I bought South Bend lathe # 44154NAR9 (about a 1956 model) to replace my 1944 toolroom model. This one has the gearbox, no more stacking up gears to get the feed speed right! The forklift was great for loading up, the boy was great for unloading, getting it into the basement and starting to set it up. I'm a happy guy.
Below, The machine that is now "surplus to needs".
4 comments:
What a beautiful machine!
Happy New Year!
Finally! The anticipation was killing me! Merry Christmas to you Mr. G!
I am happy for you, Mr G.
Are the ways shown in your last pic in functionally great shape? They look nicked and pitted, but I don't know the degree, if any, to which that would affect their essential goodness.
Yes, the ways do seem a bit more dinged up than I'd like, but I'll use the excuse that I don't pretend to be a machinist, and shouldn't affect any of the projects I do :-)...
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