Old lathe magic - my Schaublin 102 

Andrew Wilson Yes, Hardinge are very similar. There were a few manufacturers that closely mirrored each others products at that time. The lathe bed/beam profile is very similar. Glad you enjoyed the vid. Cheers Rob

you cannot run them without oil. The bearings get hot and then... have 2 of them. One came with some grinding dust in the oiler... geuss where that would land when not cleaned ^^ they are extreme precise. 0.005 mikron. The bearing is mostly made of brass. The steel spindle runs on a oilfilm. Brass > oil > spindle. No oilfilme no bearing. One of mine must be 90 years old, based on the design ^^ They are heavy like a truck. Spindle and bed are +-40kg

They made machinery to look good back in those days.

captaingreenbush With the shed layout, the countershaft has to be mounted as is. There is no advantage to be had from mounting it on the wall. It works very well as is, and belt slip is not a problem. Cheers Rob

It is a Schaublin 102 toolmakers lathe from the mid 1930's.

+Justin B Hi Justin, It is unusual to have the cross slide screw turn counter clock wise. I'm pretty sure that's not original. All other Schaublin lathes I've got information on turn clockwise. Someone probably used a right hand thread Acme tap/die to make a new one when it wore out - much more common than left hand thread tooling. This lathe has done a massive amount of work, so anything is possible. Cheers Rob

Dane Cook I'm in Adelaide, South Australia.

Haha, if you consider 1400 km's not far, then i was close!

Magpies mate. Or Gary has ripped off the sound track to the ending of "My Brilliant Career".

Yes, she is pretty. I don't think it would have come in orange livery, but hey, do what you like. Looks a lot like an early Advance. Provide these old lathes can still cut true they are a great machine to have. You do have a "proper" lathe so unless you are into machining parts for ships or tractors the bigger is better parrot drone from some "experts" is just crap and should be ignored. Small lathes probably do more work and are much more useful to hobbyists than big ones ever will be. The "mines bigger than yours" guys are pretty skillful though, being able to type out crap using one hand, the other permanently lodged down their trousers ;) That's a sad part of most user forums. You get these wallys sending people down the wrong path, buying cheap huge monsters they and everybody else don't want/ need. Having said that, thanks for the link and I enjoyed looking at the thread. Cheers Rob .

xynudu The orange is what it came in, but there are three other colours on it as well. The previous owner had already upgraded to a bigger faster machine, but it's so noisy I would hate using it. My little belt drive is so quiet I could have a conversation right next to it. Eventually I'd like to put in a soft start 3 phase motor with VFD and reverse, and do away with the clutch. It would be even quieter and smoother then. I'm not even using the clutch now actually. I use to use it because too much stopping and starting would trip out my meter box, but I don't have that problem when I plug it into the 15 amp outlet I got put in for my welder.

Canvas won't stop it rusting. An oily rag will. Oh and by the way, the rags were washed before use.