So yesterday I bought this old Craftsman lathe. I think it's a 109, but can't find any pics of one that's totally identical. 109 seems to be the closest match to this one though. Need to find a tailstock that'll hold an MT2 or MT1 arbor so I can put a chuck on it and be able to drill out copper and bronze stock. Lubricate everything and just clean it up, but everything looks true (by eyeballing) and it runs. Going to take my dial gauge to it once I get it mounted to my steel top work bench and see just how far out it is if at all. Looking forward to getting this running so I can work on building and restoring old DC motors.
Edit: Turns out it IS a 109. Found a tag covered in gunk that shows it's a 109.21270
Edit: Turns out it IS a 109. Found a tag covered in gunk that shows it's a 109.21270
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