Heck yeah that fixed up intro music! Sorry I never got around to it!
Jeremy Abel
2020-01-25 22:31:53 +0000 UTC
As a home machinist, I could watch hours of this - wish I cold try ‘er out! The kernel of the industrial age.
Marc McKenzie
2020-01-25 20:46:30 +0000 UTC
Thank you!
Hand Tool Rescue
2020-01-25 15:34:58 +0000 UTC
We must power it electrically!
Hand Tool Rescue
2020-01-25 15:34:45 +0000 UTC
Works the legs!
Hand Tool Rescue
2020-01-25 15:34:27 +0000 UTC
It must be found!
Hand Tool Rescue
2020-01-25 15:34:15 +0000 UTC
Hahaha yes!
Hand Tool Rescue
2020-01-25 15:33:58 +0000 UTC
Cool! That foundry is kinda in my back yard lol
I'm willing to bet the welded bit was a PTO to run the lathe off a motor.
Clifton Ballad
2020-01-25 03:21:41 +0000 UTC
Very nicely presented restoration... WELL DONE!!! 10/10
2020-01-25 00:54:46 +0000 UTC
Maybe an auxiliary belt to power the garbage on the floor.
david batig
2020-01-24 08:51:25 +0000 UTC
My guess is that the weird chuck would have been for hex bar stock.
Kadah
2020-01-24 07:20:02 +0000 UTC
The "PTO" you mentioned ... I wonder if there was an "electrification kit" for this (or a way to drive it off a shop-wide pulley system)? Would be a good way for the owner to get more value from the initial purchase by not having to invest in a new powered lathe and still get the benefit of high productivity. And for the supplier, it gives them a way to retain customers being enticed by those new power lathes. Dunno - lots of interesting things happened between 1880 and 1920!
Glad you found the collets for the pedal shaft - I couldn't believe they'd just hang it! Seats may have been an off-the-shelf part from a supplier?
Great video!!
Peter Laws
2020-01-23 19:40:09 +0000 UTC
Of all the restorations you've done, this has got to be the machine I would least want to own or operate. But great video as always, and the double sand blaster bonk made me LOL.
Xxxxx Xxxxx
2020-01-23 18:43:31 +0000 UTC
That crossfeed handle almost definitely matched the one below it. I don't think I've ever really seen one that is just two balls.
You can get them at really reasonable prices on amazon/ebay/etc, they are called "Tri Ball Handles" and just about everyone makes them these days.
The HARDER ones to get are the 'U' shaped ones (where both have the handle, instead of ball + handle), but I ended up being able to find one when i needed for my lathe.
Erich Keane
2020-01-23 16:55:11 +0000 UTC
Wow!
2020-01-23 14:12:14 +0000 UTC
Every time I look at this I imagine several lined up in a room for some kind of Victorian era spin class.