The Old Logan

[nuturner]

My son has had this Montgomery Wards PowrKraft in the corner of his garage for several years. Given to him by a friend. It was covered with rust, dried up lubricants and other nasty stuff so he agreed to let me get it back into running shape.
Spefications:
Montgomery Ward Powr-Kraft
10x24 inch Mod. 64TLC-2180
Mfg. Date 1941
Serial Number 2403
Made by Logan for Wards before they marketed it under their own name
43 inch bed with 24 inches between centers
Weight 500#
I found a couple of gears with a broken tooth and the apron assembly miter gear stud and bearing were toast (the stud had fractured at some point and someone tried to weld it ... not a good idea) but after complete disassembly and reassembly it now runs +/- .001 over span of 18 inches and I'm happy as a frog in pond.
I don't have (and haven't yet found) a set of thread gears or accessory quick-change gear box but I'll keep looking. If ya'll have any idea where I can find those please let me know.

 

[75Plus]

Logan is still in business as Logan Actuator Co. They still list parts for the old Wards and Logan lathes. Find them on the net at <www.lathe.com >
Good luck!

Joe

 

[GarageGuy]

Good machine. I had a Powr-Kraft (Logan) 54TLC-2130 as my first lathe. You will certainly enjoy yours.

According to your model number (64TLC-2180), your lathe should have been manufactured in 1946. You can match up your serial number from the Logan web site to confirm that. The first two numbers on a Powr-Kraft lathe are the transposed year of manufacture. Mine started with 54, and was manufactured in 1945. Yours starts with 64, and should have been manufactured in 1946. Here is a link to the charts: http://lathe.com/toc.htm

GG