Photo Index - Garvin Machine Co. - 10"

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Garvin Machine Co.
New York, NY

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Lathe, Metal
Machine Size:
Submitted By:	Joe Strefezza

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	10"
Date of Manufacturer:	CIRCA 1880's
Serial Number:
Last Updated	2/3/2014 11:23:01 AM

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A METICULOUSLY RESTORED

1880's VINTAGE GARVIN BACK GEARED METAL TURNING LATHE

WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT AND FULLY OPERATIONAL

EVERYTHING OPERATES FREELY AND SMOOTHLY

AS THE SOLID BRASS MACHINERY TAG PROUDLY STATES

THIS LATHE WAS MANUFACTURED BY THE

GARVIN MACHINE CO. OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK

I ORIGINALLY FOUND THIS MACHINE IN AN ABANDONED AIRPORT HANGER AND THE OWNER TOLD ME HIS GRANDFATHER USED TO BUILD AND REPAIR EARLY BIPLANE ENGINES WITH IT. WHEN I FOUND IT EVERYTHING WAS RUSTED AND STUCK BUT I FELT IT DIDN'T DESERVE TO GO TO THE SCRAPYARD YET. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS A PAINSTAKING RESTORATION BUT ALSO A LABOR OF LOVE.
BASED ON REASEARCH I'VE DONE, I'M CERTAIN THIS MACHINE WAS MANUFACTURED DURING A TIME WHEN MACHINERY WAS STARTING TO BE POWERED BY LINE SHAFT AS OPPOSED TO TREADLE POWER. THE CAST IRON LEGS HAVE THE MOUNTING LOCATIONS FOR THE TREADLE MECHANISM CAST INTO THEM.

THE LATHE HAS A 10" SWING AND 24" BETWEEN CENTERS

IT HAS A POWER FEED AND CROSS FEED

IN ADDITION THE LATHE INCLUDES A MOTOR MOUNTING DEVICE WHICH WAS MANUFACTURED BY NICHOLS ENGINEERING IN THE 1920's WHICH ENABLED AN ELECTRIC MOTOR TO BE INSTALLED THEREBY GETTING THE MACHINE AWAY FROM THE LINE SHAFT AND INTO SMALLER SHOPS.

THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL SHOP BUILT MOTOR MOUNT IT IS A FACTORY MANUFACTURED DEVICE THAT INCLUDES A BELT TENSIONING MECHANISIM THAT LOOSENS AND TIGHTENS THE FLAT BELT BY TURNING A CRANK AND A MACHINE LAMP

IT ALSO HAS A THREE JAW CHUCK THAT HAS REVERSIBLE JAWS FOR INSIDE AND OUTSIDE HOLDING PLUS THE JAWS CAN BE OPERATED IN UNISON OR BY SWICTHING A KNOB AT THE REAR, THE JAWS CAN OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY

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