There's a bunch of South Bends over in England & I know of at
least one company that was licensed to build South Bends in
Australia . I'm sure there's more .
On 11/22/24 7:40 AM, Steve Bergeron via
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The Myford M7-7 was not introduced until 1947 so England.?
I think that is an interesting data point in this discussion
Steve
On Nov 22, 2024, at 7:25?AM, Mike
Poore via groups.io <mpoore10@...>
wrote:
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I recall lend/lease was already well underway by spring of
1941. We entered the war by the end of 1941. Lend/lease
began, I think, in the late 30's when the UK entered the
war. By 1942, we were sending massive amounts of equipment
and soldiers to the UK to stage for invasion. A lathe made
in spring of 1941, would have taken several months to find
its way to the UK by ship. Assuming the bearing date is
meaningful, I think it is equally possible that the lathe
was part of lend/lease or part of the US Army supply chain.
We are known to leave a lot of equipment behind after a war
so that our military contractors can make more profit
resupplying us.
Bearing dates during that period are probably not as certain
of an indicator as one might think. It was obviously? a
little chaotic. Those bearings may not have been immediately
used. They could be replacement bearings too. Atlas would
not have been directly involved in lend/lease, but they were
certainly a supplier. The US government would buy products
from manufacturers and lend/lease it to the UK. You will
often find a tag on machine tools made for the War Dept with
some language indicating such. I do not know if that was
required or done because the machinery was not always made
to the same standards as commercial products. I doubt too
many people were actually making parts at home for the war.
However, nearly everything was rationed due to shortages.
Having a lathe at home to make or repair parts not available
would make sense.
On 11/21/2024 2:41 AM,
hedgesben via groups.io wrote:
It would be interesting to try and find out the
history of my lathe and how it came to be in the uk.? It
appears that it was made end of april /beginning of may
1941 (going by the dates on the headstock bearings) so
right when America was ramping up the lease lend program
during ww2.
?
Was atlas involved in the lease lend?? where lathes
sent to the uk?
?
of course the slightly less historical important
theory is that an american solder bought it before the
americans went to war and then relocated over here after
the war sometime
?
many thanks
Coop
