Woodchucker did a beautiful job with his restoration of that 1940 South Bend
metalworking lathe he just posted about. His post prompted me to offer
another lathe restoration, albeit a much more modest effort than his.
Along with a friend, I purchased last August a battered old 70's-era
Craftsman wood lathe, to be a starter lathe to get us going in woodturning.
It hadn't been treated kindly over its lifetime and we got it cheap. It took
me a while to do anything about it, but within the last couple months I
built a bench for it and completely restored the lathe with new ball
bearings for the headstock and the motor and a whole lot of other work to
clean and refurbish it and paint it up. Because it was going to be just a
starter lathe I tried not to spend too much on it, since I wouldn't get back
any investment when I later sold it and replaced it with a better one. I
claim, not quite truthfully, that I spent more on rattle-cans of paint than
anything else.
Here's a link to a short Photobucket slide show: http://bit.ly/1kMypuu
Tom
On Sunday, August 3, 2014 3:42:49 PM UTC-5, woodchucker wrote:
> > Thanks Sonny, but I think you are in the midwest, and I am on the east coast...
Well, you can think on it.
I'm in Louisiana and it's not uncommon that I make 2 trips to N.C. (Statesville & Raleigh areas), each year, sometimes Hilton Head, or even Myrtle Beach.
There are tentative plans to go to D.C., in late October, to visit & watch my nephew run in the Marine Marathon (Oct. 26th).
Sonny
On 8/3/2014 4:22 PM, Sonny wrote:
> On Sunday, August 3, 2014 2:09:46 PM UTC-5, tdacon wrote:
>> His post prompted me to offer another lathe restoration, albeit a much more modest effort than his.
>
> Another excellent job. ^5 Tom.
>
> When either you or Jeff are ready for another restoration, I have a 1954 (I think) Craftsman shaper to give to you, free. I don't want or need it, as I have an older Rockwell, that I use. Both shapers run well, also. Maybe somehow, some place, some time, we can make arrangements for either of you to take possession of it, if you're interested.
>
> Sonny
>
Thanks Sonny, but I think you are in the midwest, and I am on the east
coast...
No plans for a trip right now. I am back to work and have no plans for
vacation after being out of work for 6 months.
--
Jeff
On Sunday, August 3, 2014 2:09:46 PM UTC-5, tdacon wrote:
> His post prompted me to offer another lathe restoration, albeit a much mo=
re modest effort than his.
Another excellent job. ^5 Tom.
When either you or Jeff are ready for another restoration, I have a 1954 (I=
think) Craftsman shaper to give to you, free. I don't want or need it, a=
s I have an older Rockwell, that I use. Both shapers run well, also. Ma=
ybe somehow, some place, some time, we can make arrangements for either of =
you to take possession of it, if you're interested.
Sonny
On 8/3/2014 3:09 PM, tdacon wrote:
> Woodchucker did a beautiful job with his restoration of that 1940 South
> Bend metalworking lathe he just posted about. His post prompted me to
> offer another lathe restoration, albeit a much more modest effort than his.
>
> Along with a friend, I purchased last August a battered old 70's-era
> Craftsman wood lathe, to be a starter lathe to get us going in
> woodturning. It hadn't been treated kindly over its lifetime and we got
> it cheap. It took me a while to do anything about it, but within the
> last couple months I built a bench for it and completely restored the
> lathe with new ball bearings for the headstock and the motor and a whole
> lot of other work to clean and refurbish it and paint it up. Because it
> was going to be just a starter lathe I tried not to spend too much on
> it, since I wouldn't get back any investment when I later sold it and
> replaced it with a better one. I claim, not quite truthfully, that I
> spent more on rattle-cans of paint than anything else.
>
> Here's a link to a short Photobucket slide show: http://bit.ly/1kMypuu
>
> Tom
>
>
Nice job. we being a throw away society forget that there is value in
restoration..
Looks better than the ones with black crinkle finish..
--
Jeff
tdacon wrote:
> Woodchucker did a beautiful job with his restoration of that 1940
> South Bend metalworking lathe he just posted about. His post prompted
> me to offer another lathe restoration, albeit a much more modest
> effort than his.
> Along with a friend, I purchased last August a battered old 70's-era
> Craftsman wood lathe, to be a starter lathe to get us going in
> woodturning. It hadn't been treated kindly over its lifetime and we
> got it cheap. It took me a while to do anything about it, but within
> the last couple months I built a bench for it and completely restored
> the lathe with new ball bearings for the headstock and the motor and
> a whole lot of other work to clean and refurbish it and paint it up.
> Because it was going to be just a starter lathe I tried not to spend
> too much on it, since I wouldn't get back any investment when I later
> sold it and replaced it with a better one. I claim, not quite
> truthfully, that I spent more on rattle-cans of paint than anything
> else.
> Here's a link to a short Photobucket slide show: http://bit.ly/1kMypuu
>
Nice clean looking job Tom.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
"Sonny" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>When either you or Jeff are ready for another restoration, I have a 1954 (I
>think) Craftsman shaper to give to you, free. I don't want or >need it,
>as I have an older Rockwell, that I use. Both shapers run well, also.
>Maybe somehow, some place, some time, we can make >arrangements for either
>of you to take possession of it, if you're interested.
>Sonny
Thanks for the offer, Sonny. We actually had a shaper, quite a while ago,
but used it so rarely that we sold it.
Tom
"woodchucker" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>Nice job. we being a throw away society forget that there is value in
>restoration..
>Looks better than the ones with black crinkle finish..
--
Jeff
Jeff, you ought to post that South Bend restoration over in
rec.crafts.metalworking. They'd pee their pants.
Tom
On Sun, 3 Aug 2014 12:09:46 -0700, "tdacon"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Woodchucker did a beautiful job with his restoration of that 1940 South Bend
>metalworking lathe he just posted about. His post prompted me to offer
>another lathe restoration, albeit a much more modest effort than his.
>
>Along with a friend, I purchased last August a battered old 70's-era
>Craftsman wood lathe, to be a starter lathe to get us going in woodturning.
>It hadn't been treated kindly over its lifetime and we got it cheap. It took
>me a while to do anything about it, but within the last couple months I
>built a bench for it and completely restored the lathe with new ball
>bearings for the headstock and the motor and a whole lot of other work to
>clean and refurbish it and paint it up. Because it was going to be just a
>starter lathe I tried not to spend too much on it, since I wouldn't get back
>any investment when I later sold it and replaced it with a better one. I
>claim, not quite truthfully, that I spent more on rattle-cans of paint than
>anything else.
>
>Here's a link to a short Photobucket slide show: http://bit.ly/1kMypuu
I had one of those when I was in high school. I let my brother take
it when I went to college and it came back missing several key pieces
(like the foot and tail). I looked for parts but coming up short, I
finally trashed the rest when I retired (the first time) and moved
about seven years ago.