i decided it was time to upgrade my old cheapie lathe, so i bought 2 old beaver 3400s and combined the best of both to create a good machine
left over parts are the three castings, a stripped spindle and a motor with a bent pulley!!
the “new” lathe works just great all for 150 bucks
Edited 11/1/2009 12:40 pm ET by steve
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Nice looking old lathe , looks sort of like an old Walker Turner gap bed .
Money well spent , it will last several life times with a bearing change every 40 years or so .
I always wanted a tenon jig this one came to me $20 , funny enough it pretty well matches the circa of my old 1943 Delta TS .
regards dusty,old iron junkie
you know, there's a lot to be said about resurrecting old iron!!
one of the lathes came with an old beaver tablesaw for free, it getting a rebuild too
Those can be very nice. If you make a table to suit that face plate, and make a couple of plywood discs to attach that have abrasive papers mounted you can have a disc sander and a means to touch up your lathe tools on the fly.
a disk sander on the outboard end, i like that idea,especially for touching up turning tools, im using a grinder with a good wheel now, but for on the fly touch ups, great idea unles im turning outboard of course!!
Definitely one of my better mods. I don't have a dedicated disc sander, which I think is a most versatile machine especially if the disc is a biggish diameter.
The face plate stays put on that one and I have several wood discs with different abrasives which can be fitted quickly.The table can tilt.Philip Marcou
the latest in the saga of two old beavers;
new stand, drive system, outboard turning(works well, no vibration)
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