lathe

[Mike K]

This is my American HENDEY lathe , it was purchased by GMH in 1948 . It is the METRIC version , which is unusual . Nice old machine , it's worn here and there , but has lots of life left in it It is a 1938 design .

MIKE

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

This is my American HENDEY lathe , it was purchased by GMH in 1948 . It is the METRIC version , which is unusual . Nice old machine , it's worn here and there , but has lots of life left in it It is a 1938 design .

MIKE

Mike ..That is a nice little lathe..
back in the old days when we left an overseas military base we either took every thing home or destroyed it...It could not be given or sold on the local economy ,for one reason there was no taxes paid on it ..import or excise taxes and the local dealer of anything that we may sell or give would get in an uproar over cutting them out of a sale..
Back in '70 we closed down our NATO commitment in Sardinia,Italy and we junked just about every thing..Most of the avionics flew home and one or two of the hanger line pieces went home.. The trucks were loaded up and driven up through Italy..through Switzerland and into Germany to Lahr..
I was one of the last to go out of there in July of '70 and I remember cutting up a Celtic 14 lathe with the oxy acetylene..It was a dandy little lathe and I wish I could have taken it home but I didn't have room..
It made me sad to do it but what do you do,,,??
Too big and no one wanted it back in Canada..We sent lists of equipment back to Canada ..but there we other bases closing down too... One of our bigist losses besides our 104 rocket range and sea survival school in Sardinia was our lose of our only aircraft carrier..the Bonne Adventure..Thanks to our lap dog,commie loving,draft dodging Liberal prime Minister Piere Eliot Trude@u
I spelt his name like this because he now has a son running in parliament..God help us if he ever gets into a leadership role..and it looks like he may,but all the old military guys here can attest to these incidents that changed Canadian military history for the worst..
Now see you got me started ///
Anyway that is my Lathe story..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipk0P3e4EAs

It was almost as bad as loosing the Avro Arrow back in '58..by that lick spittle running dog Conservative John Diefenbaker..
http://www.lathes.co.uk/mondial/page3.html

[Mike K]

Sad story Alex

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http://www.lathes.co.uk/mondial/page3.html

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Alex Blair

Mike ..That is a nice little lathe ... back in the old days when we left an overseas military base we either took every thing home or destroyed it.

... Back in '70 we closed down our NATO commitment in Sardinia,Italy and we junked just about every thing.

One of our bigist losses besides our 104 rocket range and sea survival school in Sardinia was our lose of our only aircraft carrier..the Bonne Adventure..Thanks to our lap dog,commie loving,draft dodging Liberal prime Minister Piere Eliot Trude@u
...

It was almost as bad as loosing the Avro Arrow back in '58 ...

So Alex, are you upset? Would you share with the rest of us why you feel this way? Go ahead. No one will judge.

[guyvapeur]

I acquired a lathe about 15 years ago..... I was not sure what I would build with it but I had had it with the job and was trying to remember what job I had ever held that I truly enjoyed. I remembered my first shop classes where I was introduced to a lathe..... I and remembered the wonderment the machine had left with me..... So....years later...... I bought one and to this day, I get a load of therapy while standing before the lathe. Yet tonight, I just finished up what could be best called a coupler to turn a 1925 railroad motor car lantern into a modern led.... spotlight... using the old casing.

Now as for Alex and the Bonnaventure.

Are you aware that the main lifeboat ( 1 of 2 I was told) from the Bonnaventure is sitting derilict in a junk yard West on Hwy 17.I believe it is Eds Salvage near Antrim????.... yup...It was last used for a Cadet program and then sold through Crown Assets.... Last time I saw it, it had been sitting open end up to the elements..... Now that would have been a worthy restoration.

Guy

[Bob Carriere]

If it is .....will get it for you Guy......

Bob

[c. ladouceur (RIP)]

Poor P.E.T.,bushwhacked by closet Francophone!

[bill m]

Nice lathe Mike and one with a little bit of history.
cheers
Bill.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by bill m

Nice lathe Mike and one with a little bit of history.
cheers
Bill.

hi Bill

Yes I've since discovered it was made in June 1940 . The Hendey historian in the USA is looking up the sales records for me .It is still a mystery how it ended up here in Australia . The sales agent was in Paris, FRANCE.

I had a horrible time removing the heavy chuck backing plate . It is a 2 and 3/4" X 5 TPI thread , it was stuck solid . I had to remove it piece by piece , with a big cut off wheel .

The lathe is top shelf . Each spindle bearing ( timken tapered roller O class ) has its own bath of oil . It has a clutch , auto reversing carriage , and its built like a battleship .

[Mike K]

the removal process . I damaged the thread slightly , a shame, but I had no other options left .

As I opened the electrical relay box , a circuit paper fell out , with this on the back : an inspectors signature maybe.