newest family member named Oliver

[Brian White]

Im not a turner (yet) but thought all of you might like to see my newest family member named Oliverhttp://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m125/rwhite1/HPIM0904.jpgbirthdate was sometime in 1926 http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m125/rwhite1/HPIM0907.jpg

[Alex Elias]

Congratulations it looks great. It must be heavy. Did you get the car sit for the new baby?

[Ken Fitzgerald]

And what a handsome lad Oliver is! Time to get Oliver out and play with him!

[Henry C. Gernhardt, III]

He looks gorgeous, Brian. Now let's see some chips fly!

[Dan Forman]

Oliver looks quite stately! Nice find, have fun.

Dan

[Dean Thomas]

Well, that's just like a dad. Popping buttons and only shares minimum details. With kids, we want to know weight, length, time, yada yada. With lathes, we want details, too, but not just the year (kindly provided, thank you), but things like swing and distance between centers. Maybe how many speeds ya got on that puppy, number of horses under the hood, whether the motor is original, rebuilt, or other, and things like that.

I know it ain't a car so you don't know cubic inch displacement and rear end ratio, but hey, even *I* can count pulley rings! :rolleyes: That's what I had to do on my Jet and my CarbaTec both. Neither of the manuals provide the actual speeds, just the slowest and the fastest Everything inbetween just did not seem important to the manufacturer. Or maybe that was proprietary information? ;)

[Alex Elias]

Lets see who gets the closest. Me first It looks like 12" swing and 36" to 40" between centers

[Brian Weick]

all I can say is Drooool! sweet! you are going to enjoy that Olie- that's for sure- looks well maintained - Olivers are great machines - Nice Lathe :D


Brian,

[Rob Bodenschatz]

Darn! I thought you were talking about this guy:

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[Jim Becker]

Sweet machine, Brian!

[Kim Ford]

Olies are the way to go. Nice Machine !!!!

Over Thanksgiving I took a tour of the original Oliver factory in Grand Rapids. Rich was really great, and it was cooooool to see where it all began in 1907. If you have the model # and the serial # you can get a lot of information about your specific machine directly from Eagle Machinery.

The important thing is to HAVE FUN.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Brian that is a great looking machine.

[Brian White]

Well I do have few more details :
model no: 51B
swing 12"
bed length 60" between centers 36"
original boxed weight 775lbs
speed variable 640 to 3600
H.P 1/2 10amp (motor weight over 100lbs)
spindle size 1 1/8
original destination believed to be trade school in St Louis
and yes, as any good parent would do I have taken the time to play together
1st turning ever
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m125/rwhite1/PhotoLibrary-635.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m125/rwhite1/PhotoLibrary-636.jpg

[Raymond Overman]

That's a nice looking piece of equipment. Thanks for sharing.

[Bill Wyko]

Nice job on your first piece. I love seeing old tools with a new lease on life. Beautiful restoration.