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I think I got a decent buy -- Local Craigs list showing in title something like "lathe mill cutter $1500" ???? wtf? Open it up - not much more info:
1. Lathe
2. Mill
3. Shaffer
Had three dark pics of an apparent 10" SB, what we thought was an Induma mill, and the shaffer was a -- shaper! medium to large size.
Under this was - thankfully - guys name & number (Some of those Craig list ads are bizarre in their having no info)
Was a Construction Co in Ringgold La - called up and managed to find out price was for all three and the lathe was a SB, and the mill was Induma, and the shaper was --- dunno, and that was aBout all I could get. So get directions - about 70 miles away, and head down to take a look.
They were sad, dirty, and filthy making it somewhat difficult to determine much - knew I liked the SB, and thought the mill had promise - but the big English (Newey Eng) shaper - what do I do with it?? (Anybody want a 12" shaper in what seems to be good shape?)
Went off and left them for a few days, thinking on it. Seeing the ad still running yesterday, I called the guy again and he said they were still there. So, my buddy and I, in 2 trucks and a trailer, went down and they followed me home,
The Induma mill is really unknown at this time, its also old and some visible problems - itll get pushed to the corner for later, maybe a winter project.
The SB is S/N 148258 wff - Cat#187R - 10L - 4.5L - with the War Board tag.
Doing some digging last night on Steve Wells site, it was made in 1944 - but nothing more than that. Got on SB site and ordered up the info from Grizz. It seems to be in quite good original undisturbed condition (motor & switch different) original rocker tool post, original small ball bearing center and, there are no glaring problems - carriage handle a bit sloppy, slight ridge on front ways... I think it has good possibilities.
Heres a pic of it as we just got it rolled into the shop - chuck & tail stock was removed for moving.
1. Lathe
2. Mill
3. Shaffer
Had three dark pics of an apparent 10" SB, what we thought was an Induma mill, and the shaffer was a -- shaper! medium to large size.
Under this was - thankfully - guys name & number (Some of those Craig list ads are bizarre in their having no info)
Was a Construction Co in Ringgold La - called up and managed to find out price was for all three and the lathe was a SB, and the mill was Induma, and the shaper was --- dunno, and that was aBout all I could get. So get directions - about 70 miles away, and head down to take a look.
They were sad, dirty, and filthy making it somewhat difficult to determine much - knew I liked the SB, and thought the mill had promise - but the big English (Newey Eng) shaper - what do I do with it?? (Anybody want a 12" shaper in what seems to be good shape?)
Went off and left them for a few days, thinking on it. Seeing the ad still running yesterday, I called the guy again and he said they were still there. So, my buddy and I, in 2 trucks and a trailer, went down and they followed me home,
The Induma mill is really unknown at this time, its also old and some visible problems - itll get pushed to the corner for later, maybe a winter project.
The SB is S/N 148258 wff - Cat#187R - 10L - 4.5L - with the War Board tag.
Doing some digging last night on Steve Wells site, it was made in 1944 - but nothing more than that. Got on SB site and ordered up the info from Grizz. It seems to be in quite good original undisturbed condition (motor & switch different) original rocker tool post, original small ball bearing center and, there are no glaring problems - carriage handle a bit sloppy, slight ridge on front ways... I think it has good possibilities.
Heres a pic of it as we just got it rolled into the shop - chuck & tail stock was removed for moving.
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