Hello ALL,
Just acquired this nicely restored lot 6, Sn 7090, 36” bed, ?from Bill Fit, in Seattle. Bill acquired the lathe from a previous private owner in Oregon. ?Not much is known about the lathe, except that it is a west coast machine and has a brass badge with inscription “Harringtons 092” rivet to the headstock gear cover. ?I assume this badge might by an early 20th machine shop inventory tag of some sort. Loose brass badging that comes with the machine shows a patent date of 1922. So either thismlathe dates from the 1920’s, or the badging came off another machine at some point. ?I assumed early lot 6’s were built prior to 1920’s.?
Also, The back gear motor mount appears to have been reworked, maybe installed in lieu of the original Dalton motor mount. ?But, Iam not very familiar with the subtleties of the Dalton 6. ?The angled dovetail on the cross slide is something I haven’t seen before.
The lot 6 does seem to be a more robust lathe than the SB 9” I have, from the same mid 1920’s time frame.
glenn B.?
glenn brooks
