what kind of lathe was that?

Did not see that episode of the waltons but................did go to Shaker Village in Danville KY and found a nice gentleman working a foot treddle lathe (yes my spelling is problably off). Talk about variable speed! You need to turn faster........you eat more corn flakes. :-) Lyndell

I prefer the type that has a kid working the pedal.. *g*

mac

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I'll bet it was from Sears Roebuck ;) So, who made wood lathes for Sears back in those days?

Ken Grunke

Sprunger, I think.

I have been following this thread with interest. After George's post, I Googled up Sprunger Wood Lathe. Found these nice pictures.

Ron Robinson East Texas

the lathe on the program also seemed to have an iron stand like my griz

R> I have been following this thread with interest. After George's post, I

Don't know about the lathe on the program, anyone tape a pic? I do know the early Sears flatbed lathes (Craftsman and Dunlap) were made by King-Seeley Corp. I have one of each with Sears & K. S. nameplates.

Turn to Safety, Arch Fortiter

Yeah, I was thinking Monkey Wards, not Sears. King-Seeley made Sears stuff from the late forties into the sixties, IIRC. Prior to that, Walker-Turner, who ended up as a Rockwell/Delta purchase, was their manufacturer. Should have said W-T.

Dad had one of the Craftsman K/S 8" tablesaw/4" jointer combinations in the

50's. Made a lot of furniture on that saw. I cleaned it every other week for years. Remember running up for a visit after landing a broken airplane at a base nearby in the seventies, and being asked if I wasn't going to clean the shop while I was there. If I hadn't had my own Delta when he died, I would have taken it home. Excellent value.