Rozen,Jim/Nshop5.jpg and also (though geocities tend to be a bit flaky) for a more comprehensive view, check out these, which show machine no. 106: http://www.geocities.com/noramm10566/59DESCR.html Best to turn off javascript, btw the machine is not for sale at the moment. Your machine is notable because it has the exact same pattern tailstock as mine, a type that I've never seen elsewhere - with the open-frame squared off construction, and the window in the top to view the graduations on the ram. Great job on the reconstruction, it will give you terrific service. Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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Great looking machine you have there. You did a nice job of returning it's
functionality too. WB ................ "Jim and Jackie Instone" wrote in message ... Here is the website of how I restored a Cataract Bench Lathe. http://www.wcnet.org/~jinstone/CataractLathe/ Jim Instone |
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On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 21:40:42 -0400, "Jim and Jackie Instone"
wrote: Here is the website of how I restored a Cataract Bench Lathe. http://www.wcnet.org/~jinstone/CataractLathe/ Jim Instone Good job!! Interesting usage of available materials with the hockey puck G Very nice Jim. It would have been nice to have some "before" pictures though G Gunner That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there. - George Orwell |
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Hey Jim,
Very nicely done, with some unique ideas too. Take care. Brian Lawson, Bothwell, Ontario. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 21:40:42 -0400, "Jim and Jackie Instone" wrote: Here is the website of how I restored a Cataract Bench Lathe. http://www.wcnet.org/~jinstone/CataractLathe/ Jim Instone |
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Thanks for the compliments. Unfortunately, when I started working on the
Cataract, I didn't realize what I had and I didn't take any "before" pictures. In retrospect, I sure wish that I had. Jim "Gunner" wrote in message ... On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 21:40:42 -0400, "Jim and Jackie Instone" wrote: Here is the website of how I restored a Cataract Bench Lathe. http://www.wcnet.org/~jinstone/CataractLathe/ Jim Instone Good job!! Interesting usage of available materials with the hockey puck G Very nice Jim. It would have been nice to have some "before" pictures though G Gunner That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there. - George Orwell |
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I wonder how they got the name Cataract? Did they have something to do with
the designer's bad eyesight? Tony "Jim and Jackie Instone" wrote in message ... Here is the website of how I restored a Cataract Bench Lathe. http://www.wcnet.org/~jinstone/CataractLathe/ Jim Instone |
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Nice job, Jim. It looks great! I especially like your use of the hockey puck
G. Ingenious! Please keep the website up and post the progress on that crane model. I'd like to see how everything works out. Scotty Jim Instone writes: Here is the website of how I restored a Cataract Bench Lathe. http://www.wcnet.org/~jinstone/CataractLathe/ Jim Instone |
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In article , Tony says...
I wonder how they got the name Cataract? Did they have something to do with the designer's bad eyesight? I think there were some waterfall-like features near the chicago factory. But a lot of it was apparently marketing hype, the images they used were apparently much enhanced! Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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as a large mining equipment and general big thing nut
what crane are you currently working on? |
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My son, Doug, is a crane instructor and he is building a 1/12 scale model of
a 40-ton American 599C lattice boom crane to use in his classes. Thanks for the interest. Jim "williamhenry" wrote in message ... as a large mining equipment and general big thing nut what crane are you currently working on? |
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