Driving back home today after a morning of errands and there was a little old man tacking up some yard sale signs on the the corner. I made my way to the house in question and hopped out to have a look. I don't normally stop, but I figured, eh, its Sunday, don't have a thing going on, why not. There on the table sits a coffee can of morse taper drills and hand ground cutter blanks for a lathe. Which weren't ground by a run of a mill hobbyist. These were carefully done with rake and radius all neatly. As a machinist and CNC field engineer I took kindly to the handy work. I asked the little old man if this was his handy work and he replied "Yes sir"...Mind you I'm 25, he was pushing a solid 80 and I'm Sir!? I complemented him on his craftsmanship and asked him if he had the lathe that he used them on. Much to my shigrin he said "Yes Sir". It's forsale, I just couldnt lift it from the bench top. He takes me in and there she sat. Hadn't run her in 15 yrs he said. I asked what he needed to have for her and he said I paid $75 dollars when it was new. It was alot of money back then. I am not going to ask a single cent less or more for it. I assured him that was WAY MORE than fair enough. I assured him that it would go to a wonderful home where it would be dissasembled, refinished and put back into a life of use by another tradesman. He had a hell of a hand shake for a 79 yr old buck. He was thrilled to see she was going to be brought back to life.
Features Timken Roller Bearing spindle.
RARE set of Commutator Chucks from Jacobs. These were used to hold motor windings.
Original 1/2 horse 1725 RPM DC motor.
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Originally Posted by Dirtcrasher
