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OK lads, lassies, gents and ladies... step right up! The freak show is upon you! HA!
Hey folks- been in "Lurk" mode for awhile due to life and the garage is STILL a mess after a few life-events... BUT- had a bit of oddity fall into my hands I need some help ID'ing!
It has a cast-iron frame nicely powder-coated OD green and has a very faint USA visible (Yellow highlighted area on one pic) under the top-coat.
It has a T shaped peg in its base and the hand crank is at 90 deg from it... so when the peg is vertical the crank is parallel w/ the floor.
It has a small collet and a series of bushings to fit. Parts are labeled:
A- Hand-crank
On the pic with the BLUE ARROWS you will see the cutter has a fine screw adjust to move the bit into the object being held- and the cutter bit is double ended it holds...
SO- what exactly IS this little curiosity??? If I now am the proud owner of a "Hamzanfranz-left handed lathe Schwimmer-doodle" then cool... but I would love to know what it REALLY is... and how its used- any thoughts?
Thanks as always and I hope these words reach you guys safe, well and in good spirits! (For a Monday no less!) Be safe!
Kerri
Hey folks- been in "Lurk" mode for awhile due to life and the garage is STILL a mess after a few life-events... BUT- had a bit of oddity fall into my hands I need some help ID'ing!
It has a cast-iron frame nicely powder-coated OD green and has a very faint USA visible (Yellow highlighted area on one pic) under the top-coat.
It has a T shaped peg in its base and the hand crank is at 90 deg from it... so when the peg is vertical the crank is parallel w/ the floor.
It has a small collet and a series of bushings to fit. Parts are labeled:
A- Hand-crank
- tail-screw that raises or lowers the collet like a tailstock- although it is threaded and hollow (to allow longer pieces???)
- locking brad- this engages a key-way in the spindle to keep it from rotating?
- T Peg- mounting area- looks like it has seen little use- powder coating is still in tact
- cutter-bit adjust to move cutter in-line with axis of collet- but it is fixed with two thumb screws- so not dynamic
On the pic with the BLUE ARROWS you will see the cutter has a fine screw adjust to move the bit into the object being held- and the cutter bit is double ended it holds...
SO- what exactly IS this little curiosity??? If I now am the proud owner of a "Hamzanfranz-left handed lathe Schwimmer-doodle" then cool... but I would love to know what it REALLY is... and how its used- any thoughts?
Thanks as always and I hope these words reach you guys safe, well and in good spirits! (For a Monday no less!) Be safe!
Kerri