[SEL] Chips on the floor....

[Gary Epps]

Curt
I enjoyed your pics.  I have my eye on an old lathe, I have not yet seen it. 
The nice thing is that the owner has his eye on one of my large engines, a 
Fairbanks Morse ZC 208 that he wants to power a line shaft.

Gary
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From: "Curt" <curt at imc-group.com>
To: "SEL" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>; "SEL (Oldengine.org)" 
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Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 4:13 PM
Subject: [SEL] Chips on the floor....


> Another old piece of heavy iron is running again. A couple of months ago 
> some folks were posting pictures of old lathes they had. I had just gotten 
> one too and have been working on it since. The old hunk of iron had been 
> in a barn for 15 years and was gummed up solid with old grease and bugs 
> building in every lube point on the lathe. This required a total tear down 
> and reassembly. Added a 3HP motor (thanks to all who contributed on HP 
> recommendations) and Mircovee flat belt to drive the spindle. So far it is 
> working fine. Here are a few before, during, and after pictures. The last 
> one is of chips flying.
> <http://www.oldengine.org/members/holland/images/Lathe/Thumbnails.html>
> Life is good!
> Curt Holland
> Gastonia, NC
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