Beaver

[bc_gold 139]

I asked for a wood lathe and this is what I got, yes a landfill score.

 

Might even be older than the Foley Belsaw 905 wood planer and the lathe looks to have babbit bearings with an oil wick to keep them lubricated.

 

Edited September 19 by bc_gold

[bc_gold 139]

Did not find the face plate and the spindle looks smaller than from a modern conventional lathe.

 

I'm in the process of making a pattern to sand cast a couple from aluminum. Will post as this project progress's along.

 

Any ideas for a drive spur to enable the turning of spindles, are welcome. 

Edited September 21 by bc_gold

[8ntruck 8,067]

The typical spur uses a taper.  Morse tapers are common in the US.  Probably Canada, too.  

 

That spindles looks like it might have enough beef to drill and ream for a taper.

 

I suppose one could weld the business end of a tapered spur to a plate that would bolt to  a faceplate.