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Got a call from the man who sold me my 1890's Cincinnati mill, who said he had an old lathe that he wanted a $100 for. It was just a few days before we were leaving for the winter and I had a pretty huge to do list, but being the sucker I am for vintage stuff my son and I made the 45 mile trip to take a look. Very nice guy and has a very cool collection of cars, trucks, motorcycles (just acquired a very nice survivor Indian Chief), and my boy really enjoyed the shop tour. Took a quick look at the machine and figured for $100 I couldn't really get hurt, and loaded her up. Got home and parked the truck in the shop with the lathe still in the back where it will reside until we get back home end of April. I'm thinking it is probably early 1900's, and will require a lot of TLC if it is ever to be a functioning machine. Came with a 1hp Dayton motor in good condition which will come in handy for another project. The ways really don't look bad, but there are some missing, and damaged pieces including the gap section of the bed. If nothing else the legs will make a nice table and I can probably part some of it out or adapt to another use, but hopefully some day I will acquire enough skills to make the parts necessary to bring it back to life. Would appreciate any help narrowing down the date of manufacture. Found some info on line, but not the exact unit. Sebastian May & Co is the only name on it. Cheers, Mike
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