*_WOW! Cool lathe! Imagine after all these years these old lathes are still going strong. Now you just increased your work load. LOL._* What are the dimensions" 16 X 40? 👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣
From what I can figure out all Dual Drives are 15 x 40 inches( thats what mine is ) but I could be wrong and I suspect they may have sold them as tool room lathes.
The dual drive setup is one reason the old Leblonds last so long, I have a WW2 17" Leblond, and it still holds excellent dimensional accuracy. My only complaint is they don't spin very fast, but that's not uncommon with lathes of that era
@@ChrisChandler-y4g I don't think the Dual Drives are very common, until this one was offered, I only knew LeBlond made the Regals and the Heavy duty lathes. My lathe and LeBlond mill only made live steam parts all their lives so they are in real good condition and the mill is almost 100 years old, so it not like they were used in a job shop and not heavily worn to the point where they are almost unusable.
@@donaldcraig4818 Mine still has the inventory tag from the National Youth Administration, a WW2 program for training school age teenagers to run machinery for the war production effort, freeing up able manpower
*_WOW! Cool lathe! Imagine after all these years these old lathes are still going strong. Now you just increased your work load. LOL._* What are the dimensions" 16 X 40? 👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣
From what I can figure out all Dual Drives are
15 x 40 inches( thats what mine is ) but I could be wrong and I suspect they may have sold them as tool room lathes.
@@donaldcraig4818 Anything 14 inches and higher is great. Can't wait to see more videos on what you're making. Awesome catch!!!
The dual drive setup is one reason the old Leblonds last so long, I have a WW2 17" Leblond, and it still holds excellent dimensional accuracy. My only complaint is they don't spin very fast, but that's not uncommon with lathes of that era
@@ChrisChandler-y4g I don't think the Dual Drives are very common, until this one was offered, I only knew LeBlond made the Regals and the Heavy duty lathes. My lathe and LeBlond mill only made live steam parts all their lives so they are in real good condition and the mill is almost 100 years old, so it not like they were used in a job shop and not heavily worn to the point where they are almost unusable.
@@donaldcraig4818 Mine still has the inventory tag from the National Youth Administration, a WW2 program for training school age teenagers to run machinery for the war production effort, freeing up able manpower
The lathe serial # is on the bed on the tailstock end of the lathe bed , Leblond can tell you the year with that number .
Yes I know, I'm going to be calling LeBlond for the info on the serial number, and also check and see if the way wiper felts are still available.