Photo Index - Yates-American Machine Co., Inc. - T5 Rotary Cutterhead Lathe

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Yates-American Machine Co., Inc.
Beloit, WI; Roscoe, IL; Liberty, NC

True Manufacturer:
Yates-American Machine Co., Inc., Beloit, WI; Roscoe, IL; Liberty, NC

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Lathe, Wood
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Submitted By:	Dan Grade

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	T5 Rotary Cutterhead Lathe
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Last Updated	9/13/2020 3:38:31 PM

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This lathe was sitting in the corner at a shop I was picking up a machine from (which was downsizing and moving) located in the Greater Milwaukee Metro area. So I stopped to snap a set of photos, and look it up.

Here is a description of the T5 by Ben Rock of Pleasant Street Machinery (of DeKalb Illinois):
"A short treatise about T5 lathes. This is the Yates version of the Mattison 30c. originally 10hp dmd but converted to belt to get the arbor spinning at the relatively safe speed of 2800 rpm.
The Yates abnd the Mattison are known generically as rotary cutterhead lathes. The arbor 2 and 5/8ths for the Mattison and 2 and 11/16ths for the Yates take hex sided t slot cylindrs which a variety of holders and knives mount to. Typical finished diameter is about 14" with sometimes dozens of knives. The cutterhead spins typically at 2800 while the workpeice travels closer to 2 rpm
The work they do can be as delicate as a lace bobbin or as stout as a pool table leg. Cabriole legs, plinth blocks, and geometric turnings, ovals etc. are easily accomplished. These lathes will also do turnings with square sections like balusters. They are fast, the quality excellent and requires cohones that need a pallet jack.
As the people who learned by word of mouth how to operate them die there are few left who can utilize them and make money both. If you are interested see Western Cutterheads site. They are the smartest I have met.
The T5 and the Mattison are both on the ugly side, no one built them that had their aesthetics in mind."

This lathe had last been setup to make "wood dog bones".

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