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Aug. 22nd, 2007 10:53 amDo I have any woodworkers on my friends list?
I have, in my garage, a wood lathe. It's an old lathe; probably from the fifties. I showed a picture to my team lead at work who's a member of a wood turning club and that was his assesment. It's belt driven and needs an external motor to run, but the bearings and such all seem good; it spins just fine.
Did I mention that this thing is large? Really large? Standing on end, it's taller than me. I think it's about seven or eight foot, and the throat is most of it. You can turn some long-ass spindles and stuff on this thing.
I'm going to put it on Craig's List and ask for $100 or best offer. I really don't even know a good ball-park figure to ask for, so I figure that's as good as any. My team lead couldn't give me any better advice either, except to say that, while old, non-electronically controlled lathes generally aren't worth much of anything, this one is so unusually big that it may be worth some money to someone. I guess the trick would be finding that someone.
Before I put it on Craig's list, do any of my readers know anyone who might be interested in this thing, or even have any info they can give me about it? Not just about what it might be worth, but about what it's for. I'm really into the history and story behind old tools like this, even if I don't need them or have a use for them. I thought I was going to try using it once upon a time, but wood working just isn't my thing, and I don't have time for the metal working that I really want to do anyway, let alone taking on more projects.
I have, in my garage, a wood lathe. It's an old lathe; probably from the fifties. I showed a picture to my team lead at work who's a member of a wood turning club and that was his assesment. It's belt driven and needs an external motor to run, but the bearings and such all seem good; it spins just fine.
Did I mention that this thing is large? Really large? Standing on end, it's taller than me. I think it's about seven or eight foot, and the throat is most of it. You can turn some long-ass spindles and stuff on this thing.
I'm going to put it on Craig's List and ask for $100 or best offer. I really don't even know a good ball-park figure to ask for, so I figure that's as good as any. My team lead couldn't give me any better advice either, except to say that, while old, non-electronically controlled lathes generally aren't worth much of anything, this one is so unusually big that it may be worth some money to someone. I guess the trick would be finding that someone.
Before I put it on Craig's list, do any of my readers know anyone who might be interested in this thing, or even have any info they can give me about it? Not just about what it might be worth, but about what it's for. I'm really into the history and story behind old tools like this, even if I don't need them or have a use for them. I thought I was going to try using it once upon a time, but wood working just isn't my thing, and I don't have time for the metal working that I really want to do anyway, let alone taking on more projects.
