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Bruce MacDonald
02-23-2015, 11:09 AM
I am in the process of restoring this Yates American W12 lathe, however I have not been able to find any documentation or pics anywhere. There is nothing over on OWWM/Vintage Machinery, and nothing on the web that I can find.

This came out of a high school in Tulsa, is a 12", has a 3-phase motor on it.

If all goes as planned this will be my main lathe for the future.

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s184/bmacinok/Yates%20American%20lathe/IMG_1060_zps329796b2.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s184/bmacinok/Yates%20American%20lathe/IMG_1072_zps8d79a42f.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s184/bmacinok/Yates%20American%20lathe/IMG_1064_zps2e20bf14.jpg



My restore process is here on OWWM.
http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=155974

Would appreciate any folks that have one or know of one to let me know. There are a couple things missing on mine and I would like to recreate them.

Thanks in advance!

Bruce
Kyle Iwamoto
02-23-2015, 6:24 PM
I'm sorry, I'm no help, but WOW! Looks like a real beast of a machine!
Reeves variable speed? Good luck! Looks like it will be a nice stable machine to turn on.
Bruce MacDonald
02-23-2015, 6:35 PM
Reeves variable speed? Looks like it will be a nice stable machine to turn on.

Yes, variable.

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s184/bmacinok/Yates%20American%20lathe/IMG_1082_zps3f39f519.jpg

And it shouldn't walk on me....it is plenty heavy!
Lloyd Keniston
02-23-2015, 8:31 PM
Have you tried this site?
http://vintagemachinery.org
Bruce MacDonald
02-24-2015, 9:05 AM
Have you tried this site?
http://vintagemachinery.org

Yes. The closest to this machine looks to be the J70, which is really similar, but a bit different.
Lloyd Keniston
02-25-2015, 8:35 PM
One more question. Have you contacted the Yates American Company? Their address is http://www.yatesamerican.com/index.html
I'll leave you alone now......:)
Bruce MacDonald
02-26-2015, 9:33 AM
Yep, sent them emails, took forever, and they were no help at all. Here was their response:

"We no longer build, service, supply parts or information, or support these machines. Thank you for your inquiry."

Thanks for the ideas, I am just hoping that someone comes along and possibly has one of the W12's and information on it. I would sure like to know the history, so far this is the only one I have seen or can find information about. If you know of other "turning" forums or old machinery forums let me know.

Again, thanks!

Bruce