I just cleaned up a 3 inch craftsman metal lathe - it's missing parts needed
for metal working (like the whole gear assembly) but it has a nice cross
slide and the worm gear is good so it would make a decent pen lathe if you
wanted uniform straight barrels - you will need to either find, make or jury
rig a quill for the tailstock, but other than that it's OK to use as is - I
can get around $150 to $200 if I take my time parting it out, but I'd rather
it find a home quickly - so if someone is interested, drop me a note via the
email address on my web page - I figure $75 is fair. Oh, the spindle thread
is 1/2-20, and it's a 0 morse taper, bronze bearings, so it's light duty -
never to be a bowl lathe - could also be useful for making any other round
parts that need to fit, and of course you can do metal working (but not
threading - you need the gears for that).

--
Bill -
www.wbnoble.com

How did you measure the '3 inch'.

Martin

Bill Noble wrote:
I just cleaned up a 3 inch craftsman metal lathe - it's missing parts
needed for metal working (like the whole gear assembly) but it has a
nice cross slide and the worm gear is good so it would make a decent pen
lathe if you wanted uniform straight barrels - you will need to either
find, make or jury rig a quill for the tailstock, but other than that
it's OK to use as is - I can get around $150 to $200 if I take my time
parting it out, but I'd rather it find a home quickly - so if someone is
interested, drop me a note via the email address on my web page - I
figure $75 is fair. Oh, the spindle thread is 1/2-20, and it's a 0
morse taper, bronze bearings, so it's light duty - never to be a bowl
lathe - could also be useful for making any other round parts that need
to fit, and of course you can do metal working (but not threading - you
need the gears for that).

from center of the spindle to the ways

"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in message
...
How did you measure the '3 inch'.

Martin

Bill Noble wrote:
I just cleaned up a 3 inch craftsman metal lathe - it's missing parts
needed for metal working (like the whole gear assembly) but it has a
nice cross slide and the worm gear is good so it would make a decent pen
lathe if you wanted uniform straight barrels - you will need to either
find, make or jury rig a quill for the tailstock, but other than that
it's OK to use as is - I can get around $150 to $200 if I take my time
parting it out, but I'd rather it find a home quickly - so if someone is
interested, drop me a note via the email address on my web page - I
figure $75 is fair. Oh, the spindle thread is 1/2-20, and it's a 0 morse
taper, bronze bearings, so it's light duty - never to be a bowl lathe -
could also be useful for making any other round parts that need to fit,
and of course you can do metal working (but not threading - you need the
gears for that).

see here http://www.lathes.co.uk/craftsman/page4.html for info on this
lathe - it shows it as a 1948 model - 109-2063 --- this one is missing the
gear box and all that goes with it.

I guess I should have called it a 6 inch lathe, right?

"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in message
...
How did you measure the '3 inch'.

Martin

Bill Noble wrote:
I just cleaned up a 3 inch craftsman metal lathe - it's missing parts
needed for metal working (like the whole gear assembly) but it has a
nice cross slide and the worm gear is good so it would make a decent pen
lathe if you wanted uniform straight barrels - you will need to either
find, make or jury rig a quill for the tailstock, but other than that
it's OK to use as is - I can get around $150 to $200 if I take my time
parting it out, but I'd rather it find a home quickly - so if someone is
interested, drop me a note via the email address on my web page - I
figure $75 is fair. Oh, the spindle thread is 1/2-20, and it's a 0 morse
taper, bronze bearings, so it's light duty - never to be a bowl lathe -
could also be useful for making any other round parts that need to fit,
and of course you can do metal working (but not threading - you need the
gears for that).

1. Call it "Swing over bed" = 6"
2. Radius = 3"
3. Distance between Centers - how long a rod can be placed to be worked upon.
4. Length of bed (biggest gripe with me ) the length of physical ways (not
usable or machinable region) = under the bed to farthest end under
the tailstock.
Martin


Bill Noble wrote:
see here http://www.lathes.co.uk/craftsman/page4.html for info on this
lathe - it shows it as a 1948 model - 109-2063 --- this one is missing
the gear box and all that goes with it.

I guess I should have called it a 6 inch lathe, right?

"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in message
...
How did you measure the '3 inch'.

Martin

Bill Noble wrote:
I just cleaned up a 3 inch craftsman metal lathe - it's missing parts
needed for metal working (like the whole gear assembly) but it has a
nice cross slide and the worm gear is good so it would make a decent
pen lathe if you wanted uniform straight barrels - you will need to
either find, make or jury rig a quill for the tailstock, but other
than that it's OK to use as is - I can get around $150 to $200 if I
take my time parting it out, but I'd rather it find a home quickly -
so if someone is interested, drop me a note via the email address on
my web page - I figure $75 is fair. Oh, the spindle thread is
1/2-20, and it's a 0 morse taper, bronze bearings, so it's light duty
- never to be a bowl lathe - could also be useful for making any
other round parts that need to fit, and of course you can do metal
working (but not threading - you need the gears for that).