I was hoping to have first choice for under $350. If I did I'd take two (of the six that were there) so I could have a parts machine. I ended up being the high bidder at $225.
$30 more bought me a box of "parts";
and a factory outboard stand.
They are powered by 3/4 horse Robbins and Meyers three phase motors.
Which are dual voltage.
I've never had such an easy time finding out the birthday of a machine.
Jeff Smith replied to my post on OWWM.org. He thinks he may know "GLM", one Gerald Motley, a Sales Manager at Powermatic in the 1980's.
I ran them both, and chose the one that ran smoothest for my user.
The other will go into my rathole for storage.
Both came with a nicely made dusthood with a flip up grille.
My kind and wonderful wife has registered me for the Michael Hosaluk woodturning class at Lee Valley. As this is a little like Al Unser teaching Drivers Ed., I've been reading and practising like a madman. My friend Don Kondra kindly provided me with some education and experience, of which I am grateful.
Me and my first shavings, Don's Shop, photo by Mr.Kondra himself.
The final tally is:
2 PM45 lathes consisting of a stand, bed, headstock, vs assembly, motor and electrics, and all knobs
3 complete tailstocks including wrenches and live centres
1 spare tailstock wrench
1 spare live centre
4 banjos
1 8" plate
1 6"
2 4"
1 3"
2 4" rests
2 6"
1 16"
4 12"
1 90°
3 spur drives
1 knockout rod
1 outboard stand
The bill came to just over $500.
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Dang! What a steal. I think it is cool to have some old tools around the shop. You did good.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeff,I think so too. I prefer old tools, they've got style, plus I can't afford new ones. :)
ReplyDeleteBTW - I want to ask you a question about how you post photos so large. My email is jobranch@yahoo.com. I enlarge mine by adjusting the size of in the photo html, but there is always some distortion. Your photos don't seem to do that.
ReplyDeleteI rarely manipulate the image, and when I do it's just to crop. I don't do anything else, mainly because I don't know how. From my computer I upload to my Photobucket account, they resize it to 800 x 600, from there it goes to Blogger. I hope that helps!
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