![]() ![]() ![]() I drove up on a Sunday morning and made a deal for the complete drive including the two speed motor, counter shaft with step shieves, and the control panel. I've kept my eyes open all these years but the first good break came this summer in early July when I saw a fairly local guy was parting out a DV59 which used a very similar drive. Also a taper attachment and quite a few collets, and a bunch of other tooling. The lathe has a quick change gear box but also included all the original extra change gears. A Royal lever collet closer was fitted and three and six jaw chucks included. On the plus side the lathe had many accessories including steady and follow rests. 005, and from everything I had read replacing the bearings would be both an expensive and challenging chore. ![]() The other big problem was the spindle had excessive play in it, about. The previous owner had bolted in a single phase motor and scabbed on a drum switch to operate it but it was a pretty poor substitute for the original set up. It had a few issues but the biggest problem was the motor and controls were missing. During the war tool room lathes tended to get used hard. The TL lathes had been introduced by Hardinge in the late 30's and this one, S/N 18651, was made in 1942. So about 15 years ago or there about I bought this Hardinge TL lathe that popped up on the local CL. ![]()
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