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There I was, just minding my own business yesterday, when suddenly a lathed darted out of the bushes and jumped into the back of my truck . It was scared, dirty and injured, so I did the right thing and brought it home, gave it a bath and fed it some oil.
The old bugger is a Barnes 4 1/2, originally human powered lathe, missing some major parts, but ran quietly with the redneck motor swap. It would be quite an endeavor to restore it back to the velocipede drive, but I think I will make some repairs to get it operating normally. At least I saved the legs from being stolen to create some kind of hipster/steampunk furniture.
Here is a video of it running:
Shortly after that I took it completely down to the ways with the legs still attached so that I could assess what needs to be repaired, replaced or found. My wife was less than thrilled that I got another lathe, but she did think it was neat looking and liked the color (WHEW!)
If anyone happens to have some reasonably priced drive parts, I might consider returning it to human power so let me know by PM. Otherwise, what I have found that will need repair or replacement, I most likely will be able to machine replacements, but some of the cast parts and gears might be easier to just find replacements.
If you have one of these, feel free to chime in and show off what you have, I never knew these existed until I found it, but they are a neat piece of history.
Mark
The old bugger is a Barnes 4 1/2, originally human powered lathe, missing some major parts, but ran quietly with the redneck motor swap. It would be quite an endeavor to restore it back to the velocipede drive, but I think I will make some repairs to get it operating normally. At least I saved the legs from being stolen to create some kind of hipster/steampunk furniture.
Here is a video of it running:
Shortly after that I took it completely down to the ways with the legs still attached so that I could assess what needs to be repaired, replaced or found. My wife was less than thrilled that I got another lathe, but she did think it was neat looking and liked the color (WHEW!)
If anyone happens to have some reasonably priced drive parts, I might consider returning it to human power so let me know by PM. Otherwise, what I have found that will need repair or replacement, I most likely will be able to machine replacements, but some of the cast parts and gears might be easier to just find replacements.
If you have one of these, feel free to chime in and show off what you have, I never knew these existed until I found it, but they are a neat piece of history.
Mark