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Memories ... memories,
Just came across Frank Morrison's older post. Regarding my Civil War Lathe, I no
longer have it. I bought it from a junkyard in a S.D. town near where Custer made
his famous last stand. I took the cone-pulley to work, turned each flat down and
heat-shrunk sleeves on it that I had machined with vee-grooves. I ran it off an
old well-motor and got speeds from a car transmission. Of course, in Civil War
days, all screws were hand-made and not ONE was like another. It was great fun and
a challenge 'cause even then in the late seventies, it was ancient and WORN OUT.
The junkyard had dedicated it to grinding brake drums, so guess what the ways
looked like etc?
Brought back a lotta memories
Bob T
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