Re: Confirming this is a Dalton
What you have is a Dalton 10 ? inch. These were under development when the company failed in 1929 we think. Yours is the third one I have seen. It would help if you would include your name in your
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Dennis Turk
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#5806
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Re: Confirming this is a Dalton
A few more pictures I meant to add, It appears I'm missing the gear cover and compound
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gmciver@...
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#5805
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Re: DALTON B 6 LATHE
Is that a first generation Nova in the background?
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chrisser
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#5804
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Re: DALTON B 6 LATHE
Lot 6.
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Rick Clayton
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#5803
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Re: DALTON B 6 LATHE
That’s the same as mine. A very capable vintage machine. Surprisingly precise and very ridged.
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sept171965
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#5802
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Re: DALTON B 6 LATHE
Welcome Alan.? Cool that you have some history to your Dalton and that you have the stand.
I'm a newbie here, but probably the first question that will be asked is if you can get the lot/serial
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chrisser
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#5801
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Confirming this is a Dalton
Hello, I've posted pictures on here a couple years ago trying to identify my lathe but didn't succeed. there are no stamped marking on it on the end of the bed as usual. I found one piece behind the
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gmciver@...
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#5800
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DALTON B 6 LATHE
Hello,
My name is Alan I inherited a Dalton B 6 lathe and am going to go through the restoration process, I am a mechanic by trade and am not a machinist. I received this from an uncle who purchased
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v2alan@...
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#5799
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Re: A Dalton lathe in Italy
I didn't get to put the hands on the small Dalton the past days, but I had a look at it the first day i brought home and if I remember well the lead screw is not metric, if I'm not wrong it is 12
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Dria72
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#5798
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Re: A Dalton lathe in Italy
Nice looking shop made front spindle bearing Andrea. Also that dial ring tells me that the lathe is setup for metric am I correct. If so check the threading lead screw it might also be metric that
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Dennis Turk
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#5797
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Re: A Dalton lathe in Italy
Hi,
So I have a mixed lathe :-)
Thank you so much for your answers!
I got to work on it these days...
Here you are some more pictures and what you asked Dennis:
1 yes, that pipe seems a protection
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Dria72
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#5796
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Re: A Dalton lathe in Italy
And we have a Lot 2 in Germany?
Regards Rainer
Am 28.01.2022 16:35 schrieb Dennis Turk <dennis.turk2@...>:
Good Evening Andrea. Must be as its 7 in the morning here in Oregon USA. As to
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Rainer Zauritz
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#5795
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Re: A Dalton lathe in Italy
OK Andrea I have looked over your photos more closely and here is what I have found.
1 have no idea of what the fitting on the left side of the apron is that looks like a tube over the lead screw.
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Dennis Turk
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#5794
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Re: A Dalton lathe in Italy
Good Evening Andrea. Must be as its 7 in the morning here in Oregon USA. As to your Dalton yes it has the lot 5 apron with the clutch knob. Its really odd that it does not have the lead screw
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Dennis Turk
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#5793
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Re: A Dalton lathe in Italy
Wonderful to see these lathes continue to turn up. A pre 1915 lathe suggests it saw service in the Great War. Dennis May know more...
The black is almost certainly Japanning. Jappening in the
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glenn brooks
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#5792
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Re: Dalton identification
Dennis, Thank you for the response and information. I have had this for
several years now ( father used it to build steam engines and his father
was tool and DIe maker also made steam engines, I
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ted beyer <TedBeyer1@...>
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#5791
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Re: A Dalton lathe in Italy
Well, I actually found at least three/four layers of different paint when started to disassemble and clean the lathe.
The first layer is black (japanning ? ) , then there is a thick layer of brown,
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Dria72
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#5790
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Re: Dalton identification
Looking at your pictures again and our lathe has a Lot 3 compound slide so this lathe was made early to mid 1914. Dennis
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Dennis Turk
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#5789
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Re: Dalton identification
Your lathe is a lot 4 and with the patent tag on the tail stock it is also a pre 1915 made machine. Lot 5 lathes came out in 1922. Dennis
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Dennis Turk
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#5788
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Re: A Dalton lathe in Italy
That’s the same color my Dalton Lot 5 was painted. Odd, I always thought a previous owner had painted it that color.
Ryan
Manchester, MA
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Ryan Bardsley
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#5787
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