Have a look here and see if anything looks close. Pictures of the business end would help.
Lathes
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Have a look here and see if anything looks close. Pictures of the business end would help.
Lathes
@homebrew.357 you've got competition! I think it's a combination gun ! 50cal/12g and 75 cal muzzle loading. With selective trigger, and under lever action on the first two barrels and a fiddleback honey suckle stock!:wtfsmilie:
I know I'm wishing my life away but I can't wait till the morning to continue the inspection and overdue maintenance.
Huh GM I remember being 17 and telling the 80 yr old storeman " I can't wait till Friday" he told me the very same, never wish your life away, I realise what he meant now!
The rust looks a lot worse in the photos than it is. With a spray of penetrating oil it just wipes off.
http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/a...pshsotuacr.jpg
The lead screw at the head end has very little wear.
http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/a...psgll0bzq7.jpg
There is no noticeable play in the headstock and the back gears and feed gears are crisp looking. A bit of rust on the chuck.
http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps4pelujun.jpg
The cross slide on the saddle is a but rusty, but again that will clean up fine.
http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/a...psqjivqfj9.jpg
Now I know it is rude to ask a lady her age but I looked up her birth certificate and she was likely born around 1924.
http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/a...psbk6v4p3c.jpg
YE Gods Gadgetman, There`s a gun, barrel drilling, rifling cutting, homebrew making box of comeinhandy bits I`v ever seen, :drool: . Looks like a heap of fun to sort her out and getting it up and running. Homebrew.357.
She's a tad small for rifle barrel making. You are certainly right about the boxes of goodies though. Spent a bit of time earlier going through them but had to stop and go to a nephews birthday party. I didn't want to go as was having so much fun with my own little present unwrapping party. There are 5 knurling tools, 3 milling faces, bronze bushing, .....
Think I've come up with a cunning enough plan to mount and run a motor and countetshaft too.
awesome :cool:
had a bit of a look..... could be an early 1900s monarch or flathers maybe, had a rat thru the lockup but no chucks or gears.or any bits for it really . what i did find was this little gem Attachment 50308
You must have had a depraved upbringing @Rushy. So did I, but I've done my best to make amends.
And I found one of these.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj-y3gyi0gA
And one of these.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfRAACoj_Aw
I was very focussed as a young man. All of my energy went into drinking Waikato, rugby and girls. Paying attention to detail was not something I spent any time doing, hence I failed School Certificate. In fact I failed it twice and on the second occasion with absolute distinction. My old man had a limited amount of tools GM. If it couldn't be fixed with a hammer and nails, crescent spanner or bow saw then it was jury rigged with number eight wire or baling twine. Metalwork and woodwork were available as subjects but I never gave them a go as biffing a ball or chatting a chick seemed a better idea at the time.
I helped a mate get one of these going. His was Jerry rigged with an 8"x2" plank of wood on a door hinge at the bottom and a single phase motor mounted at the top. A leather belt connected the motor to the spindle, and the weight of the motor swinging on the hinge, plus a tensioner provided enough friction to drive it.
Kj