Honest Babes It Just Appeared There.

[taycat]

at least thats my story and i am sticking to it.
picked up a super rare myford ml6 capstan lathe from wwii.
came with big box of collets..
just need to fit a motor.
cost me about $15 and no i haven't missed a 0 off.

 

[middle.road]

At that price she'll be hugging you!

_Dan

 

[T Bredehoft]

Awesome... Those two wheels in the background, are they flywheels? I see a lot of potential there. Looks like a collet closer on the spindle, too. Good on.

 

[taycat]

they are bike wheels for a tadpole bike.
and yes it is a collet closer.

 

[Bill Gruby]

That is known as a production lathe. That is why there are no hand wheels or lead screws. Everything is lever operated for speed. If you have a bunch of small parts to be made that's the machine to use. Did the turret tooling come with it???

"Billy G"

 

[hman]

Great score!!!

At that price she'll be hugging you! _Dan

+1

 

[dave2176]

That is sweet! Do you want to double your ROI?
Dave

 

[FOMOGO]

Very nice little piece of history for $15. Mike

 

[taycat]

No tooling unfortunately but not hard to make some

 

[taycat]

Have use for it and besides postage would cripple price