GadgetNZ
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- Aug 23, 2022
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- Manawatu, New Zealand
Hi all,
Been trawling the internet attempting to identify/date a lathe I purchased. My hesitant best guess is a Seneca Falls.
I purchased from the Grandson of original owner. Was (from what the Grandson knew) used by Austin Motors (New Zealand) and purchased from them by the owner's Grandfather possibly as early as the 1920's.
Had been kept where I bought it from since the 1950's and used lightly as a home machine.
I've attached a few pictures in hope that the fountain of knowledge here can help.
It did come with a treadle, tooling and gearing, and has a gap bed.
First Pic is it as it was at the previous owner's
Second pic is in my home workshop
Third pic is the only data plate it had (no maker's name or model anywhere on the lathe)
Many Thanks,
Mike
Edit: Consensus seems to be that it's a German origin poss. Oscar Ehrlich Lathe. Would anyone know an original colour scheme (if it had one)?
Been trawling the internet attempting to identify/date a lathe I purchased. My hesitant best guess is a Seneca Falls.
I purchased from the Grandson of original owner. Was (from what the Grandson knew) used by Austin Motors (New Zealand) and purchased from them by the owner's Grandfather possibly as early as the 1920's.
Had been kept where I bought it from since the 1950's and used lightly as a home machine.
I've attached a few pictures in hope that the fountain of knowledge here can help.
It did come with a treadle, tooling and gearing, and has a gap bed.
First Pic is it as it was at the previous owner's
Second pic is in my home workshop
Third pic is the only data plate it had (no maker's name or model anywhere on the lathe)
Many Thanks,
Mike
Edit: Consensus seems to be that it's a German origin poss. Oscar Ehrlich Lathe. Would anyone know an original colour scheme (if it had one)?
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