I have a heavy 10 and a 13 and am considering RPM upgrade. Have you looked into this at all? 2k would be nice to have on at least the small lathe. Do these brass sleeve spindle bearings only want to go so fast?
I dunno, there's something about old iron that is appealing to serious engineering work..........modern lathes just don't have that solid metal appeal or the sound of the belt joiner as it click claks over the pulleys and the back gear sound is in another spectrum.......I know as I have a 1930 Colchester Bantam that I bought in UK in 1980 for 100 pounds and took it all the way to OZ when I emigrated there in 1981.........best 100 pounds of money I spent.......I had to do a complete rebuild including machining all the slideways on the bed with a hand planer I made.
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nice find.
Good meeting you today, you did a great job on this!
@@Superman3153 thank you !
Nice work and a beautiful machine. Thanks for showing us.
Nice piece of iron
Nice looking machine. 👌
Very nice lathe sir
Beautiful! I've got a longer version and love it.
there's a reason why people seek out SB lathes, if you take care of them, they will last forever.
Wow, NICE!
I have a heavy 10 and a 13 and am considering RPM upgrade. Have you looked into this at all? 2k would be nice to have on at least the small lathe. Do these brass sleeve spindle bearings only want to go so fast?
I dunno, there's something about old iron that is appealing to serious engineering work..........modern lathes just don't have that solid metal appeal or the sound of the belt joiner as it click claks over the pulleys and the back gear sound is in another spectrum.......I know as I have a 1930 Colchester Bantam that I bought in UK in 1980 for 100 pounds and took it all the way to OZ when I emigrated there in 1981.........best 100 pounds of money I spent.......I had to do a complete rebuild including machining all the slideways on the bed with a hand planer I made.