The unit belonged to a gentleman who worked for a company with many military contracts, and he took this home one day when they replaced it. The man passed away and his nephew is cleaning out the house. The nephew has no interest in it, and listed it on letgo. Anyway, I picked this up a couple weeks ago, and haven’t had much time to mess with it yet. I have found an hour here and there, but mostly just moving things back in forth in fascination...pretty much the only noteworthy thing I did was take the chuck apart to clean and free it up. The other reason I haven’t messed with it too much, is because I have been waiting for a manual on it, which came in the other day. I skimmed through it this morning over coffee and feel like I have a decent grasp on it. This week I am going to get one of those wooden top toolbox workbenches to mount it on, and clear a spot for it in my small garage. The machine came with lots of tooling, but about half of what I got is for a Morse #3 or 4, this has a #2. There were a couple lantern style tool posts, but nothing that would make a complete post. I ordered a quick change that should arrive in a day or two.
According to the manual I got, the large gear on the countershaft (I think that’s what it was called) is called a flywheel. The flywheel has one flat spot, not a double pulley like I can find on almost all pictures I see online. The motor was missing, but there was homemade contraption that the seller threw in, because that may have been the motor for the lathe. The motor is 1/4HP, and I the shaft is about 3/8-1/2 off memory. I found a motor pulley on eBay that has a 3/4 shaft, and I think I may have a pulley with that size hole. There were a couple pulley on the table with the lathe that I scooped up, since anything I didn’t take was getting thrown away. Maybe the motor that I took was not the correct motor, although it does bolt right on; I would imagine that these old motors have a somewhat universal bolt pattern? Anyway, here are some pictures, and I appreciate any advice or knowledge!
According to the manual I got, the large gear on the countershaft (I think that’s what it was called) is called a flywheel. The flywheel has one flat spot, not a double pulley like I can find on almost all pictures I see online. The motor was missing, but there was homemade contraption that the seller threw in, because that may have been the motor for the lathe. The motor is 1/4HP, and I the shaft is about 3/8-1/2 off memory. I found a motor pulley on eBay that has a 3/4 shaft, and I think I may have a pulley with that size hole. There were a couple pulley on the table with the lathe that I scooped up, since anything I didn’t take was getting thrown away. Maybe the motor that I took was not the correct motor, although it does bolt right on; I would imagine that these old motors have a somewhat universal bolt pattern? Anyway, here are some pictures, and I appreciate any advice or knowledge!
