Show us your war time production machine tools

Thanks for sharing. Interesting perspective considering these machines helped us out in WWII.
Did someone else own the south bend in the fire or was it in your possession at the time?
This was my lathe.
The 13" South Bend has a special place in my heart. I learned the basics of running a lathe in High School. There were two lathes in our metal shop, 13" South Bends. One had the taper attachment. (Thank you Mr. Wade)
I also had one to use when I was in the baseball business in Haiti back in 1982-3.
 
August of 1944. Our boys had been in France since June. We were fighting in the Mariana's in the Pacific.
Meanwhile, back home they were building your lathe!
 
My Diamond horizontal mill was finished on December 28, 1944, 2 days after Patton's 4th Armored linked up with the 101st ending the siege of Bastogne. The Clausing is almost 20 years younger so made during a different war.

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I have a pre-war (1932) Rivet lathe with US Navy Markings which could have still been in use by WW2.

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