I went to a surplus auction at the local high school this weekend, Lots of old computer junk and old textbooks, and sitting off by itself and old Rockwell / Delta 46-450 Lathe. The lathe was missing the Tailstock and tool rests, and a little surface rust on the bed, but all in all in pretty good shape. It has the typical rockweell reeves drive variable speed drive with a 1 hp three phase 220/440 motor. And now for the gloat. Nobody wanted to bid, so I got the Lathe for five bucks, It's worth more than that for scrap steel
Now I have to decide if I want to scrap the 3 phase motor for a smaller one and use the reeves drive, or buy a VFD controller and make it a variable speed 220 motor.
Anyone know where I can pick up a tailstock for an old rockwell lathe. I'm guessing any old 12 delta tailstock should work O.K. maybe I'll try Ebay
Doc Lyle