just picked up a 9" model A , she's in great shape and it was in the hands of a German Machinist, very well maintained and all do what I can to order the catalogs u pointed out, thanks
You remind me of my grandad 🖒 He was always 'tinkering' in the garage on his vintage sports cars, turning a profit from his hobby in restoring them n fixing things up around the house. Its my belief he was a secret prepper. Someclues i now recognise, though ive suspected since his passing. These vids r good for my soul 🖒
Old timers "prepped" before prepping was a thing. Quite often you would fix it or grow it yourself or you would go without. Although it doesn't seem like it these days in a time of instant gratification, convenience, plentifulness and engineered obsolescence we have lost the necessity of fixing and putting things up. Thanks Kim!
Mr. Rain when I was young we were not allowed to use and throw away. Everything had to be used at least two or more times. Like rinse water became wash water and roast became hash etc. I am a girl so not so much with tools, but same premise. Dad took great care of his things. We had dad’s erector set when we were young and I believe it was passed to my children.
Boy does that look familiar. lol that thing will outlast you Patrick. We had a similar size lathe in our shop that had been used almost every day since 1942. When I retired in 2015, that lathe still only had .005in runout. Still good enough to use except for precision items. Enjoyed the video. Phil
Nice! Great feedback. Like so many things in the works around here I look forward to learn more about this fine tool. I’ve heard nothing but good things about it.
Put a board on your ways under your chuck when changing it to protect everything. Great video, been awhile since a ran an engine lathe, looks like fun.
(Ditto informative) it is very interesting Patrick I just sent this to my son in law as he has worked on metal lathe gunsmithing I am not sure if that is the same type of lathe. Patrick, can wait to see it all cleaned up and painted .
I just got an original non restored once in a lifetime extremely low use model A southbend. The accessories have hardly been used at all and the faceplate was never used 😁😁😁😁 I bought it to resell it so I can get a modern industrial quality lathe. It sure is cool though , and I'm not going to paint it , because how clean it is for the year with the original paint to me is , and would be a huge tells all selling point if I wanted one for myself . Someone will be thrilled to buy it when I put it up for sale . And it won't go cheap 😲🧐😁
Hi, just to say about the missing changewheel tooth, I repaired a tooth by welding years ago. A farming contractor's silage bale wrapper broke a gear tooth in the middle of wrapping. The gear wheel must have been steel because we took it off and I built up the missing tooth with weld, probably using ordinary 6013 rods, and carefully filed it back to shape. It worked and was still holding when the wrapper was sold four years later. I was lucky because the shaping of the new tooth must be important to avoid undue stress on the adjoining and mating teeth, however we got away with it!
Nice piece! Check out the south bend serial card it will tell ya everything possible about the lathes origins. My 9in lathe was poured in 1939 and went to a high school in Cleveland Ohio.
Audrey Stewart right! In the past companies engineer and built for reputation and quality. Now it seems “engineered obsolescence” is the common denominator.
Mr. Rain that is sure right things in the past were made to be passed down, but now things are made to be replaced. In the past we made do yet currently we wait for the newest improvements.
💕 I want y'all to know, even though I watch all of garden and house videos, I rarely watch the ones like this, since I'm not mechanically inclined. That being said, I was so aggravated at You Tube for not letting y'all make money on the video about the coronavirus, that I decided to like and play every single video y'all put out, even if like this one where I just turned off the sound and let it run while I did something else ☺️
Great video. I’m learning a lot from your videos. The one I’m looking at is in great shape. Model A 4.5 bed. Could you give me a idea on what these sell for in that condition
I think you will decrease the value significantly if you paint it with the hammered paint. I think the original color was the grayish green (or greenish gray) that is on the legs.; the stuff you said came in "after the fact."
If resale value mattered, that may be an issue, but he did not buy it to resell, he bought it to use, and he has used it to make several things. It was worth it
Mr . From Argentina , Buenos Aires . I have a lathe similar . Mark Santos Vega . I`m restaurating . I think the model is aprox. 1940. If you can give me your email , I take photos of my work . Nelson Mescher
For future reference, our email address is always in the description box but I will post it here if you want to send those photos and I will make sure Patrick sees them: raincountryhomestead@gmail.com
