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Ken Hutchins
02-02-2008, 11:38 AM
http://cgi.ebay.com/HUGE-13-FT-WOOD-LATHE-TREADLE-FLAT-BELT-BIG-WHEEL_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ4123QQihZ018QQite mZ280196007647QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW (cgi.ebay.com/HUGE-13-FT-WOOD-LATHE-TREADLE-FLAT-BELT-BIG-WHEEL_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ4123QQihZ018QQite mZ280196007647QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW)

Could be modified, to turn masts:D
TimH
02-02-2008, 12:12 PM
http://i10.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/c6/ba/09a5_12.JPG
Hughman
02-02-2008, 12:24 PM
I'll take the cat. ;)

http://i5.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/c6/b9/ac68_12.JPG
Mike Field
02-02-2008, 08:33 PM
Hh'mmm. I know a bloke with a lathe that will take timbers up to 40' long -- telegraph poles, let alone masts. As far as I know, it's the biggest lathe in Oz. It has a whole set of intermediate bearings to support the workpiece, and setting it up for a new job takes him about half a day....
Bob Triggs
02-03-2008, 01:48 AM
That looks like mid 19th century to me. I had a Prybil from about 1895 once, the "High Whycombe" style, and it had the wooden drive blocks, leather belts, overhead shaft and blocks and a circa ww1 GE 3 phase motor that weighed about 200 lbs and pushed 1 horsepower. That thing ran like a champ, and it turned out a lot of work.