Craftsman 101.27440 New to me!

[notnowgus]

Hello!
New member here and I have recently acquired, IMHO, a very nice example of a nearly unmolested Craftsman lathe.
I don't know much about the history but I'll post pictures and updates as I clean it up and get it ready for use.
This is a picture of it before I bought it.

 

[Jim F]

Should clean up nicely.

 

[markba633csi]

Nice old iron
I like your handle- must be a story there
-Mark