Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Largest Manufacturing Technology Community on the Web
Stay Connected:
Recent content by Thirsty 1
-
T
help with Macson lathe info australia.
ShedTony and Macsonboy, appreciate your responses. My project had to be put on hold for other more pressing issues including rebuilding Thirsty1's Diesel engine, Purchased a 1983 Herless Milling machine. It to will take a fair amount of TLC to get it to where I want it to function, and let...- Thirsty 1
- Post #24
- Forum: Antique Machinery and History
-
T
help with Macson lathe info australia.
I have found a source of details on lathe you presented in the photo. That Macson Lathe looks very similar to the one I am rebuilding.... 14 inch Swing Gear Head lathe Series 14 R.G.3. Bed length of 1.200m and a taper cutting attachment. The actual weight is 3 tons I purchased a copy of...- Thirsty 1
- Post #23
- Forum: Antique Machinery and History
-
T
Why do people buy massive lathes for their home shop?
Yes the old Iron is big and heavy. 1. However they were often designed to be bolted into a ship's hull and not warp with the hull flex. The word is RIGIDITY. 2. They do take a lot of patient measuring & repair to get them back up to an acceptable standard, so why not go just bit further and do... -
T
18 - 21 inch Macson Gap bed lathe: Aluminium labels
Thanks John, No, nothing about country of origin. Thanks John, appreciate the additional info. The numbers on the little flat faced spindle with alternate strike marks are 2, | 4, | 6, | 8, | They are clear and legible. The outer aluminium. lable has two concentric lines of print. By wiping... -
T
18 - 21 inch Macson Gap bed lathe: Aluminium labels
Hello Practical Machinists, I am a newcomer to this site and to machining in general. I live near Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. Should have bought a lathe decades ago. It would have paid for itself x 4. Earlier this year I purchased an old MACSON Gap bed lathe. Center to bottom of gap is... -
T
help with Macson lathe info australia.
Hello Everyone, Thirsty 1 is the name of my 4.2 ltr diesel Nissan Patrol. It was well named before the price hike! I also have recently purchased a Macson lathe like mattybgt's. Best I can find so far is that it appears in the 1966 Macson catalogue. I am in the process of restoring it...- Thirsty 1
- Post #18
- Forum: Antique Machinery and History