Thread: My 1930's Le Blond Regal Lathe

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Yes you do, Fun4me.
You know Don The Lathe came out of a big Factory where they had a bunch of these things lined up in rows. They used them for working on boats planes trains and automotive. This is what I was told by the guy I got it from and he had his own automotive refurbushing company for about 20 years. He said this is the way he got it from the Factory when they where selling off old machines. They added the plate on the side that holds the motor and the trany. then they added another plate to the bottom of the feet on the heavy end. I think that was to balance it better since they added so much weight to the one side of the Lathe. I was told by a very old freind that the trany was a old 2 speed, from what I am not sure I will give him a call tomarrow and ask him what it is from. You probably can not tell from the photo's but it also has 3 big belts that go from the trany down to the axle behind the chuck, or what ever it's called that turns the chuck anyway. Maybe it's called the drum I am not sure about that. Oh this is the funny part I forgot about I paid a guy
3 hundred to move it about 50 miles for me. HE! HE! HE! We put a furniture dolly under the light end and a big floor jack under the heavy end and pulled it up on a trailer with a long chain I had brought and my suburban.
This guy actully thought he was gonna pull this thing on his trailer with a cheap come along. That lasted about 2 seconds and it exploded. HE! HE! Then he was scared to go over 30 miles and hour with it.
But for good reason, it buckeled his trailer bent his axles and bent his cheap steel rims. Yep I got my money's worth. HE! HE! HE! I had asked him are you sure this trailer is strong enough???
He said ya no problem I've moved car on this before. They must have been honda's or or something small HE! HE! HE!
Kurt