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I started this in another post but thought I'd start it again. The lathe is a 13 inch,5 foot bed model CL145B. SN# 15840T. Approximate build date is middle 78. It is replacing a 3 1/2 foot bed 1965 10L which I have sold. This lathe doesn't have the threaded spindle but not sure what the proper name of it is,someone? D1-3 I think. I will have to locate a collet chuck. It came with 2 chucks,A 3 jaw cuchman and a 4 jaw Rohm. lathe came out of a high school originally 10 years ago and into the shed where I found it. It is a hard bed with 0 noticable wear on the ways.The original scraping marks can be seen on the saddle and compound/ crosslide but faintly.It has kissed the jaws of a chuck a few times as well. I have most of that filed/ stoned off already to a useable condition. Not perfect but dang close. I ran it while checking it out and it seemed pretty tight.Everything worked.It is wired for 220 single phase with a new motor and I also was given the 3 phase motor(original) which is in like new shape. It is missing a reverse switch though. I am going to refelt [kit coming] it after disassemble and cleaning and some repainting. It was oiled and greased but not with the right oil. The 80 tooth gear is missing parts of a couple teeth but I think it is due to the gear set with hardly any engagement except at the ends. So looking for a gear and switch and maybe a compound if anyone has some spare parts around. The owner I picked it up from said he used it barely once a year for 10 years and never used the lead screw feeds. He said he used it manually only. Gear box was out of gear, as was all the apron levers and the banjo. I just couldn't pass it up. I tried real hard too. Offered a lower price but he took it. Dang it. Ski