Our Club has been tasked with restoring this old lathe to working condition. It will be used and displayed in the Pioneer Village in a county park. We do a couple of turning demos at events there every year.
Our goal is to make it useable without destroying the patina developed over decades.
The square head bolts and nuts appear to be hand forged and some are missing. Many of the square heads are a different dimension in the x-axis vs the y-axis as if the size was eyeball measured to be close.
There are a couple of 4" dado's cut in the vertical outside surface of the bed beams. We have no idea what was mounted there.
There are two pulley sizes on the spindle shaft and the lower flywheel to yield a high and low speed. However, the required belt length is 6" shorter for one vs the other. There is no provision for tensioning the belt. (Perhaps that is what mounted in the above mentioned dado's?)
The only markings we can find is a 3 digit number boldly cast in the big wing-nut locking the tailstock to the bed.
We are hoping to learn:
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Our goal is to make it useable without destroying the patina developed over decades.
The square head bolts and nuts appear to be hand forged and some are missing. Many of the square heads are a different dimension in the x-axis vs the y-axis as if the size was eyeball measured to be close.
There are a couple of 4" dado's cut in the vertical outside surface of the bed beams. We have no idea what was mounted there.
There are two pulley sizes on the spindle shaft and the lower flywheel to yield a high and low speed. However, the required belt length is 6" shorter for one vs the other. There is no provision for tensioning the belt. (Perhaps that is what mounted in the above mentioned dado's?)
The only markings we can find is a 3 digit number boldly cast in the big wing-nut locking the tailstock to the bed.
We are hoping to learn:
- Manufacturer name and info
- Approximate Date produced
- Belt tensioning or speed change info
- Anything else about this lathe specifically or treadle lathes in general
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