Photo Index - Oliver Machinery Co. - 51B

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Oliver Machinery Co.
Grand Rapids, MI

True Manufacturer:
Oliver Machinery Co., Grand Rapids, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Lathe, Wood
Machine Size:	12" X 72"
Submitted By:	Steve Fairhurst

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	51B
Date of Manufacturer:	~1925?
Serial Number:	31775
Last Updated	12/26/2013 11:39:52 AM

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I received this machine in pieces in a bucket from a friend that ran the maintenance dept. at Radnor Pa. school district, actually his son, now, he passed. It sat in his basement for at least 20 yrs after the school got rid of it, thinking it had a bad motor, after he passed his son asked me if I still wanted it, I have it at my Auto shop for restoration and is going to house soon. It needed a small drive head repair' a collet came loose, and it runs sweet. I added a Super Nova II chuck, a live center and got a drill chuck for tail stock.

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Comments: This is the finished product after hours of paint scaling and cleaning, repairing and painting it came up good and it works great also. Iput a safety off switch on leg even though the originals work fine. I also put a Super Nove II chuck on and a live cen
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Comments: In the begining..... Oliver created this beauty and a school in Radnor Pa bought it for there wood shop someone "adjusted it" and seems like it never work after that, I removed the Dome and found a clloet on the speed adjuster wasn't right and fixed it, w
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Comments: the rest of the lathe parts
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Comments: cleaned and flatened
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Comments: serial was stamped here also?
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