Good question! Unfortunately I acquired it this way. Maybe it was dropped? There is a bolt hole for the clamping action through the side of the casting where another crack is developing. Most of what you see is a rough attempt at a repair by a previous owner. They didn’t get the bottom flat...
Thanks! I work in a cabinet shop so I was looking for a small lathe I could fit at my workbench. I still need to build a proper table for it.
I’m going to pull the trigger on a piece of cast iron from McMaster.
I have a Dalton lathe circa 1914. It’s a beautiful machine, but part of the compound slide is cracked. I would like to make a replacement, but I’m not sure what material I can use.
The part has a round pocket on the bottom that sits on a circular boss to rotate the compound, and on top are...