so today I was given an old lathe.
it's not much, in fact it's a lot less lathe than the one I already
had, so it's pretty unlikely I'll use it. it's a dunlap from probably
the 50's, plain bearing headstock (a bit sloppy), 3 groove pulley,
folded sheet metal ways, outboard disk sander with a table with a
miter slot. maybe 30" between centers, maybe 8" swing. cool futuristic
50's styling.
I'll clean it up. maybe put it on a stand, think about upgrading the
bearings and probably not do it, and try to find a kid with a burning
desire to turn wood to give it to.
anybody here ever get anything useful out of one of these?
Bridger
[email protected] wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> so today I was given an old lathe.
>
> it's not much, in fact it's a lot less lathe than the one I already
> had, so it's pretty unlikely I'll use it. it's a dunlap from probably
> the 50's, plain bearing headstock (a bit sloppy), 3 groove pulley,
> folded sheet metal ways, outboard disk sander with a table with a
> miter slot. maybe 30" between centers, maybe 8" swing. cool futuristic
> 50's styling.
>
> I'll clean it up. maybe put it on a stand, think about upgrading the
> bearings and probably not do it, and try to find a kid with a burning
> desire to turn wood to give it to.
>
> anybody here ever get anything useful out of one of these?
>
> Bridger
No. First lathe I bought for 100 at a garage sale, the thing didn't
even have a MT in the headstock, and some weird spindle size/thread.
It was also missing a part that advanced the tailstock. I guess I got
the money's worth, tho, as it came with a good new motor. I'll
probably set up a grinding/buffing/sanding station with it, if I can
ever connect the spindle threads to an arbor of some kind.
Be nice to the "kid", if the bearings are really shot, or the
headstock won't take modern drives, etc, find some use for it for
yourself.
Well you could always fix it up to be a finishing lathe. That is, do most
of the sanding and such on your main lathe and use the dunlap for applying
finishes and such.
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> so today I was given an old lathe.
>
> it's not much, in fact it's a lot less lathe than the one I already
> had, so it's pretty unlikely I'll use it. it's a dunlap from probably
> the 50's, plain bearing headstock (a bit sloppy), 3 groove pulley,
> folded sheet metal ways, outboard disk sander with a table with a
> miter slot. maybe 30" between centers, maybe 8" swing. cool futuristic
> 50's styling.
>
> I'll clean it up. maybe put it on a stand, think about upgrading the
> bearings and probably not do it, and try to find a kid with a burning
> desire to turn wood to give it to.
>
> anybody here ever get anything useful out of one of these?
>
> Bridger
On 3 Aug 2004 00:12:30 -0700, [email protected] (Gary) wrote:
>[email protected] wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>> so today I was given an old lathe.
>>
>> it's not much, in fact it's a lot less lathe than the one I already
>> had, so it's pretty unlikely I'll use it. it's a dunlap from probably
>> the 50's, plain bearing headstock (a bit sloppy), 3 groove pulley,
>> folded sheet metal ways, outboard disk sander with a table with a
>> miter slot. maybe 30" between centers, maybe 8" swing. cool futuristic
>> 50's styling.
>>
>> I'll clean it up. maybe put it on a stand, think about upgrading the
>> bearings and probably not do it, and try to find a kid with a burning
>> desire to turn wood to give it to.
>>
>> anybody here ever get anything useful out of one of these?
>>
>> Bridger
>
>
>No. First lathe I bought for 100 at a garage sale, the thing didn't
>even have a MT in the headstock,
no tapers anywhere on this lathe...
> and some weird spindle size/thread.
the head spindle isn't even threaded. the spur is on the shaft with
setscrews.
>It was also missing a part that advanced the tailstock.
tailstock advances fine and locks down, but it has a built in dead
center. not much option to use different tooling on this lathe.
> I guess I got
>the money's worth, tho, as it came with a good new motor.
this came with a newish looking motor. haven't tested it yet though.
> I'll
>probably set up a grinding/buffing/sanding station with it, if I can
>ever connect the spindle threads to an arbor of some kind.
>Be nice to the "kid", if the bearings are really shot, or the
>headstock won't take modern drives, etc, find some use for it for
>yourself.
the bearings are a little sloppy, but I suspect that they aren't too
different from when it was new. basically, it's a light spindle lathe
with no real way to do much else on it. I suspect that it will be OK
for that. it'll benefit from being bolted to a solid bench. whoever
ends up with it is likely to outgrow it quickly, but it's a way to get
the feets wet....