1902 George Adams Lathe

[Steve Goodbody]

Hi all,

I'm not sure if it's appropriate to post information about an old lathe to this forum, but I was recently asked to submit some information and pictures of my George Adams round-bed lathe for the lathes.co.uk website and figure that this may be of interest to some folks here. I believe that the lathe is 1902 vintage and I've owned it since 1981. It's used regularly, I don't own any other machine tools other than a drill press, and all of my turning and milling is done on this machine.
http://lathes.co.uk/georgeadamsroundbed/

Best regards
Steve

[rudd]

Thanks, very interesting lathe.. and very dedicated live steamer to build a loke with just that one machine..

[ken572]

Hello Steve

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Thank You for sharing your round bed lathe
with us. It is Very Cool Indeed.

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[spro]

I went to the link yesterday and it is very good. There were explosions of new ways to machine in very advanced concepts. Lathes as this are rare because they were not "production" machines. During the wars which seem to be the order of things, machines as this were not "engine lathes". They were not "jeweler's lathes and remain by those who knew them. They were either appreciated and put away or met destruction by time and elements. It is rare to see one in use by One who knows to use its functions to the abilities it was designed. Altogether a fascinating post.

[Steve Goodbody]

Many thanks for your comments, I'm glad that this was of some interest.
I've posted some pictures of the locomotive on the Live Steam page under the heading "A Long Term Project".

Best regards and happy machining to all,
Steve

[dirtcrasher1]

WOW!! What a rare indifferent old lathe!

Talk about "thinking outside the box", he did

Amazing machine, people couldn't replicate that in China!!