A friend, Doc, picked up this very old and heavy Delta-Rockwell lathe recently, and I'm helping him get it set up and running. I'm thinking it's a 46-460, probably dating back to World War II, from one of the shipyards in Puget Sound. Reeves drive adjusted by the crank below the motor head. I'm guessing that the max diameter is 12 inches except for the gap bed area. The free end unit does not appear to be removable or mounted in a tapered fitting, but I have not tried to force it.
So, a few questions, and looking for thoughts from people who have traveled this path before. Could it be that the serial number, 119-4202 means it's the 119th lathe built in February of 1942? By the way, for some reason the first photo makes it look blue, but it's actually gray.
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Right now it has a brand new 220-440 three phase motor, but seems to me the smart thing would be to swap that out for something single phase. Doc has 220 in his shop. What should be put in? and what's this motor worth?
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Also included with the lathe are these three odd things, which I suspect are part of a copy lathe attachment. There's no obvious way to mount them any place on the current arrangement. Any ideas?
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I'm guessing that one of my fellow Creekers will know all about this, what it's capable of doing, and ideas about the rehab.