Let's See Your Lathe

[PixMan]

(02-17-2012, 04:17 AM)DaveH Wrote: Nice lathe Ken,

I suppose it looks like I may have to do some cleaning over the weekend:dodgy::dodgy::dodgy:

DaveH

There's a bit of a mess there in the shop too, but nothing severe. There's a huge number of these Victor lathes in the shops in this area. Three different places I've worked over the years had them, and in my job I get into many other shops and often find myself saying "I have one of those at the home shop!"

Notice the unusual steady rest on the floor near the foot of the machine. That's one I pulled out of a scrap pile at a machine tool sales place I once worked at, and it just happened to have about the correct height and a perfect match on the flat & vee. My dad made up a bottom clamp plate, and he has already used it once or twice.

That machine was originally a dark blueish-gray. It had been painted one other color before the off-white. I wish I had time to strip it back and get it to an original color again. That's VERY low on the list of things that need to be done in the shop though.