Good work! I have the exact same lathe, inherited from my dad. It was repainted that industrial green that was popular in the 1950s but I can live with that, since it's otherwise in good shape and fortunately didn't require any restoration. 🙂
Thanks for sharing. I too inherited a good deal of vintage tools, they were my great grandfathers. He was a union carpenter and machinist. Unfortunately a lathe was one of the only machines he didn’t own but he did have the tools. I owe it to him for having handed down some really quality tools I still use just about every day for my own work. Every time I dive into the massive tool chest I find something new that I didn’t notice before. This lathe came from a school woodshop and it sat for a good number of years until I got it. I plan to use it to earn my living and I hope to be able to pass it on to my great grandchildren someday. Hopefully this video was worth a subscribe, it encourages me to share more projects! Thanks for watching, the new parts are coming in and I’ll be putting everything back together soon.
@@ChristopherTrybus Mine was a school woodshop machine as well. My dad was the high school's industrial arts teacher in my home town and he purchased the lathe new for the school, I think sometime in the late 1940s. Over time it was replaced by newer lathes and it ended up stored away in a back room, and when my dad retired the school let him have it. I haven't done very much with it, but now that I'm retired myself I hope to put it to greater use. Speaking of inherited tools, if you haven't already you should check out Inheritance Machining's channel. He has a full machine shop he inherited from his grandfather and he produces some very good videos.
Im working a drill press from the late 1940s and I'm currently working on the motor. How did you go about getting those windings so clean? They look amazing!
Thanks! This motor was so bad when I opened it. I’m thankful a mouse didn’t actually chew through the wires at all. I used an air compressor and a 1” paint brush as a duster to agitate. I was in no rush to get this project finished so I really spent the time on things to get it as best as I could.
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Good work! I have the exact same lathe, inherited from my dad. It was repainted that industrial green that was popular in the 1950s but I can live with that, since it's otherwise in good shape and fortunately didn't require any restoration. 🙂
Thanks for sharing. I too inherited a good deal of vintage tools, they were my great grandfathers. He was a union carpenter and machinist. Unfortunately a lathe was one of the only machines he didn’t own but he did have the tools. I owe it to him for having handed down some really quality tools I still use just about every day for my own work. Every time I dive into the massive tool chest I find something new that I didn’t notice before. This lathe came from a school woodshop and it sat for a good number of years until I got it. I plan to use it to earn my living and I hope to be able to pass it on to my great grandchildren someday. Hopefully this video was worth a subscribe, it encourages me to share more projects! Thanks for watching, the new parts are coming in and I’ll be putting everything back together soon.
@@ChristopherTrybus Mine was a school woodshop machine as well. My dad was the high school's industrial arts teacher in my home town and he purchased the lathe new for the school, I think sometime in the late 1940s. Over time it was replaced by newer lathes and it ended up stored away in a back room, and when my dad retired the school let him have it. I haven't done very much with it, but now that I'm retired myself I hope to put it to greater use.
Speaking of inherited tools, if you haven't already you should check out Inheritance Machining's channel. He has a full machine shop he inherited from his grandfather and he produces some very good videos.
Great video
Im working a drill press from the late 1940s and I'm currently working on the motor. How did you go about getting those windings so clean? They look amazing!
Thanks! This motor was so bad when I opened it. I’m thankful a mouse didn’t actually chew through the wires at all. I used an air compressor and a 1” paint brush as a duster to agitate. I was in no rush to get this project finished so I really spent the time on things to get it as best as I could.