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Reminds me of...me No, I'm sure of it. I hate him
Well I wanted a lathe, I wasn't sure particularly why, and I wasn't sure particularly what, but I wanted it damn it.
And then this sweet little gem fell into my lap for the lowly sum of $250. All american made, all cast iron, all badass.
Runs like a top, needs a restoration!
Found this awesome website for info:
http://www.lathes.co.uk/cataract/
Which dates mine to mid 1930's somewhere I'm going to find out more, the guys on practical machinist seem to be well versed in these little guys.
a BIG perk here:
Haven't gone through it all yet but LOADS of drill bits, mill cutters, hss, etc and a bunch of stuff I can't identify. (Shut up I'm learning)
The bench its on is all solid northern hard maple (the bench alone is 450 lbs), which is covered in some shit paint, so that will be first to go (being a woodworker, this part is important!). It will all get sanded down to nice beautiful maple and finished in conversion varnish.
Then I'll strip the paint off the lathe and repaint, not sure yet on color, maybe a light green, or maybe red? I dunno.
Anyway, figured I'd start a thread as I love projects of all types and I've never seen this done on here before.
These seem pretty valuable from my limited research, the compound alone seems to go for over a grand.
And then this sweet little gem fell into my lap for the lowly sum of $250. All american made, all cast iron, all badass.
Runs like a top, needs a restoration!
Found this awesome website for info:
http://www.lathes.co.uk/cataract/
Which dates mine to mid 1930's somewhere I'm going to find out more, the guys on practical machinist seem to be well versed in these little guys.
a BIG perk here:
Haven't gone through it all yet but LOADS of drill bits, mill cutters, hss, etc and a bunch of stuff I can't identify. (Shut up I'm learning)
The bench its on is all solid northern hard maple (the bench alone is 450 lbs), which is covered in some shit paint, so that will be first to go (being a woodworker, this part is important!). It will all get sanded down to nice beautiful maple and finished in conversion varnish.
Then I'll strip the paint off the lathe and repaint, not sure yet on color, maybe a light green, or maybe red? I dunno.
Anyway, figured I'd start a thread as I love projects of all types and I've never seen this done on here before.
These seem pretty valuable from my limited research, the compound alone seems to go for over a grand.