Timeline for Identification of vintage wood lathe tail stock with 1/2-20 threaded arbor
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| Jan 24, 2021 at 2:26 | vote | accept | Tim D | ||
| Jan 23, 2021 at 16:03 | history | edited | Tim D | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Update the title to make it more useful
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| Jan 23, 2021 at 15:59 | answer | added | Tim D | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 1, 2021 at 20:31 | answer | added | Caleb | timeline score: -1 | |
| Jan 1, 2021 at 10:10 | comment | added | Graphus | Let us know if 1/2-20 UNF is the right threading once you know for sure. BTW, are you in the process of cleaning the lathe up or do you run it as-is? [No judgement there, I don't care if a tool has some patina/light rust as long as it works the way it's supposed to.] I was just wondering if you had need of any restoration tips. | |
| Dec 31, 2020 at 22:24 | comment | added | Tim D | Ha ha! Thanks so much for chiming in! I feel I'm in the presence of some valuable experience and appreciation for woodworking tools. @JimmyFix-it the adjusting wheel is in fact a little off-kilter, but it's due to the way the set-screw holds it to the threaded shaft. The threaded shaft itself is just fine, and the adjusting wheel runs just fine. Thanks for asking, though. | |
| Dec 31, 2020 at 3:36 | comment | added | Jimmy Fix-it | Is that adjusting wheel loose/off-kilter? It doesn't look parallel to the shaft... | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 21:51 | comment | added | Ashlar♦ | @Graphus Its good to know that I am way past vintage and well on my way to antique. | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 18:43 | history | edited | Tim D | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added the likely nominal measurement of 13/16"
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| Dec 30, 2020 at 10:41 | comment | added | Graphus | Tim, a little Internet sleuthing using "drill chuck female 1/2-20" seems to indicate that chucks with a female 1/2-20 UNF connection are widely available. I'm not certain but I presume this is what you're looking for. | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 10:35 | comment | added | Graphus | @Ashlar, I know, right? I've seen many many tools from the 70s and even the 80s described as vintage! The rule of thumb appears to be ≥20 years (but less than 100, when something becomes antique), so strictly speaking even 90s tools are legitimately vintage now o_O | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 0:30 | comment | added | Ashlar♦ | Sorry I can't answer this question, but I must say that it disturbs me to have someone refer to a machine from the 60's as vintage :) | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 0:19 | history | asked | Tim D | CC BY-SA 4.0 |