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Last week I reported that an old friend was shipping me his grandfathers antique lathe. Today it arrived. I am in need of information so please have a look at the pictures that I have attached and feel free to provide your input. As you can see it's a "B.C. Ames." The little bit of research that I have done so far indicates that Ames stopped making machinery in the late 50's and that there isn't a whole lot of information available on the lathes. It seems to be a nicely made lathe approximately 8 1/2" X 15" in size and in reasonably good condition considering its age. Definitely needs a disassembly and through cleaning. I need to figure out how the drive works and set up an appropriate bench once it's cleaned up. It came with a box full of odds and ends that I need to sort through and an incomplete set of collets
Anything you can tell me about this lathe will be helpful. Thanks in Advance!
Anything you can tell me about this lathe will be helpful. Thanks in Advance!