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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:27 pm    Post subject: My OLD lathe !! Reply with quote
I have had a wee lathe in my garage for 20 years , given to me by my grandfather. I always had it down as a 70's piece of cheap tat, mainly due to the cheap looking blue hammerited finish!!

Imagine my astonishment to find out it is about 100 yrs old  assuming my research on http://www.lathes.co.uk/index.html is correct.
Its a 3.5" drummond i think,  made about 1905 !!
Just need to oil it up and learn how to use it!!
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That looks like a big hefty lump Sandy
Well worth oiling it up and learning how to use it
And I'm pritty sure it will last another 100 years
You lucky sod  Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks Mike, its actually the very 1st type of this model and dates to 1902...I am truly surprised.  My grandfather died last week aged 96 and i only thought about the lathe today for the 1st time in years......

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice old lathe its older than mine, I'd be proud to own it !
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
What did your grandfarther use the lathe for Sandy ?
Was he a model maker   Very Happy  
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nah Mike, just something he was given years ago. I bet he never once used it!!!
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
How are you going on with the lathe Sandy
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well worth preserving!
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