Sebastian Lathe Documents

[echristley]

I've read through the 10 pages of search results for "Sebastian", looking for any documentation that I might find. I found a few links out to digital.cincinnatilibrary.org that were neat. And a reference to a few other documents, including one about a serial number chart, but no actual documents. Sebastian owners have a Fakebook group (the Yahoo group sorta died), where I've posted all the documents I've been able to find. If someone has more they could share, I'd like to collect all I can find in that one place.

 

[pan60]

yea the yahoo group was a pian i was never able to navigate it.
kinda sucks evertime there was anyone wanting or needing information they ( including myself ) directed join the group.
i would love to see information on these old machine rite here on the forum where it can be esily acceded.

 

[JST]

Even Vintage Machinery seems to only have catalogs and other sales or spec sheets. No manuals or repair info that I saw.

Sebastian Lathe Co. - Publication Reprints | VintageMachinery.org

 

[Robert Lang]

I found a few links out to digital.cincinnatilibrary.org that were neat.

If you have been to the digital Cincinnati Library, then you probably saw these catalogs.

1885

Sebastian, May & Co.'s illustrated catalogue and price list of foot and power lathes, drill presses, chucks, drills, machinists' and amateurs' supplies, and two and four horse-power engines

digital.cincinnatilibrary.org

1888

Descriptive catalogue and price list of machinery, tools and supplies [1888]

digital.cincinnatilibrary.org

1889

The Sebastian-May Co's illustrated catalogue and price list of foot and power lathes, drill presses and shapers, wood-working machinery, engines, and boilers, machinists' and amateurs' supplies

digital.cincinnatilibrary.org

Rob

 

[morsetaper2]

Assume you saw Tony's sight?

Sebastian lathes

At the very bottom of page it says he has catalogues and manuals FS.

 

[jlegge]

Machine builders in the early part of 1900's did not have manuals like machine do today. Most only had sells literature, and catalogs, so it is not surprising that you cannot find much information, because there's most likely little literature produced.