Wood lathe

[Beautiful Mulberry]

Exploring options atm. New this type of tool.

 

[Buck98]

I know this is a stretch but are you still looking for a wood lathe?

 

[Beautiful Mulberry]

Actually I am.
Iv still not found a used 1 at a used price.
Every1 I found wants new prices

 

[okcBob]

This one would be cool

 

[Buck98]

Give me two of three days and I’ll gather everything I have together and send you some pictures. If you’re interested.

 

[Beautiful Mulberry]

Give me two of three days and I’ll gather everything I have together and send you some pictures. If you’re interested.

Sure am.
No rush

 

[Buck98]

This is what I have. I believe I can find the manual also, but don’t hold me to that.

 

[Beautiful Mulberry]

Sending you a pm

 

[Ahall]

Second hand tools, if acquired at the right price can be as addictive as firearms. The trick is knowing what you are getting into.

Vintages Machinery.com is a wonderful resource for information on them.
You may find this link to the owners manual for a similar machine useful.
It will give you an idea if all the critical parts are present, and how to set it up

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=28687


The lathe pictured is a relatively common lathe, and not super old, but I would not plan on getting parts from Sears or Emerson Electric is something is missing. You might find them on E-bay, but chances are you will be making or sourcing yourself anything that's missing.

Bench top lathes like this need a stout bench, with a lot of mass.

 

[Perplexed]

Bench top lathes like this need a stout bench, with a lot of mass.

No kidding. I remember when I was a kid, visiting a friend of mine one day while his dad was setting up a secondhand wood lathe in their garage. He mounted the lathe on a card table, chucked up a wood blank, and started the lathe. The blank was a tad off-center, and the lathe and table started jumping around the garage, breaking a window and knocking over a stack of newspapers, flinging torn sheets of the paper all over, before the father was able to pull the plug on the lathe. I remember leaving very quickly before I collapsed laughing…