Ok, while trading lathe chisels for 7bf of Black Walnut....this is the lathe the fellow had...

I doubt IF the motor is original, but, any ideas about who made something like this?   I didn't see any markings while I was there....more interested in the wood supplies...

 

Ring a bell out there?   I didn't think Walker-Turner made them like this...

 

Crafts, Dunlap or Companion.  Early 1940s.  Check this page.  Start at the bottom and work your way back as it is almost at the bottom.

 

http://www.lathes.co.uk/craftsmanwood/

 

 

This was a brand I use to see in Sears when I was a children!!  Whups, now I read Dans thingy.

COOL!

Sure looks like a 1/4 hp washing machine motor by the motor base.

Herb

43 minutes ago, Dadio said:

Sure looks like a 1/4 hp washing machine motor by the motor base.

Herb

 

Or an old furnace fan motor.

Could also walk into Tractor Supply Store ( TSC) and by the same thing...for about..$135 or so...

 

Not sure where he got either the lathe, or the motor....may ask him next time I'm there...

MAY AS WELL TELL IT ALL, HAVE ONE JES LIKE IT. SOME YEARS AGO AN OLD FRIEND STOPPED AT MY REPAIR SHOP AN TOLD ME ANOTHER OLD FRIEND HAD DIED. EZ'WIDOW ASKED'M WOULD HE SELL'EZ WWING TOOLS. HAD ONE IN'Z PICKUP + 6 SEARS CHISELS, PLUS SOME OTHER ODDS AND ENDS. HE LEFT WITH $135. I STILL HAVE THE OLD LATHE + MOTOR & BELT. JUST LIFE, HOW SWEET IT IS.