I have to say, I'm pretty proud of my work so far!
A Beautiful Old Piece of Machinery.
A long time ago, I purchased this belt driven metal lathe from my folks' estate after my father passed. He had purchased it many years before from the owner of a lumber mill in the Bandon, Oregon area - we lived on a dairy in the Coquille River valley between Bandon and Coquille. After 20 years (!) or so of carting this thing around, we wind up in Texas and I have the darn thing actually set up and running. It is an amazing old piece of machinery, specifically built for the rural farmer/machinist to use turning screws, bolts and all sorts of things for the farm.
This is a Barnes No. 13 Lathe with optional power-driven countershaft unit. It has been a fun adventure finally getting it all set up, then torn completely apart, cleaned, lubed and carefully put back together. The motor that turns the countershaft unit is a 1/2hp Century repulsion start - induction single phase motor, made to run at either 110 OR 220 volts.
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