Will Oliver

I used the acculink belt from harbor freight. it works sort of. it seems a bit to wide. I can't get it to work on all the pulley's as it should. but its working. it'll bog down really quick then the belt will start slipping. Thanks for all the help! Will

well the one belt that powers the spindle wasn't on it. soooooo....where I do I get this link stuff? I've seen it I just can't think of where. Also thanks for all the help. I'll post the pictures of it. The tooling I got with it, is going to have to be sorted. I honestly have no idea what most of it is. But I'm looking to learn.

Thanks! I got the motor rewired and its all set. The only thing I can't figure out is how to put a new belt on.

actually I just looked it up and found this. http://www.ozarkwoodworker.com/item/craftsmanatlas-6-lathe-10107301-manual-revised/ I guess thats what it is.

Well, I got it. now I've much stuff to figure out. Its a sears and roebuck metal lathe serial number 10107301. i think the bed is 24 inches long. the motor is separate. its a dunlop type sw140. I'm going to take some pictures. I have to replace the cord to the motor. and one of the belts. i've got a thirty pound box of tools to go along with it. im trying to see if maybe I could find an instruction manual on it to replace the belt. I doubt that though. So I will have to think on this some. : ) The leblonde was sweet as hell looking but I couldn't even begin to know what to do with it. Will

hi all. i don't think i have posted before. but. I need some advice. I went to the local used tool store and they have an old craftsman metal working lathe. its mounted on a table and it seems nice. it has a four jaw chuck and a whole mess of tools to go with it. The asking price is 400. it only needs a belt. this is a crappy picture of it. but i was wondering what yall think of it? I have never used a lathe before and I would like to build one, using the gingery series but time is so hard for me to find to do that. kids, school and what not. They also have a huge leblonde regal lathe for $2,500 which. I know would be nice. its just so HUGE! : ) thanks in advance. WIll

I am looking forward to using it. I wish I had taken a before shot of it. The pitting on the top section was really really bad. If you look you can still see some of the pitting. But I shan't grind upon again. My craigslist post as actually found a few more anvils that I'm gonna check out this weekend.

I am located around Albany, ny. Thanks for all the good comments. Now I have to get my forge set. I built one of the washtub forges nearly ten years ago and I've never used it. Now I can! : ) I have no idea what make it is or how old it is. It looked like It got pulled out of a river. Itd be neat to find out.

Hi, I'm new here, my name is Will oliver. I've wanted to do smithing stuff for a long time now. I finally got off of my laurels about doing it. I put a post up on craigslist.com, simply stating that I was looking for a anvil to do metal work on. One fella wrote me back and said he had a large old anvil, what was it worth to me. I said $100. Sounded like an ok deal. He agreed to it. Now I did this without asking what condition it was in, for I was in a hot mood to get an anvil. When I got there he said it was 100lbs. I picked it up and knew that it was certainly more than 100lbs. It wasn't in the nicest condition. the top was all rusted and pitted. The edges are not in the best of shape. There is a large depression, from where all the work was done on it. But it rings like a bell and weighs in at 160lbs. I took it to my fathers shop and used his angle grinder to remove some of the rust. I tried to clean it up as best as I could but I was pressed for time. So I turn to yall for advice. Suggestions as to what I should do with it now, to clean it up. I figure more grinding and such. Could I take it to a machine shop to have them flatten it with a mill and clean up the edges? Any and all comments welcome! Thanks a bunch. Will This is a link to pictures of it. Anvil - a set on Flickr