lodge and shipley lathe

[idacal]

I just picked up this lathe on a trade. and Im trying to figure what year and what it is it says 16" and you can see it has a long bed Im wondering where the serial numbers or model numbers are ay help would be great I can also get some close ups thanks

[Andrew_D]

Looks like there's lots of room at the end of the bed to set your coffee cup down!

Have you tried Practical Machinist or Home Shop Machinist? The folks there should be able to point you in the right direction.

Some thoughts...are the legs original? I see supports from the bed into the chip pan in three spots, but only 2 sets of legs instead of 3.

Andrew

P.S. Found the following on lathes.co.uk...http://www.lathes.co.uk/lodgeshipley/

[jackalope]

Idacal,

There is a fella over on the Practicalmachinist.com site named JohnOder. If you post the pic in the antique machinery section, he will pretty much pinpoint your machine's age.

Looks like a nice old beast. Plenty of distance bewtween centers.

Grant

[dunemetal]

Originally Posted by jackalope

Idacal,

There is a fella over on the Practicalmachinist.com site named JohnOder. If you post the pic in the antique machinery section, he will pretty much pinpoint your machine's age.

Looks like a nice old beast. Plenty of distance bewtween centers.

Grant

$20 bill says John has the catalog from L&S from the year it came out. He is an amazing guy and a tremendous resource.

[idacal]

thanks guys Im heading over to that site. The bow in the bed is an optical illusion the strap in the middle is lose, strictly for dot, and I do have the third leg some body put rollers under this thing to move it around so I have to shim the the middle leg.

[jackalope]

Originally Posted by dunemetal

$20 bill says John has the catalog from L&S from the year it came out. He is an amazing guy and a tremendous resource.

I will NOT take you up on that bet! You are sure to lose if ya do!

He will have the answers for you.

OT, I was making some very small gears to fit an existing assembly with fixed centers. I needed to make a 4:1 reduction while still utilizing the fixed centers. With all the calculations we had done, we could not peg the right numbers. John came back with the calculations and gear cutter, pitch, in shot order. Cut the 3/4" gears and they worked perfectly!

This guy is a dang genius!!!

[dunemetal]

Originally Posted by jackalope

I will NOT take you up on that bet! You are sure to lose if ya do!

He will have the answers for you.

OT, I was making some very small gears to fit an existing assembly with fixed centers. I needed to make a 4:1 reduction while still utilizing the fixed centers. With all the calculations we had done, we could not peg the right numbers. John came back with the calculations and gear cutter, pitch, in shot order. Cut the 3/4" gears and they worked perfectly!

This guy is a dang genius!!!

^^^ right on and a classy guy to boot, never will you see him drug down in some of the insane exchanges that go on over there at times. Still, a good site in spite of a select few!

[Thiel-Metal-Fab]

looks like the middle is bowing .. bet that takes aome time to get level

[sailwelder]

try lathes.co.uk, they have information on lodge&shipley lathes as well.