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Manufactured/Badged by:
General Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Drummondville, QC

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Lathe, Wood
Machine Size:	12 " by 38" 10 speed Lathe
Submitted By:	Mike Mantel

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	General 260 - 12
Date of Manufacturer:	198?
Serial Number:
Last Updated	9/19/2008 2:22:14 PM

Comments:

The Story:
Acquired off IRS actions on Sept 3, 2004
Picked in Aspers PA on Sept 10, 2004

It was a hell of place to find , and a closed down factory didn't help much,
Left Home at 8pm and arrived at 4am ( usual) and slept till morn in truck cab .
In the morning I got the
local Daryl and his other brother Daryl
to rigg it over to my truck with a fork and my lifting rope ( thank god I brought it )
and gave them $50 bucks and was on my way back home ( another 8 hrs away )
As usual when I come back with a machine it just had to rain , so the machine
got a pre wash

The Machine :
was totally stripped down to bare metal and rebuilt and repainted
My favorite colour of Green
Canadian Made General 260 Lathe
208 Volt 3ph , with magnetic starter and remote switch on front.
12" by 38" lathe , , 10 speeds 0 - 3000 rpm , forward and reverse swithched.
16 1/2" in the gap, 4 1/2" gap width , 41" floor to sindle center.
2 " tailstock spindle travel, headstock is a # 2 Morse taper with a 5/8 " bore
Inboard thread is 1 1/4" by 8 RH , and outboard is 1 1/8" by 8 LH
Tool post size is 1"
Came with one banjou, 12" rest, gap filler plate , 12" bed extension
Bought for the kids and wife to play with , I think I've spent maybe 10
minutes on it since I got it .
weight at 544 lbs bare

Since aquiring the lathe I've managed to collect these additional parts
But face plates have been totally impossible to find to on ebay

2 General Lathe rest Banjou's 1" post size
2 Delta Lathe rest Banjou's 1" post size
3,2 @ 4, 2 @6, 8, 2 @12, 15,2 @ 24" straight tools Rests
6, 8" V rests
6, 8" half rests
10, 12, 14" S turn style rests
6, 8, 10" half circle type rests
2 @ 6", 8" off set type extensions

Photo 1:

Comments: stripped down for repaint
Source: Mike Mantel

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Photo 2:

Comments: Front side just after repaint
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Comments: Back side after repaint
Source: Mike Mantel

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