Wrong part....

[GoatDriver]

My son and I bought an old Craftsman 6x18 lathe at the end of last summer and had not gotten it cleaned up good before it was called to duty.
My son had ordered some replacement deck wheels for a customer and they sent the wrong deck wheels, so to keep from having to go thru the
"return" process...We just chucked them up in the old lathe and "modified" them to fit. This little lathe is old (1950's) and she looked rough when we got her
but she runs very well and is still holds good tolerance.

Just thought you guys would enjoy a little "shop time"...





What the lathe looked like a couple of days before the "first" job at her new home.




after a little clean-up and a test run...


What she looks like now...


My son doing a little learning on the 1950's Craftsman 6x18 lathe

[bobodu]

Time to start making CANNONS !!!

[Deere2me]

Nice find! I particularly like the trick dial indicator holder! Cool pics.

[stienut13]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!

Jim

[GoatDriver]

Nice find! I particularly like the trick dial indicator holder! Cool pics.

Thanks...Good eye! That's a Starrett 196. I got it with a bunch of tooling that I bought at a great price (drill bits, carbide end mills, counter sinks, etc.) it was in one of the metal "cabinets"! BONUS score!!

[Deere2me]

Nice find! I particularly like the trick dial indicator holder! Cool pics.

Thanks...Good eye! That's a Starrett 196. I got it with a bunch of tooling that I bought at a great price (drill bits, carbide end mills, counter sinks, etc.) it was in one of the metal "cabinets"! BONUS score!!

No, man, ya missed the point! In your pics you have it sittin' opened on top of a coffee can on the edge of the table ! Wouldn't take much for an oops!

[bobodu]

Hell...you outta see MY shop!!

[GoatDriver]

Nice find! I particularly like the trick dial indicator holder! Cool pics.

Thanks...Good eye! That's a Starrett 196. I got it with a bunch of tooling that I bought at a great price (drill bits, carbide end mills, counter sinks, etc.) it was in one of the metal "cabinets"! BONUS score!!

No, man, ya missed the point! In your pics you have it sittin' opened on top of a coffee can on the edge of the table ! Wouldn't take much for an oops!

I just sat it up there while I was taking the picture...

[bobodu]

Haven't seen the floor since I rebuilt that K241 last year...making a pair of coffee tables out of boat propellers right now in that mess.


Hmmm....think that's the lathe


Gonna make a toilet paper holder too.

[GoatDriver]

Looks like ya got a bunch work going on in there to me, bobodu...