This is the ad:
"Needs motor 130.00" :laughing:

So I sent him an email, and the response I got:
"Hi Jeff
There is No name Or Numbers what so ever on it. There looks to have been a feed on it years ago. it is very old I was told turn of the century??? Never research it I sent some other pics"

Any ideas?

See if he will deliver it.. and pay you $20. Junk.

Yeah, that thing looks way too hokey. It's either very low end commercial or homemade. I wouldn't bother with it.

Yeah, that thing looks way too hokey. It's either very low end commercial or homemade. I wouldn't bother with it.

Your kidding right??? That lathe is ancient... That is why it is hard to identify. It looks like it used to run off of a centralized pulley system.... Back in the old days many factories only had one or two electric motors in the plant. This is long before every machine had its own motor attached. These motors (be it electric, steam, or whatever) would site outside the pant with a shaft than ran throughout. When a machine needed power it would have a belt run off of the shaft to the machine, and a clutch that engaged the belt. If you look on the back of the lathe you can see the drop down pulley...


Do you collect old equip?

no power feed and very small pass through...its worth scrap basicly.

here you can find old lathe pics

http://www.lathes.co.uk/

Your kidding right??? That lathe is ancient... That is why it is hard to identify. It looks like it used to run off of a centralized pulley system.... Back in the old days many factories only had one or two electric motors in the plant. This is long before every machine had its own motor attached. These motors (be it electric, steam, or whatever) would site outside the pant with a shaft than ran throughout. When a machine needed power it would have a belt run off of the shaft to the machine, and a clutch that engaged the belt. If you look on the back of the lathe you can see the drop down pulley...


Do you collect old equip?

I know about overhead line drive equipment. I look at the flat ways on that thing, the nearly plate type construction of the tailstock and headstock parts... compared to the heavily cast parts and V-ways of my South Bend 13, that one looks, well, hokey. :D Granted, it cost less than my SB, but it still looks like something that was low end commercial or homemade to me. I don't collect old equipment, but I like to look at them. :)

Your kidding right??? That lathe is ancient... That is why it is hard to identify. It looks like it used to run off of a centralized pulley system.... Back in the old days many factories only had one or two electric motors in the plant. This is long before every machine had its own motor attached. These motors (be it electric, steam, or whatever) would site outside the pant with a shaft than ran throughout. When a machine needed power it would have a belt run off of the shaft to the machine, and a clutch that engaged the belt. If you look on the back of the lathe you can see the drop down pulley...


Do you collect old equip?

That's called "Line shaft." The factory I work in has some equipment that runs by lineshaft, but ours is under the machines. You don't run one without the other 3, so it makes sense. (in our case anyway.)

Wait around for something like this.
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/tls/1454099431.html

Wait around for something like this.
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/tls/1454099431.html

Agreed. Lots of goodies with that lathe!

steady rest is a must for a small pass through machine if you want to do driveshaft work.

up north u all get all the deal on mill and lathe