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Doug Walls
05-12-2019, 2:00 PM
I recently picked up a small flat-belt driven lathe from C/L that's clearly a pieced together project.
I've been trying to figure out who made what. I know the banjo & tool-rest are Delta by the casting #s, But the headstock & tailstock I haven't been able to figure out.

I'm sure the bed & the square ways are the result of a DIY project, It looks like the bed was made from regular 1/8" thick 1-1/2" angle-iron with some 1/2" square stock for the ways :confused:
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The headstock & tailstock have slots milled into them to fit the square ways, But either the machining was off a little or the headstock & tailstock are from different lathes. They don't line up through the full length of the ways.:confused:
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The headstock end of the bed/ways have been milled down to correct the alignment issues and there's set-screws on both sides of the headstock's base to help fine-tune it.
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More pictures to follow.

Doug

Doug Walls
05-12-2019, 2:08 PM
More pictures of the lathe.

Doug

Russell Neyman
05-14-2019, 3:31 PM
Might be a Westcraft from the 50's.

Doug Walls
05-16-2019, 11:05 PM
Might be a Westcraft from the 50's.
Thanks for the information!
I searched for Westcraft lathes & wasn't able to find any flat-belt driven models?

While searching for "Westcraft" I stumbled upon a Western Electric Co. lathe! Not a total match, But it's the closest to mine that I've seen.

It's possible that Westcraft made lathes for Western Electric Co. ?

Doug

Russell Neyman
05-23-2019, 1:34 AM
It's my understanding that the Westcraft machinery was sold by Western Automotive, which was (obviously) known for it's car parts but apparently also offered other things, too.