Flea Market Find

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The little knurled nut is made up of two parts soldered together because I do not have a tool to do the straight knurling. I can only do diamond knurling so I cut the knurled part off of an old clock part. Working on old clocks is another hobby.
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mcgravy wrote:DeSoto,

Yes I made everything except the screws and the thumbscrew that holds the needle, using scraps that I had in my shop. Thanks. I have always enjoyed machine work as a hobby. I am working on the other components to complete the machine and will post more pics soon.

Excellent!

I have a circa 1910 "Star" Engine Lathe ( Seneca Falls, NY ) in storage, that I hope to get set-up someday, and begin to develop some machine-shop skills.

My paternal grandfather was a machinist, and was foreman in the Erecting Shops at the B&O RR's Mt. Clare terminus in Baltimore.

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Sounds like a neat lathe. I don't know who made mine. It was sold by Montgomery Ward in the 1950's I think. Here's another photo of the progress.
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That's looking very good!

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This wonderful treasure obviously fell into the right hands. Congrats on the project.

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Thanks phonogfp. Thanks FloridaClay. And thanks to all of you who helped me with this project with photos, measurements, advice and encouragement. At least it looks presentable now and people can see basically what it looked like originally. And if I'm lucky enough to run across some original parts I can just switch em out. I've got a few more small details to add and I'm going to try to nickel the parts and that's it.
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Crikey! You even found a correct original horn! Excellent work! :shock:

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Actually I cheated on that. I "borrowed" it from our Trademark. There was a thread on the forum awhile back about a Trademark and records auctioned off from an estate. My wife and I were the ones who bought it.
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Amazing how you brought this treasure back to life. You'll definitely have to keep before and after pictures of this.
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Beautiful restoration work.I am amazed.
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