Need Help Identifying old benchtop lathe

I was wondering why no markings anywhere... looking now at a few, they would place a metal name plate with the brand/model... so if that it is missing, very difficult to determine what it is unless you can match it visually...
 
I checked a bunch of the images from post #11, but I only got 1/6 the way down, or so. No joy.
 
JoeSixPack74 said:
While out at a garage sale they had this little lathe. The guy offered it to me for $10 and I brought it home. It is an older lathe, possibly from the late 1880-1930's. There are no identifying marks or name plates on any part of it. It has a 8" swing and has about 16" between centers. The bed casting is 32" long. Little bit smaller than my Jet BD920n. The spindle looks to be able to take a collet but measuring it I cannot figure out what kind. Spindle has a thread of 1.3123 x 10 TPI. Just want to try to find out what it is before I tear it apart. It needs to have the grease fittings removed and replaced with oilers. Needs a step pulley. Also would like to know the color of typical lathes of this time period. It has black, grey and green paint on it from over the years.

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The tailstock has a #1 MT. Live center is marked The Ready Tool Company Bridgeport CT. I have dated it around 1930.

I have always wanted to build a turret attachment for my metal lathe and figure this would be a good lathe to play around with. I will probably build the one from Popular Science June 1924 pages 99-101 by Joe V. Romig just for fun.

Thanks in advance for any help.
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nice project...
 
It might be a 'speed lathe'. A second operation lathe intended for high volume production work. Used like a manual version of a screw machine.
 
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