Seneca Falls Lathe

[Glock21user]

She’s a hell of a woman if she can load it by herself!

Our son I fear would get a phone call and at 6'5 and 280 he would have no issues.
Damn better cancel the cell phone plan Monday. Lol

 

[JTW]

Our son I fear would get a phone call and at 6'5 and 280 he would have no issues.
Damn better cancel the cell phone plan Monday. Lol

What the f*** did you feed that boy?

 

[Buggyman]

Thank you@buggyman,
Nice looking machine you have there.
I am assume that you pull the pin on the main gear and then throw the lever into back gear.
I have spun it by hand and if I throw the lever without pulling the pin it locks up the spindle.
Unless I am doing something in error.
Do you have any idea of the gear drive ratios for threading?
I have a full compliment of gears that came with it but absolutely no literature on them.
To be honest I suspect if I do not move it soon it may belong to @JTW, so maybe he can figure it out. Lol

thank u @Glock21user unfortunately I do not the lathe I have my grandfather bought new. all the small gears in the box are numbered and I think you look in owners manual for the thread size and it tells u what # gears to use not sure if info in my owners manual would apply to the lathe u have or not.

 

[Glock21user]

What the f*** did you feed that boy?

What the f*** did you feed that boy?

Whatever he liked or wanted.
The first pic is our son with our grandson and myself ( I am over 5'10) in October in Mackinac City at Fort Fright.
The second pic is if the wife and son trying to get the baby rig sorted out for the nights events.

 

[dbishop]

I am looking for any information on this little lathe I have acquired.
It is a Seneca Falls Star 10" by 24", it is best described in the pictures and original description all of which I will post here.
Running a lathe isn't my issue but this one as much as it seem simple leaves me with some questions.
Does anyone have any knowledge of these older lathes, the numbers I found on it seem to indicate an age of 1910 - 1916.
It would be nice to know for certain what the lever directly behind the drive pulleys is for and it proper application, along with the proper way to engage back gear.
Thank for any help you can give, sorry for the long post.
And yes at the moment it is setup in the living room of the house until I can figure it all out and move my other lathe and Bridgeport's to make proper room in the shop area of the barn.
Time to buy chocolate and flowers, lots of them.
I just edited to add a pic of two of the books I have unboxed from all of this. There are a few more boxes yet to unpack and sort through.

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[dbishop]

Thank you@buggyman,
Nice looking machine you have there.
I am assume that you pull the pin on the main gear and then throw the lever into back gear.
I have spun it by hand and if I throw the lever without pulling the pin it locks up the spindle.
Unless I am doing something in error.
Do you have any idea of the gear drive ratios for threading?
I have a full compliment of gears that came with it but absolutely no literature on them.
To be honest I suspect if I do not move it soon it may belong to @JTW, so maybe he can figure it out. Lol

I have a Seneca Falls similar to yours, and the lever you ask about is to engage back gears. You have the process correct.....throw the lever and pull the pin to engage. Reverse the process to disengage....making sure the pin drops back into place. I have attacked a couple photos of mine so you can see if the design is the same.

 

[Glock21user]

I have a Seneca Falls similar to yours, and the lever you ask about is to engage back gears. You have the process correct.....throw the lever and pull the pin to engage. Reverse the process to disengage....making sure the pin drops back into place. I have attacked a couple photos of mine so you can see if the design is the same.

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I cannot thank you enough for confirmation of the process.
Thank you for the pics as well, beautiful lathe you have.