ive been a lurker for a while and a turner for several years, so I thought it was time to join.
being from Canada, and that I also rebuild old machinery, my lathes have been older Canadian made units
I started with an old henry power tools(craftmaster) owned by my fil, pretty junky little lathe with a hinged motor and vice grip on the tailstock, no morse tapers etc etc
then I graduated to a beaver 3400, probably Canada's most popular lathe at one time. By the time I finished rebuilding 3 into one, I had the ultimate 3400; 8 speed with reverse(electrical). the 8 speed was built using a 2 speed jackshaft and the original 4 speed. I found spindles with morse tapers from different ages of the 3400
I just recently located another model from craftmaster, some call it the boat tail model and im still working on a multiple speed jackshaft for it
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the two henry's
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the big henry and one of my beavers
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the beaver 3400 I used for several years
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im still working on the now twelve speed belt drive, the problem is that the henry's 4 speed is a very close ratio.
the two electrical boxes contain the on/off and forward/reverse switches