I R in here now!
I acquired one of the little AA style lathes for a song in a horsetrade
and have since disassembled and rebuilt it. The original owner had given
it to his middle-aged son about 20 years ago after a lot of use. Aside
from a few of the threading gears being chewed up (need to get
replacements sometime), it's in good shape. I've coupled it with a sirplus
1/6 HP motor too big/small?
If it doesn't bog down with the work you do, 1/6 is fine. I believe I
remember seen an old Sears Craftsman Ad that said the motor for
these little machines was 1/4hp.
I've acquired a buncha tooling via swapmeets and now only lack the time to
play with this lathe.
Just bought a small steam engine kit as a XMAS present for nephews
and wish I had had a chance to duplicate it on the lathe first. Anyone
Anyone have info on kits or plans for these?
Try this page:
Also if you haven't picked up a copy yet, get Home Shop Machinist
Here is another URL for info on Steam Engines:
That should keep you busy for a bit! ;-)
Marty
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