1940's Vintage Portass Lathe Restoration 

Hello Rosie👍 Ben Put me here, glad he did, an amazing Lathe, 65 + seperate pieces, can’t believe the tool post bed is Hued from a solid piece of steel/cast iron? & shaped & not sure if the pulley side is cast or from solid but oh my god for something on such a small footprint it’s sublime. Please please try & get this running & show us watchers it run, nice paint & restoration, you have patience in spades👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.......

Nice job and video the colour looks a lot better now thanks for sharing your time and skill and remember stay safe and make more great videos ☕☕👍👍

This vid has been a godsend, bought a 1930's earlier last week and now I have watched this a couple of times am going to restore first before putting to work. I wanted a smallish one basically for watch making and model steam parts and my one came up super cheap so pulled the lever on it. Got a small quick change tool post coming from China plus some cheap carbide tools, also bought a lead screw coupler and a rather handy motor and controller unit which I am going to make a power feed with but won't damage the lathe casting itself as it will be mounted on the baseboard I have it set up on. Also bought a cheap variable speed controller for the 2hp Clarke motor it came with so it can be set up on one belt and again without damaging lathe body :)

Now that was straight out of the top draw, seriously well done 👍

Great job on the lathe Rosie. New subscriber from Texas sent over from Ben the Tool Addict. 😃👍🏼

You rock girl , awesome

Brilliant video, very therapeutic to watch Girls got skills 👌👏😁

Just found your channel and Subscribed. Very nice lathe

Ben sent me. He was right. Good stuff! Subbed. #94! 😀

Hello Rosie, Nice work... the lathe has been transformed. Take care. Paul,,

Came out great! I love the color! Can't wait to see it run

Absolutely fantastic job well done Rosie amazing

Fantastic job 👏 👍

Excellent job! I was sent over by Ben the Tool Addict and am looking forward to seeing more of your work.

That’s pretty cool! Nice job!

Very nice restored bro 👍👍💪

So soothing to watch, you're doing ace! ❤️

Cracking Job! I have a similar lathe and then an earlier Victorian example on a cast iron floor stand. Nice video! I like the girder adjustable also!

Lovely finish 👌 great colour choice.

Loving these bud

what size bar can it turn ?

The original flat belt step pulley has been replaced and the backgear assembly is gone