AXA or BXA???

Warner & Swasey did not cut corners when they made a turret lathe, extremely robust construction and power to spare. The one you have probably weighs close to 2000 Lbs.
W&S #5 drilling a 1 3/4" hole in 304 SS with no pilot hole, set it up turn it on and let it eat, unless the part is backed up it will push it right through the chuck jaws, this is a 20" 3 jaw.

It is a thing of beauty.
 
An W & S 5A is very intimidated compared to the No. 5 square head in your picture.:chunky:
 
I spent two years in a shop running and setting up turret LATHES and your right they re the best and most well built machines . Strength power feeds . Quick to get parts made on and will just keep going and going and going. The energizer bunny wouldn't keep up. The bar feeders really make them super 20' lengths of three inch hex in any other lathe don't think so.
 
Some say the turret lathe is the most important machine to win WWII. Dozens upon dozens of them side by side churning out parts of all kinds at a high rate for the time.
 
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