Re: is this an original minilathe
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Good video, as usual.? Yes, as he said those are quite collectible now and fetch a lot of money,
I acquired a MasterSon incarnation one in about 1964 from a friend, actually used it to make some model railroad parts, and then just stored it away until I foolishly sold it.? I bought another many years later that came with the VERY rare carrying case.? The lathes.co.uk site has my photos of that MasterSon lathe with the case.
If you want to read much more, see many more photos, ads, etc. here is the link to the first page of several at lathes.co.uk for these things.
Charles E. "Chuck" Kinzer
On Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 10:36:57 PM PST, Brian VanDragt <bvandragt@...> wrote:
Mr Pete started a video series on small lathes today. He starts with a 2x3 Manson lathe weighing 5.5 pounds. https://youtu.be/Ut3LqZUlc_4?si=ZZj-THnU0LZQBpFQ
Brian?
-------- Original message -------- From: Aaron Woods <awoods550@...> Date: 1/4/24 9:30 AM (GMT-05:00) Subject: Re: [7x12MiniLathe] is this an original minilathe
The terms, mini, micro and baby seem to have originated with Seig. I don't know that there is really much use to more fine grained than "small bench top" lathe' at most maybe "Table top" to distinguish the smaller easily moved (under 100lbs) from the larger more static models. Swing obviously plays some part in this' but an Atlas /Craftsman 6x18" with its greater weight, and rear mounted motor is much less portable than a 7x14.
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