My 104 year old (born in 1916) Grandfather died last week and I now have a Dalton lathe that he owned and loved for most of his life. ? He told me the story of picking up the lathe during the Great Depression when - I believe he said - the lathe was being phased out or replaced by the shop (I believe in NY) - that had been using it. ? He died with a piece of brass still in the machine - he enjoyed making candle sticks with the lathe.

I was trying to determine what lot and serial # were marked on the lathe - but I can’t seem to find it where I believe it should be. ? Here are some photos of the lathe and the area where I thought the serial # should have been.

Any ideas what this lathe is and why there doesn’t appear to be a serial #? ? I measured the distance from the center of the work piece to the top rail - also shown below.