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Wood lathe off Craigslist. $25 and has a working 1/3 HP motor. Not sure how much I will be able to do with this little guy, but that's ok with me. Wil be a good learning experience. A quick review of what is in front of me yields the following info: 10" swing x 24" between centers, G&E motor, and Torrington Needle bearings in the headstock. There is another sticker that looks like it starts with a cursive "D". A search of the Manufacturers' Index at Vintage Machinery led me to this brochure: Darra James.

It's a Model 380, Darra James. Interesting feature is highlighted in the brochure where the head stock is transformed into a gap bed lathe by putting it on a different bench! Love the ingenuity in old advertising like this. As a matter of fact, the head stock was detached when I picked it up yesterday.

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Where does everyone find these great deals on ebay. I bought a box of silver and demming drills for 15$ on amazon. Originally 40 so no i have the standard 9/16 up to 1”. Only issue i had was there was a burr on one of the cutting edges i just have to file off easily with my diamond card and the 1” had a chip in it by the point.
 
Brento said:
Where does everyone find these great deals on ebay. I bought a box of silver and demming drills for 15$ on amazon. Originally 40 so no i have the standard 9/16 up to 1”. Only issue i had was there was a burr on one of the cutting edges i just have to file off easily with my diamond card and the 1” had a chip in it by the point.
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Yeah 90% of my tool purchases are from fleebay. You need to search for lots or change the search condition to used....
 
Cooter Brown said:
Yeah 90% of my tool purchases are from fleebay. You need to search for lots or change the search condition to used....
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I also create saved searches that will send me email alerts based on my search terms. "vintage tool lots" is a zinger.
 
Ive tried searching for like end mill lots and never found any decent ones but id love to get some adjustable parallels or something like that for cheap since they cost a pretty penny.
 
Didn't buy today but did find it today..its been on a shelf covered up couple years.Oldak dial indicator new in box.figured it was a good tool made in the UK..goggle not showing any info..MS-5..image.jpegimage.jpeg
 
Brento said:
Ive tried searching for like end mill lots and never found any decent ones but id love to get some adjustable parallels or something like that for cheap since they cost a pretty penny.
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Try a search for: machinist tool lot
 
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