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1951 mgtd. 0-55 in 28 seconds Kelly

I think I might have hijacked his thread. The pictures are of my Hamilton lathe. I was trying to encourage the op that old is still usable. The serial number is 51. Kelly

Check out the practical machinist website regarding your lathe. Get it out of the rain and get it home. I’ve got five lathes the oldest is 1896 the newest is 1955, none of which you would use to make a living but are great farm hobby shop tools. Kelly

My Bridgeport came with a radius cutter. Mounts to the spindle and offsets the cutter. Uses collets. I just checked eBay and there was one for sale. Works good.

i see there are$40 digital readouts advertised with scales. Is this for real? Anybody tried this yet? I’d put it on my mill.