[SEL] Good stuff happens! Update

Jerry Evans jerrye at databak.co.za
Wed Jul 2 09:56:00 PDT 2008


Hi Everyone,
         Just a quick update, I finally got the correct serial number on 
the SB lathe and LeBlond lathes have replied as follows:

1.  Serial Number:  119990
2.  Catalog Number:  113-C
3.  Size:  13"X6'
4.  1HP; 400V/3PH/50CY
5.  1425 RPM
6.  Ship Date:  November 17, 1941
7.  Originally sold to the U.S. War Department in Chicago, Illinois.

         It's always nice to get this kind of information. That electric 
motor was obviously changed to 220 v single phase when it got to South 
Africa. I wonder how it ended up in a newspaper toolroom in South Africa - 
probably "War surplus".

Keep the revs up (or down)
Jerry Evans
Near Johannesburg in Sunny South Africa.
Etched Brass Engine Plates made to order:
www.oldengine.org/members/evans/plates/index.htm





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