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Good 'un Ron.

All these nice clean lathes


DaveH

Henryarnold,
Welcome to MetalworkingFun

One smart looking lathe. Still looks quite new there.


DaveH

Drummond lathe found in a barn






The lathe was eventually sold on ebay
It needed more than a lick of paint
John

(05-19-2012, 04:27 AM)doubleboost Wrote: [ -> ]Drummond lathe found in a barn
][It needed more than a lick of paint
John

so is you gowing to restor the lathe then

Hi
Bob
The lathe was to far gone for me to restore
I sold it on ebay
John

The Drummond round bed was the first metal lathe I ever used. It belonged to my BIL and he inherited it from his Dad who brought it from "Jolly Aulde England".
To me it was the "Bees Knees" back then, but the equipment I have amassed over the past 50 years make it seem rather "Mickey Mouse" by comparison.

bonjour a tous voici l'1 de mes tour ;mondiale symplex ,vraiment tres agreable a utiliser,bien cordialement

Thierry,
Looks a very nice solid built lathe Tres bon

DaveH

Google translation:

"hello all here is the one of my tower; World Symplex, really very pleasant to use, cordially"

Looks like a lathe to me not a tower. I guess Mr. Google isn't metalworking savvy.

Nice looking lathe Thierry.

Ed

Ed, tour is French for lathe. Comimg from the word "tourne" or in english "turn" makes a little more sense than "lathe" doesn't it.
Does anyone know the entymology of the word lathe?